Sounds like Annie left a piece of her heart with that little feral... I'm sure you will remember her everything time she snuggles up it will be just like Annie. What a wonderful story... and how great you are to let these little ones come to you on their own terms...
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tad Burnett Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:27 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Annie is gone Sadly I have to report another FeLV+ has passed on today... Annie was a beautiful calico with a white milk mustache... She came to live with me about a year and a half ago... She was a stray who was brought into a shelter in NJ... She had a huge gash in her side probably from a car but she was healing well from that but she tested pos and had to live in a cage with the dogs at the vets... The dogs didn't seem to bother her and she was friendly with people and she was friendly with me until I brought her in the room with my other FeLV+ cats...She established her own corner with a window of her own and kept everyone else out...I gave her her own food and box there and she would let me pat her if no one else was around.... About a month ago she stopped eating and we found she had become anemic ...I put her in my isolation cage and put her on vitamins the vet gave us and got her eating AD.. After a few days she seemed to be getting better and badly wanted out of the cage so I let her out... For a few days she was impossible to catch and didn't always get her vitamins but soon she started to slide again and she was easy to catch and medicate and we started seringe feeding... She took that easily and we had her gaining weight again... In the process she was spending more and more time on my bed where the rest of the cats all hang out and soon my feral cat who won't let me pat her but was very quick to make friends with the other cats was able to snuggle with Annie.... The best thing of this is now the feral cat has suddenly decided it is OK to be touched by humans and she even let me pick her up for a minute without struggling.... I have been following Wendy and Cricket as it has been so close to Annie...Yesterday she was too weak to make it to her litter box even though I had placed it up level with the bed for her...This was her first accident....I was struggling with the same thought of if I should PTS but she seemed to rest comfortably and took the seringe feedings fairly well...We had gone to smaller feedings more often....I was so happy when Wendy decided to try the feeding tube yesterday as I was looking to Wendy for guidance ....But then it was so very sad to here this morning that Cricket had passed during the night....Annie ate well for a bit but then stopped swallowing and then again the next feeding she didn't want to take anything.... Shortly after that she was resting on my stomach as I patted her and she let out a cry and then I noticed that she had stopped breathing... It was over...I believe she was comfortable and new she was loved right up to the end... Some are very close all their life and others. like Anie its just at the end but it doesn't make it any easier to say good buy..... Michelle said it all.." But it does not get easier, as far as I can tell. Just less surprising." I will miss you sweet Annie and I hope we do get to meet again.... Tad
