Belinda--it's clear Buddie was a real character--full of life and energy. Also inspirational---I've realized I have to get my Tiger's weight down--I figure he's prob 15-17lb (I think he's a comfort eater, poor thing). I can't risk him becoming diabetic. I'm going to have to do the same as you did with Buddie---put him on a diet. It would be nice for Tiger if he regained his ability to jump from floor to table. I'm not sure he will be so easy-going about the diet as Buddie was tho. Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sauro Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:34 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Was - Cricket and a feeding tube & my Buddies feeding tube :: For Wendy [long] Thanks Kerry, Buddie was a very special girl, she lived her life on her terms. She was not a overly affectionate cat and when she got cancer I was petrified thinking she will never put up with the vet trips and chemo and all the fussing and handling involved. Buddie had on occasion tore a vet or two up when they didn't heed my "be careful she doesn't like being held or picked up", sometimes she didn't even want to be touched. She would come to you and let you pet her for as long as she felt like it, then turn and run when she had had enough. When she got very over weight and had to go on a diet I was worried, she only ate dry food and that was making her fatter and fatter, I figured it was going to be hell to get her off it, but she surprised me and switched without any problem. Once she lost the 6 ounds over a year and a hlf that she needed to she became a different cat. I still remember the look of surprise on her face when she jumped from the floor to the table, something she had not been able to do while overweight. She was truly full of herself for that accomplishment. She also became more affectionate. It was about a year after that that she was diagnosed with liver cancer. She tolerated the vet trips and pokings and proddings surprisingly well for the first 4 treatments and then she decided she had had enough and quite eating. It took me 3 weeks of sitting in front og her every 15 minutes with a bowl of food to get her eating again, and I promised her we would stop the chemo if she just ate. She got 3 intravenous doses of chemo which I know helped immensly, and she was on prenisolone which was the regular treatment for her type of cancer. Had we continued with the chemo she woud have gotten one more intravenous dose and then gone on leukeran as a maintanence chemo (given orally at home) drug. She lived just over a year after she was diagnosed, most of that time was very good, and we bonded like never before, she actually followed me around and wanted to be in my lap, or at the very least in the same room. It was very special. In hindsight I maybe would have continued the oral chemo atleast, but at the time I did the best that I could given Buddies personality and what I thought she wanted. She put up with a lot more than I ever imagined she would. And as she had always done, lived and died in her own way, I wouldn't trade that year for anything :) -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web design) http://HostDesign4U.com ----------- BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) http://bmk.bemikitties.com <hr> IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor <hr> This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
