How sad. Big hugs to you...
Goodnight, sweet Rose.......
=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, and 6
furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec & Salome'
=^..^=
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Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 11:46
PM
Subject: Rose pts
Thanks to all of you who have shared your experiences with your
leukemia cats. This summer, we adopted our Rose from a Humane Society
board member who had her at his house in a cage with his other rescued
cats. Rose couldn't go to PetSmart cuz she was "unadoptable" due to
chronic boogers, yet she was super friendly and my kids, my dog, and I just
loved her to bits.
After she didn't get better on meds, I took her to
the vet for THE test, and sure enough it was positive. Then, I joined
this list to learn from you all. Rose had a great, but brief, relatively
healthy life for the rest of her time, but then she went down hill
quickly.
Thanks to your posts, and the vet's food and advice, I
syringe-fed her AD and H2O for a few days after the vet rehydrated her
subQ. Rose seemed happy again for a little while, but her
overly-dilated eye never went back to normal, so the vet thought that the
leukemia had affected her neurologically.
He was probably right, cuz by
Friday, she was suffering, so I took Rose to be put to sleep. They
couldn't find a vain on her, so they gave her an
injection interthoracically. She lingered for a few moments in my
arms as my dog and I snuggled with her until she passed.
Thanks
again for all your posts. I didn't post much myself, but I was comforted by
this group every day.
Now, if you will, please unsubscribe me until I
can rejoin later to offer hope and encouragement to others after I'm done
mourning.
Best,
Denise in
Utah
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