Thanks, Gloria. That really does help. I just have become so
paranoid and fatalistic from losing so many animals in the last few years, that
statistics like the one the vet cited just put me over the edge a little
bit.
But Gray showed me that the vet also has a chart in the office, put out by
Hills, saying that a 17 year old cat is equivalent to a 100 year-old
human. Now I know 17 is old for a cat, but that would make our cat Percy,
who lived to a month short of 20, about 120 in human years! Which is a bit
ridiculous. It also had dogs over 55 pounds being equivalent to 100 human
years at age 11. This made Gray feel better because we lost our three large dogs
at 9, 10, and 11 and felt like they were young when they died. But we have
also known a few large dogs who lived to 15, which would make them 140 in human
terms according to the chart! So all of these numbers are a bit bizarre
when you sit down to think about them.
Sorry if I seem so anxious when I write. The vet told me that he
thought Patches was anemic, before the HCT results were done, and I almost
passed out. But her HCT was 37, thank god. I am just always so sure the
other shoe will drop. Everyone tells me I am completely the wrong type of
person to have adopted 6 FeLV+ cats. I know they are right. But I
also love them so much I can't imagine not having done it.
Michelle
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