I feel your pain..........We have an appointment this afternoon for Toby. I
do not think he will be coming home. He hasn't taken food since
Saturday......Has not pottied in the litter box. This is the 3rd crash he
has had in a month. Very lethargic and his tummy is having spasms. At least
they will be out of misery..........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ramzy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Chris and Mylo
Mylo has not been eating the last couple of days. He is very lethargic. He
is very sick beyond recovery. I have made an appointment for tomorrow to
have Mylo put down. He is not happy and it hurts me to see him like that.
I have taken tomorrow off work to spend the day with him and then go to
the appt. at 5:30. I've struggled with this decision back and forth but I
believe this is the best thing for Mylo. :(
From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Chris and Mylo
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:04:00 -0800
Chris,
I too am so sorry to hear the news about Mylo. It's the hardest decision
we have to make when we think their suffering warrants it. If we believe
that their suffering outweighs any pleasure they have left, when we are
unselfish enough to consider their quality of life over our desperately
wanting them to stay, when we have lost hope of them being able to
recover, then it is an unselfish gift of love to help them cross.
If you're not quite there yet, (you didn't make it clear in your post),
please ask the specialist vet about dexamethisone injections. They are
administered subq (under the skin), and your vet can show you how to do
them at home. When my Spencer was failing from what we believe was
lymphoma, I gave him .4ccs of dex daily and he bounced back to almost his
former self. It gave us another full month of very good quality of life,
another month to share and love and enjoy.
Again, I'm so sorry. You and Mylo are in my prayers and thoughts,
Nina
MacKenzie, Kerry N. wrote:
I'm so very sorry to hear the diagnosis for Mylo. (I'm glad you had an
understanding, nice, educated doctor---astonishingly that is not always
the case----it helps a LOT, when you and your beloved kitty are going
through a traumatic time). Did the doctor talk about giving Mylo
sub-cutaneous fluids (aka sub-Qs) for his dehydration? If you don't know
about giving sub-Qs, it's something that is easily learned and that you
would be able to do for him yourself at home to keep him hydrated and
comfortable at least in that respect. (When I did it every other day for
my foster Pookie, it actually bonded us more.) My housecall vet offered
to show me, and sold me a bag of fluid and needles to start me off, and I
imagine most vets would be willing to do the same (or have one of their
staff show you). Many people on the list are able to give sub-Qs. The
fluids and needles can be bought online at competitive prices. love and
hugs to you and Mylo,
Kerry M
-----Original Message-----
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *elizabeth
trent
*Sent:* Sunday, January 28, 2007 10:11 PM
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
*Subject:* Re: Chris and Mylo
Oh Chris...this is so hard. I am so sorry the prognosis was not better.
You can let him know that you love him and comfort him. I know it is so
hard to talk about - but there comes a time when the kindest gift you can
give is freedom from pain and suffering. You will know if that time
comes. Every day is so precious. My heart is with you.
elizabeth
On 1/28/07, *Chris Ramzy* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Mylo went to the specialist yesterday. The doctor was very nice
and seemed
very educated on FeLV. He said that Mylo's kidney's are very
inflamed, and
that he believe's that Mylo has lymphoma and possibly liver
disease. This
diagnosis didn't surprise me as I know lymphoma can accompany
FeLV. Mylo is
dehydrated even though I give him water throughout the day. He's
just not
drinking enough on his own. So the vet said Mylo would have to be
hospitalized, have a blood transfusion, be put on meds and have
chemotherapy. He said that even if I did all those things, Mylo
would most
likely only have 4 to 5 months to live. I am glad I went to the
appointment
because I wanted a specialist's opinion even though I know how bad
off Mylo
is. Mylo has hardly eaten the last couple of days. His energy is
still very
low, and the sick meow sound that he makes once and a while is
very painful
to hear. Mylo's quality of life has deteriorated within the last
month and I
don't want to put him through any more stress than he's already gone
through. I tried my best to find a way to help him get better but
I have to
accept that there is nothing more I can do to help him become
healthy again.
That is a difficult thing.
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