*This message came from Kathleen Bowers... she is trying to join the group, but in the interim I wanted to forward her email so she can start getting responses. I told her she found the best group around!!* *Leslie =^..^=*
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: KATHLEEN BOWERS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mar 9, 2007 1:31 PM Subject: Re: Questions and concerns To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a 13 year old *indoor* *only* female cat who was tested for feline leukemia as a kitten and was neg. She was vac. for a few years in a row Then the vet said this is not necessary since she is 100% indoors, so we stopped. I had her to the vet in Nov. 2006 for a routine physical- all was ok , healthy 17 lbs. At that visit she was the second pt. of that particular day. Pt. #1 was severely ill and the owner was crying uncontrollably. It was weighed on the same scale but unknown of further contact by the same staff members. I even said to the weighing person if she cleaned that scale after the sick cat and she got defensive and said that they clean the scale after each weigh (I wonder about that now) Now it is March and my cat is positive for feline leukemia. We are devastated!! I can't stop crying. She is now 12.5 lbs. weak and can't eat or drink much. She tries but can't eat much she even cries out because she would love to eat. We try to give her Prednisone and an antibiotic but she fights taking it and we dread putting her through it all. Will these drugs really help much? How did this happen to my baby??? who is only indoors. I have another healthy cat also who is indoor only 14 yrs. old and same story tested- neg early and no longer gets vac. I'm terrified for her also. How and when do you decide to end the life of your baby? It is so heart breaking to see her sick and know she won't get better. My husband and I are half out of our minds knowing what is to come. -- Leslie =^..^= To leave the world a better place - whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or an improved social condition - that is to have succeeded. That only one life breathed easier because you lived - that is success. ---Ralph Waldo Emerson
