Tomi may have had wet FIP at the end, I don't know, but he was very anemic as 
well.  For the last week, his belly was swollen, and he was eating and drinking 
alot, but still getting thinner.  Does that sound like FIP?  I don't know where 
he would get that from.  Not that it matters I suppose, because he just 
couldn't deal with the anemia by itself, nevermind FIP thrown in.

Cassandra
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Dubose 
  To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
  Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:08 PM
  Subject: Re: Tomi has joined Kisa and Koda


  Hi Cassandra,

  I am sorry to hear about your recent loses, losing 3 cats so close together 
must have been very hard on you.

  Question, was Tomi's labored breathing & panting due to his felv+ morphing 
into wet FIP?

  Susan
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: C & J 
    To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
    Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:05 PM
    Subject: Tomi has joined Kisa and Koda


    I've just lost my closest friend other than my husband.  Tomi and I have 
had a special bond ever since my husband brought him home.  My husband was out 
walking the dog by the river in October of 2004, on a cold and rainy day.  
There was a kitten crying in the trees, cold and wet, and my husband couldn't 
just leave him there.  I wasn't impressed at first, since we already had 4 
cats, but Tomi quickly won me over.  I've had a very close bond with him ever 
since.

    He was very timid at first, hiding whenever there was a strange noise or 
person, we often wondered how my husband was able to catch him to bring him 
home.  His tail had been broken at the end at one time too, it sort of looked 
like a question mark when it was straight up.  Tomi quickly came around though 
and trusted us, though he still always hid when any strangers came to the house.

    Tomi was the type of loving boy that always acknowledged your presence when 
you touched him or talked to him...or even looked at him sometimes.  He never 
showed any signs of annoyance when I gave him too many hugs/kisses, and never 
got angry.

    3.5 months ago when I found out he was anemic and had FeLV, I was 
devastated.  I watched him slowly decline for nearly 2 months until he crashed 
and I was sure he would die.  Amazingly he bounced back and gave me another 
good 8 weeks with him.  Except during this time I had to watch Koda and Kisa 
(Tomi's close buddy) get sick and die, so I didn't get to spend as much time 
with my Tomi as I would have liked.

    Then just a few days after Kisa died on June 12, Tomi got sick and crashed 
again with the anemia.  He was having a hard time breathing, and again he 
bounced back.  Last week he had a huge appetite, eating everything I gave him, 
and drank lots of water.  Yesterday, he started to crash again.

    Today, he was eating a little bit of liver I gave him and still drinking, 
but his breathing was becoming more labored.  Then around noon, he began 
panting, and I watched him die in a way that will haunt me forever.  He was so 
scared and crying because he couldn't catch his breath.  This is absolutely the 
worse thing i've ever experienced.  

    A huge part of the happiness in my life is now gone.  I guess i'll just 
wander around like a zombie for awhile, and maybe the pain will eventually turn 
to numbness.

    Thank you all for the support you've given me through all of this.  It 
looks like this ordeal that has been going on nonstop since March 9 is now over.

    Cassandra


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