Dede,
Please do not blame yourself for Ki's death, life happens and stress is a
big part of that.
It is not avoidable.
I understand how you feel though.
My Serenity came to me last July from a "Frankenbreeder" situation, and she
was afraid of her own shadow.
She had never seen a toy before, and she stuck to Princess Naughty Lola like
glue.
They came from the same House of Squalor..... :(
Everyday she began to trust me more, and nothing warmed my heart more than
hearing her begin to bat her toys around, espeically in the middle of the
night..... :)
And watching her devour her food, trying new ones, when before she barely
was fed enough to sustain herself.
Chronic URI and severe ringworm also was in the mix. (Just like w/
Pugsley).
However, she also came to me unspayed, and since she was a cruelty
confiscation being housed @ our local pound, spaying her was a must.
Once she was spayed, it was just a few weeks before her wet FIP symptoms
began to show up.
I still blame myself to this day, I only had her 5 months but she really
grabbed my heart (as tiny and coal black as it may be) and squeezed it very
hard.
Watching her go downhill literally tore me up.
I have heard, though, letting a felv+ cat continously go into heat is
actually more stressful than spaying them.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: "dede hicken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:09 PM
Subject: Ki is an Angel
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I let you know
Ki left this world at 10 this AM.
It was sooo hard for me. I noticed last night that
his belly looked really full. The way he was
breathing was weird also. You could see his head and
chest moving. His eyes had brightened up though, and
the fever had gotten better, but it kept spiking. He
even ate a few pieces of food by himself.
The vet drained his belly, and it was thick straw
colored with fibrin strands...heavy protein. My
biggest fear was that he would crash tomorrow when I
couldn't get to a vet, and he would have a horrible
death.
Maybe the move stressed him, or maybe I should have
never put him in with most of the cats. I dunno...I
could go crazy asking "what if's" I guess I believed
he would be one of the lucky ones. He came from a
horrible home...many FeLV cats and death. His
siblings and mother were neg and I was sure he would
beat it. It was only a faint pos. He had a fever
like this last Nov, but recovered,
I am so grateful for the time I had with him. He came
to me the week before my beloved Smokey died. I
didn't even know he was pos. but we kept him in the
bedroom, and played with him, and loved and slept with
him. He was a pistol, and rough to play with! I hope
he doesn't forget us, and the time will come when we
can all be together forever.
May the Lord bless you sweet one, and keep you in his
care until we meet again.
Dede
"When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the
service of your God"
Mosiah 2:17
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