Thanks Susan. I know you are right. One can only take so much exposure to Corona when your immune system is not so great. I just don't get why some get it and some don't. I suppose if I could answer that, I'd get the Pulitzer.
I will always wonder, though, if I had isolated him with a smaller number of cats....Oh well, I will never know. And here i was worried that he'd infect someone. They are so fragile. Sorry about your little one, too. Ki came to me in July, too. He was only 12 wks old. It just takes time, I guess. Dede --- Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on > Yahoo! Games. > http://games.yahoo.com/games/front > > > "When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God" Mosiah 2:17 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
