I'm very glad that I could help, Glenda..
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "glenda Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Typical course of a dying FELV kitty? long letter-
sorrybutplease indulge
Wow! Thanks! I had the animal medical suppy place
trying to find this stuff for me under iron
supplements...no wonder they could not pull it up. I
guess if my vet does not hurry and get back to me in
the next hour I will be off to buy some human iron
supplement. My cat Dingo does not do pills well at
all, so will have to give with a dropper. He also has
always been a dainty eater...can't stick it in
tuna...He has really been turning his nose up lately
and I am realizing I have an emergency on my
hands...If it were not for this list I might not have
noticed...
Thanks, Pat, for setting me straight as to
Procrit...Glenda
--- Pat Kachur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have seen a lot of ads for Procrit - it is a drug
used to help people
undergoing chemo and whose white cells have been
compromised. There are
some lawsuits filed against the manufacturer from
people who say they have
been hurt by the drug.
Come to think of it--haven't seen the ads for a
couple of months after
seeing them almost every day for a while.
----- Original Message -----
From: "glenda Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Typical course of a dying FELV kitty?
long letter- sorry
butplease indulge
> Beckie, You are such a bright little light here
and I
> feel so sad to know you are hurting and your sweet
> little Moeman might be fading away. You have
learned a
> lot for the time you have been here. I know I have
on
> just how to take care of our little guys better
and
> signs to look for. I have been checking all my
> kittie's gums this morning and just like I
suspected,
> my old guy, Dingo, he is 13 years old, and has
seemed
> out of sorts lately, has very pale gums. He is not
> FeLV+ or FIV+ that I know of ,but I will have him
> tested and for now am trying to get a good iron
> supplement. I wrote down :Procrit ? Who was it
that
> said they gave that to a kitty and it helped with
the
> anemia? It was just in a recent post... I am
asking my
> vet about what it is and can I have some right
now...
> I just left a message for my vet...Anyway, thanks
to
> these guys here, I know a lot more than I did a
couple
> months ago.
> Do not give up fighting, but I do not believe in
> stressing our guys out either.I think you probably
> have a good idea where Moeman is at this point and
if
> he is getting weaker and you have tried through
> supplements, etc. you have done all you can...just
> love him.
> I absolutely loved Jenna's letter to you. What a
> beautiful, thoughtful gift from her and her
husband to
> share their experience with you...I will be
keeping
> that letter for myself, for when I will be needing
> that precious support, that can only come from
people
> who really understand...
> My heart is with you and Moeman...Glenda
> --- Jenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> im so sorry beckie- i will keep you and moeman in
my
>> prayers.
>>
>> It feels odd to write about this now as my
husband
>> and i were crying remembering our beloved siamese
>> calico lady. This is my experience and I hope it
>> helps you.
>>
>> My baby died at home. That was important to me,
>> and i wanted it that way though my husband was
very
>> caucious about it. I wanted her to be comfortable
>> and not with people she was afraid of and being
>> stressed out. I have seen people go kicking and
>> screaming and while in trauma that might be more
>> beneficial, in the case of terminal illness it
makes
>> it harder. So after that experience (this was
with
>> my grandmother) I told myself that if this
happened
>> with my animals- i wanted it to be gentle and
>> peaceful. There is a line from the nbc show Heros
>> where Peter the hospice nurse says, "death can be
>> beautiful, if you let it be." Though most may
reject
>> this statement because it is not something most
want
>> to think about, I can say that I do agree with
it.
>> It doesn't make it hurt less, but it made it
easier
>> for me to deal with.
>>
>> She stopped eating, and slept all the time. She
>> didn't purr and did not want to be held. In her
>> prime she was very talkative and loved being held
>> and paraded around our apartment. Eventually she
>> stopped her toilet activiites- which actually was
a
>> relief because she had a lot of blood (stool was
a
>> dark tar color) in it and that was very tough. I
>> started having a feeling that it was going to be
on
>> sunday because i started getting a song in my
head
>> about a relationship ending that is from Aspects
of
>> love by Andrew Lloyd Weber. The song is "Tell me
on
>> a sunday."
>>
>> "Don't write a letter when you want to leave
>> Don't call me at 3 a.m. from a friend's apartment
>> I'd like to choose how I hear the news
>> Take me to a park that's covered with trees
>> Tell me on a Sunday please
>>
>> Don't leave in silence with no word at all
>> Don't get drunk and slam the door
>> That's no way to end this
>> I know how I want you to say goodbye
>> Find a circus ring with a flying trapeze
>> Tell me on a Sunday please"
>>
>> That day - on sunday- she was in the bathroom
and
>> she was breating very heavy. Her eyes were very
>> diated. I bent down around her and sang her
>> Complainte De La Butte from Moulin Rouge. For the
>> first time all weekend she raised her head and
>> looked at me. She purred so loud. I told her I
loved
>> her and if she wanted to go it was okay. I got a
>> feeling that she understood.
>>
>> The song goes:
>> "Petite mandigotte je sens ta menotte qui
cherche
>> ma main
>> Je sens ta poitrine et ta taille fine
>> J'oublie mon chagrin
>> Je sens sur tes lèvres une odeur de fièvre de
gosse
>> mal nourri
>> Et sous ta caresse je sens une ivresse qui
>> m'anéantit
>> The stairways up to la butte can make the
wretched
>> sigh
>> while windmill wings of the moulin shelter you
and
>> I"
>>
>> I sang to her for about 15 minutes and pet her,
>> even though I could feel each vertebrate of her
>> little back bone. She did not shy away that time.
>>
>> I went back to the living room and laid down,
but
>> didnt' sleep. It was exhausting. My husband went
>> into the bathroom and stayed a long time. I knew
he
>> was talking with her. When he was done, I could
see
>> he had been crying.
>>
>> When i woke up I sat at my computer. About 20
>> minutes later my dog, Carmel got very whiney and
>> would not settle down. She was upset about
>> something. I went into the bathroom and found
that
>> satine had passed. She was stretched out like she
>> would when she was comfortable and when I said
kitty
>> and shook her she didn't move.
>>
>> I went out side and told my husband she was
gone.
>> He said he knew that he talked with her. He told
her
>> that she was surrounded by love and she would
always
>> be loved. He said she picked her head up and
meowed
>> at him. He said he thinks she knew what he was
>> saying and that she was waiting for him to be
okay
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