Heather, I'm so sorry for all your losses, and Jann's and Kate's. I'm sure all these sweet babies are at the Bridge bragging up all the VERY special people who cared so much about them. I don't know of anybody on this list who hasn't at some point beaten themselves up about what they shoulda coulda done, but sometimes things just are what they are and you do what you can. Sometimes it turns out that it wasn't enough, because nothing short of divine intervention WOULD have been enough, but you know you made a world of difference to somekitty just by giving them a warm, loving place to be at the end. Diane R.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather Wienker Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:43 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Sissy has joined Hobbs, 6/27/08 With much sadness, I wanted to share with everyone that Hobbs' sister, Sissy, has now joined him. The loss of her dear brother affected Sissy very much, which was to be expected as they were quite bonded, and she began to take a similar road as Hobbs did in his final days. Their people-Mom Jann had wanted to avoid Sissy suffering as she felt Hobbs did, and had planned for her to cross this morning, though unfortunately they had a very bad night, and stayed the night in the garage together, where Sissy had actually been spending a lot of time lately. I apologize that I haven't been active since the outpouring of support from you all regarding the loss of Hobbs, unfortunately the following week we lost another FELV+ rescue, Shennanigans (whom a friend in another city had given a home to for these last 3 months), and also a dear Torti rescue named Freckles who we found living in a woman's yard, very ill and with an old & very uncomfortable injury. She was such a sweet, beautiful kitty and her spirit really touched us all very much, a rescue was assisting with her medical care but force feeding with her injury was very stressful for Freckles, and her caregiver, and given the severity of her illness (which prevented her from being a candidate for surgery for her long-healed injury, unless she made a remarkable recovery), they felt it was best to release her from her pain. I found out after the fact and have struggled with it ever since as I feel I didn't do enough for her, soon enough, and wonder if things could have been different. Shennanigans was a beautiful little charcoal grey long haired kitty whom we found outside at my vets, likely dumped around Febuary. She appeared to be only 4 - 5 months old, though we aren't really sure. The woman who she went to live with said her vet thought she might be older than we initially thought, she wasn't spayed when we found her and I still think she was a pretty young kitty. Her initial FELV test was a "weak"+. I really should have posted about Shennanigans here but was fairly numb with all of the loss. I was not the direct caregiver, but the rescuer, for these kitties so can only imagine what my friends have been going through as they loved them all dearly. Even if it was only for 3 months, I know Shennanigans spent those last 3 months sleeping in a bed with someone, though she was afraid of the other cats. What Jann did for Hobbs and Sissy, giving two little FELV+ kittens a home which is so hard to find, I will be eternally grateful for. I hate the pain it's caused her, yet she is such a giving soul and does nothing but thank me for entrusting her with their care and for the precious time she had with them over this last year. While I am always full of doubts as to how I handle things, I am so confident in the wonderful, loving happy lives they had with Jann, no matter how short. I just hate how painful the "end" has been. She still has their Mother, a double+ kitty I found at my "new" job with an eye & ear injury, she has outlived all of her kittens--I found them all last April under a trailer behind my new office. I had moved accross campus after almost 20 years in the same building, and kept looking for a "sign from God" as to whether I should make the move...when I found Mom & her babies, and their testing status, I knew had anyone else found them they'd most likely have immediately been put down, and that they were the "sign" I was looking for. We also have a new Leuk+ rescue, this poor kitty had scabies so bad his eyes were crusted shut (and still are quite infected), a friend made a heroic rescue standing on a truck and plucking this kitty out of a tree, and it hit hard when we found out he was leuk+. We are still looking for a home for him, and he is still boarding at the vets being treated (3 weeks now), but we are glad we've had the chance to give him the chance he deserves to feel good love and care. Well I am sorry as this must be a very sad update...but I know you all will keep Sissy, Hobbs, Shennangans, and Jann & Kate the loving humans they've left behind, in your close thoughts and prayers. Please add them to the candle light memorial service. Thank you all for giving kitties with leukemia a chance, no one should have to lose the chance to know love just because of what is in their blood. Heather Tampa, FL This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. 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