Heather,
I'm so sorry to read of all your losses. My crew is aging and some are
getting to 'decision making' time. I can only imagine how hard it is to lose
so many in such a short time frame. Take care,
tonya
Heather Wienker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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