Amy, I'm so sorry you lost Maverick, but I'm glad his crossing was peaceful. Gentlest of Bridge vibes to him, and hugs to you.
Diane R. -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:09 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing His name is Maverick. He woke up this morning with a yellow color and has let us know he's had enough. We just returned from the vet and he had a peaceful passing. Amy --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> wrote: > From: Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:45 AM Poor guy. What is his name? > Please keep us posted. > Laurie > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] > On Behalf Of Amy > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:22 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing > > > Yeah, the vet does know about it. He threw it up and she said that > means it was recently ingested. She said we can look at his belly > today if we want but she said she felt while we were there and his > belly felt fine. I read, and so did she, that one of the main reasons > cats eat litter is because of anemia and we already know that's going > on. I've lost the majority of my leuk positives over the years the > same way. Either anemisa or tumors. We do full blood workups every 6 > months to try to keep an eye on anemia but I've never been able to > bring one back yet once the hematocrit starts dropping quickly. I > expected him to live longer because I've lost most of my guys with > hematocrits between 7-13 and his is 23. > This guy is fading, > though, and I think he's probably had enough. I'm just trying to > decide if I want to do bloodwork and radiographs or if I want to just > let him go peacefully without disturbing him any further. I have no > doubt that the leukemia has just taken it's toll on him :( > > He also has Bartonella and despite numerous treatments, has not been > able to shake it. We couldn't figure it out because any other cats > I've treated have responded quite well. This guy's numbers actually > got worse after treatment so I'm thinking his body just doesn't have > the means to cope with fighting it off. > > Amy > > > > I would be real concerned with > > clumping litter if he ate any, you know what it does > when it > > gets wet. Does the vet know about that? I have heard that cats > > shouldn't get tums, will see if I can > find > > the palce I read it. > > > > -- > > Belinda > > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > > > http://bemikitties.com > > > > http://BelindaSauro.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.o > > rg > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org