Amy, I am so sorry....I have stayed on the sidelines during this because I knew others were far more knowledgeable...Godspeed, little Maverick....you were loved, and touched many lives.
Debbie (COL) "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" Philo > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:09:08 -0700 > From: awilkin...@yahoo.com > 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.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 _________________________________________________________________ More than messages–check out the rest of the Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
