Amy, I am so sorry about your Maverick. He sounds like he was a wonderful
kitty. The things you say about him remind me so much of one of my
positives, Tweezer. He was also in horrible shape when we got him and has
quite the personality now. You are so lucky to have such a sympathetic vet.
These kitties are so often too young when we lose them. Last November I
lost my Buzzy and he was only two. There have been so many wonderful cats
that people on this list have lost in the last few weeks and every one takes
a piece of my heart. Some of them beat the odds, though. My oldest
positive is 11, and at the shelter where I volunteer there is a sweet 21
year old boy named Alex who lives in our positive room.
It sounds like you do so much for your kitties. I hope you do not lose any
more for a very, very long time. Hugs to you and a pleasent journey to the
bridge for Maverick.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy" <awilkin...@yahoo.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing
He was white with a few orange spots and an orange tail. When we got him,
he was so run down. Within no time at all, I thought he was the coolest
looking cat I ever saw. He was all personality. He's the one that would
stick his paws out from under the chair or couch to get me as I walked by.
He loved life and would sit in the windows and make all sorts of crazy
noises at my birds and squirrels, ones I've never heard a cat make.
He was really one of a kind. I'll never forget how much he touched our
lives. I got him the minute I returned home from my honeymoon in August of
05. I took one cat (possibly his sister or relative) with FIV right before
we left and when I got home from my honeymoon, there was a message that he
was waiting to see if I would give him a home. My husband let me make a
special allowance for him (I had promised to keep my number to five since we
spend so much money on them) and take him as my 6th cat for an early
birthday present.
I've rescued several leuk positive and for us the ones that got it as
kittens never seemed to do as well in the long run. I have 5 (til today)
and this is the longest stretch we've ever had without losing one. We were
hoping maybe all these cats got leukemia as adults and would be around for a
long time. Maverick was way too young, probably only 4 or 5 years old :(
Thanks for thinking about us.
Amy
Amy, what color was Maverick? I
picture him as black and white...and want to
get the right picture of him in my mind.
He is lucky to have had you. Your vet sounds wonderful!
How long did you have Maverick?
Take care and let your other kitties comfort you.
Btw - a note of hope- I had one FeLV cat (Squeaky) live to
22 and another
(Stripes) live to 16.
L
-----Original Message-----
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org]
On Behalf Of Amy
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:07 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing
All,
Thank you to everybody that has responded. This
passing has been extremely
sad for us. They all are. No matter how many
times I see this disease take
one away, it never gets any easier. This guy came to
me so sick. He was
full of worms and stuff bursting out from under his
eyes. I honestly didn't
think he'd make it a year. He totally thrived and
proved me wrong and he
was such a character, such a presence. We miss him
deeply already and the
house is not the same. It is just empty in a way I
can't express. It helps
to hear from all of you that can understand because you've
been there.
Amy
> Amy, lighting a candle for a peaceful passage for
> Maverick. We love them. care for them and in the
end
> let them go.
> Sharyl
>
> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Diane Rosenfeldt <drosenfe...@wi.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Diane Rosenfeldt <drosenfe...@wi.rr.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing
> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 1:27 PM
> >
> >
> > -----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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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