i have been on this site for at least 1 year, and think our people are willing to do what is necessary , but sometimes available funds are not there for the needed treatment and we have to make that hard decision. also, sometimes we have to stop and think about what is best for them. when my holding on to them and putting them thru painful treatments hurts them more than helps, it is time to stop. i had to make a decision for Shorty when he was having series strokes. he was 18 and the possibility of helping him was not there. he was screaming in pain and the kindest thing i could do for him was end his life. if you have never driven 60 miles at 90 miles a hour, lights flashing, trying to get to the vet er with him screaming all the way, it is may be hard to understand why i pts my precious boy. i did not get a ticket because i called 911 when i started out and told them the situation and they advised all law enforcement on my route. several highway patrol cars flashed their lights at me and the last one escorted me to the vet because i was now in a city. same situation with Shadow. he had a clot on his spine and screamed all the way to Columbia (about 200 miles ). he was also 18 and trying to do surgery at that age would have been more than he could take, plus it had been too long for him to regain use of his legs and bladder. i could not see making him continue that way. dorlis ---- Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Finally a voice of reason and kindness...Can I afford to treat this way? No-I > could have paid my 5 yr old car off in the last year's vet bills and I > wouldn't be behind in my mortgage. Maybe it's menopause or empty nest > syndrome...But I had a few yard sales, bought enough hay for my old horses > for the winter. I still need to get some more Rimadyl for my arthritic dogs. > I am still selling off stuff I don't need. I live at Walmart, BigLots and the > dollar store, but I get top stuff for the cats and dogs to eat.I take peanut > butter and jelly every day for lunch. I just so desperately want the last 2 > to live...but if they were getting sick from the Interferon, I'd stop in a > heartbeat-they come over and wait to take it. Giving antibiotics was a bigger > hassle when they had URIs and Bartonella...Treating for ear mites was a pain > too, but I did it-I guess I shouldn't have? If the Imulan proves to be a good > treatment and enough vets use it-the price will > eventually go down. I save money by doing the injections at home. I work > full time, but I may have to go back to sewing in my spare time. I try and > help with TNRing the ferals with a local group, network and donate food and > litter to individual rescuers. Seems like the people willing to do the > most-have the least. I just don't understand why people who are so adamantly > against all the things this site promotes seem to ger off on bashing the > people who are getting information from this site on treating their sick > pets. Perhaps they can get the owners of this site to change their "Mission > Statement". > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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