Alice, You and your dear husband tried so hard to save these babies. I was saddened to read that Rosie has joined Murphy and her brothers at the Rainbow Bridge. We love them, care for them and in the end let them go. You gave Rosie the greatest gift you could - her freedom from suffering. We all understand the pain you are feeling. Rosie is now happily romping in the green meadows chasing butterflies with all our Angels. You both are in my thoughts and prayers. Sharyl
--- On Tue, 3/29/11, Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [Folktale] Please add Rosie to CLS To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 11:09 PM Rosie passed last night, I could not bear to watch her wasting away. The Lymphoma had beat her. We had her on Pred and Lutheran-which shrank the mass near her throat the first week, then it came back with a vengeance the next week. We increased it to every other day on the Leukeran to no avail. She was also on Lasix, Lysine, iron, b vitamins, Interferon. She always came into the kitchen and waited for me to give her the meds, but the last few days she began to clamp her jaw, like enough. She was being syringe fed, she couldn't eat-the mass in her neck got so large and hard. Her eyes became empty and she just wanted to hide, she was miserable. When I came home from work last night, I knew it was time. Thank you to the wonderful vets and staff at Sacramento Cat Hospital for staying late so we could help Rosie join her man, Murphy at the bridge-he passed in October from Lymphoma and anemia. Rosie is our 6th and last FeLV kitty-her 4 brothers passed in their first year from anemia, despite all our efforts. I have never felt so defeated and empty in my life. I did not have a clue about FeLV when we rescued the feral babies. It has been a long and sad 2 years, Rosie and Murphy each just made it to 2 1/2 yrs old. Bless all of you fighting this battle-it is a long, and difficult journey, but these babies deserve all the love in the world. Alice with Miso and Sachi-the 2 negatives we adopted when Rosie got so depressed when she was left alone after Murphy passed. _______________________________________________ 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
