It breaks my heart, immensely!!! I am so sorry for your loss! Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 29, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Rosie passed last night, I could not bear to watch her wasting away. The > Lymphoma had > beat her. We had her on Pred and Leukeran-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
