Re: Balance of puddy cats

2008-03-31 Thread Debi Holmes
I agree that you should call. Something is calling you to this boy and I agree that the trip to Iowa would be way too much stress on him! You would never had thought twice had it not been meant for you to get him. Debi H. Tracy Weese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: body{font-family:

re Foxy/ bad news

2008-03-31 Thread Kathy Dillard
We took our kitten Foxy to the vet and she only has about 24-48 hours to live.The leukemia has taken over and her blood count is very very low. We are heart sick but want to do what is best for her and I dont want to prolong her suffering. The vet said we have done a good job keeping her

Re: re Foxy/ bad news

2008-03-31 Thread Gloria B. Lane
I don'tknow, I would think that oxygen would be a very kind thing to provide, if they think she needs it. I used to have a cat carrier that was converted into an oxygen carrier, but have since passed it onto someone else. I got it for my Calawalla Banana who died before I could get the

Re: re Foxy/ bad news

2008-03-31 Thread Lynne
Kathy, I'm so very sorry for you. Knowing what I know now, rather than let her suffer or have to struggle to breathe, I would take the most humane approach and have the vet give her a sedative via catheter and euthanize. I'm sorry to sound hopeless, but we know that at this stage hope just

Re: re Foxy/ bad news

2008-03-31 Thread Sally Davis
Hi Kathy It is so hard when it gets to this point. This is exactly where I was with Junior two weeks ago. His breathing was very labored. We knew he had a heart mumur. He lived a little over a year and a half of his diagnosis. I could tell he was miserable even at the vets office after she had