Re: papillon, part 2
Okay, have I been asleep? (Ans: probably!) What's the T-cyte drug? Consciousness is Causal and Physicality is its Manifestation. On Aug 31, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Susan Dubose wrote: I talked to Dr.Smith today about my Pappy, he wants me to bring him for a thorough exam ASAP. He says that the thing w/felv+cats, you have to watch them very carefully,more so than other cats, of course, because cats are so good about hiding their medical problems. And when their behavior changes, that's always cause for alarm. I have back to back petsitting next week ( w/lots of special needs pets) due to a holiday and I will be lucky if I even get to eat in a timely fashion. Probably will just eat in my car as usual. Talk about pressure. My vet is a 70+mile round trip, also. The good thing is that I can always take him there, drop him off,and he will be in good hands, I know. Then just pick him up when I can. On another note, Dr. Mrs.Smith are getting a total of 8 felv+ cats from the FLOCK fiasco,due to arrive next week. Best Friends, in return , is taking about 7 or 8 highly adoptable kittens, all about 8 weeks old. They are so cute! They were dumped @ the shelter in 2 filthy carriers, all very sick w/URI,parasites diarhea. I saw them today, what little pistols! They are rip, roaring ready to gooo! I miss having kittens. :( My kitten foster space has been made into the felv+ suite.. All of the Smiths' felv+cats are on the T-Cyte drug, and it's seems to be working and it's available for sale. Sheila said in the past they have given them all interferon, but it just didn't seem to do much. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent
Re: Goodbye, Olive...
Hang around a while. The support here is great and you sound like you really need it. Olive is beautiful and very grateful that you loved her and took good care of her. Let her visit you and calm you.just ask her to drop in one night while you are asleep and receptive to her. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: Megan Heikkinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: Goodbye, Olive... Unfortunately, I had to resort to PTS. It was probably the toughest decision of my life--or at least, the second toughest, the first being to decide to let Olive go in the first place. I spent most of the day yesterday and today with her, and it was miserable watching her fade away. My roommate and I sat by her for hours today. I kept thinking she was about to go, that she'd take one last looking like she'd already passed. At one point she looked like she was really gone, aside from the very slight rising of her chest, and then she rolled over and stretched out, almost as if she were alright... it was heartbreaking. This morning I had thought about trying to save her, but in my heart I feel that it would have done more harm than good. Perhaps there was a slight chance I truly could have saved her and reversed the anemia--but I have a feeling it wouldn't have worked out that way, and I didn't want to put Olive through more suffering. She was too young to succumb to this, but if I had tried to keep her alive, I feel that it would've been out of my own selfish reasons. I will miss her so much, but I am glad that she went out easy. I am sorry that I could not give her a longer life, but at least the one she had was a great one. She was one of the best kitties ever. The vet called me this afternoon asking for an update, and I told him of my decision, but that I still didn't know which way to go about it. He told me he'd be at the clinic for about 20 more minutes, so I told him I might call back. After discussing it with my roommate and boyfriend, I called back. It was terrible. But at least Olive got to enjoy a last meal of tuna before parting this world. She'd not eaten in a while, and I was happy to see her gobble up quite a bit of it. Here are some photos of Olive, if you're interested: http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive2.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/babyolive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/kittens.JPG (Juniper on left, Kudzu on right) She was not very photogenic, so I don't have many good photos of her... Thank you guys for all of your help. I did not mean to come off as ungrateful in one of my previous emails. I was in so much pain, and so confused. I'm feeling better now, because I know I did the right thing, as awful as it was. I wish you and all your kitties good luck. I may eventually leave this list, as I should hopefully no longer have use of it for some time being... But I'll stay on for a bit. Thank you, everyone, so much. -Megan
Re: papillon, part 2
It's a fairly new immune boosting drug from what I have gathered. My vet has his felv+ cats on it and he thinks it is helping them. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent - Original Message - From: Taylor Scobie Humphrey To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 1:54 AM Subject: Re: papillon, part 2 Okay, have I been asleep? (Ans: probably!) What's the T-cyte drug? Consciousness is Causal and Physicality is its Manifestation. On Aug 31, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Susan Dubose wrote: I talked to Dr.Smith today about my Pappy, he wants me to bring him for a thorough exam ASAP. He says that the thing w/felv+cats, you have to watch them very carefully,more so than other cats, of course, because cats are so good about hiding their medical problems. And when their behavior changes, that's always cause for alarm. I have back to back petsitting next week ( w/lots of special needs pets) due to a holiday and I will be lucky if I even get to eat in a timely fashion. Probably will just eat in my car as usual. Talk about pressure. My vet is a 70+mile round trip, also. The good thing is that I can always take him there, drop him off,and he will be in good hands, I know. Then just pick him up when I can. On another note, Dr. Mrs.Smith are getting a total of 8 felv+ cats from the FLOCK fiasco,due to arrive next week. Best Friends, in return , is taking about 7 or 8 highly adoptable kittens, all about 8 weeks old. They are so cute! They were dumped @ the shelter in 2 filthy carriers, all very sick w/URI,parasites diarhea. I saw them today, what little pistols! They are rip, roaring ready to gooo! I miss having kittens. :( My kitten foster space has been made into the felv+ suite.. All of the Smiths' felv+cats are on the T-Cyte drug, and it's seems to be working and it's available for sale. Sheila said in the past they have given them all interferon, but it just didn't seem to do much. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent
Re: Goodbye, Olive...
I'm so sorry, Megan. She was a very lucky cat to have you. And we are all so blessed to have them in our lives for the short time that we do. Please take care of yourself. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent - Original Message - From: Megan Heikkinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: Goodbye, Olive... Unfortunately, I had to resort to PTS. It was probably the toughest decision of my life--or at least, the second toughest, the first being to decide to let Olive go in the first place. I spent most of the day yesterday and today with her, and it was miserable watching her fade away. My roommate and I sat by her for hours today. I kept thinking she was about to go, that she'd take one last looking like she'd already passed. At one point she looked like she was really gone, aside from the very slight rising of her chest, and then she rolled over and stretched out, almost as if she were alright... it was heartbreaking. This morning I had thought about trying to save her, but in my heart I feel that it would have done more harm than good. Perhaps there was a slight chance I truly could have saved her and reversed the anemia--but I have a feeling it wouldn't have worked out that way, and I didn't want to put Olive through more suffering. She was too young to succumb to this, but if I had tried to keep her alive, I feel that it would've been out of my own selfish reasons. I will miss her so much, but I am glad that she went out easy. I am sorry that I could not give her a longer life, but at least the one she had was a great one. She was one of the best kitties ever. The vet called me this afternoon asking for an update, and I told him of my decision, but that I still didn't know which way to go about it. He told me he'd be at the clinic for about 20 more minutes, so I told him I might call back. After discussing it with my roommate and boyfriend, I called back. It was terrible. But at least Olive got to enjoy a last meal of tuna before parting this world. She'd not eaten in a while, and I was happy to see her gobble up quite a bit of it. Here are some photos of Olive, if you're interested: http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive2.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/babyolive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/kittens.JPG (Juniper on left, Kudzu on right) She was not very photogenic, so I don't have many good photos of her... Thank you guys for all of your help. I did not mean to come off as ungrateful in one of my previous emails. I was in so much pain, and so confused. I'm feeling better now, because I know I did the right thing, as awful as it was. I wish you and all your kitties good luck. I may eventually leave this list, as I should hopefully no longer have use of it for some time being... But I'll stay on for a bit. Thank you, everyone, so much. -Megan
Re: Goodbye, Olive...
Ahhh, a beautiful little tuxie girl. Siamese tuxies, my favorites. :) Tuxies are all dressed up in their party clothes all the time.. But I love them all. Thank you for sharing her photos w/us. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent - Original Message - From: Megan Heikkinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: Goodbye, Olive... Unfortunately, I had to resort to PTS. It was probably the toughest decision of my life--or at least, the second toughest, the first being to decide to let Olive go in the first place. I spent most of the day yesterday and today with her, and it was miserable watching her fade away. My roommate and I sat by her for hours today. I kept thinking she was about to go, that she'd take one last looking like she'd already passed. At one point she looked like she was really gone, aside from the very slight rising of her chest, and then she rolled over and stretched out, almost as if she were alright... it was heartbreaking. This morning I had thought about trying to save her, but in my heart I feel that it would have done more harm than good. Perhaps there was a slight chance I truly could have saved her and reversed the anemia--but I have a feeling it wouldn't have worked out that way, and I didn't want to put Olive through more suffering. She was too young to succumb to this, but if I had tried to keep her alive, I feel that it would've been out of my own selfish reasons. I will miss her so much, but I am glad that she went out easy. I am sorry that I could not give her a longer life, but at least the one she had was a great one. She was one of the best kitties ever. The vet called me this afternoon asking for an update, and I told him of my decision, but that I still didn't know which way to go about it. He told me he'd be at the clinic for about 20 more minutes, so I told him I might call back. After discussing it with my roommate and boyfriend, I called back. It was terrible. But at least Olive got to enjoy a last meal of tuna before parting this world. She'd not eaten in a while, and I was happy to see her gobble up quite a bit of it. Here are some photos of Olive, if you're interested: http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive2.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/babyolive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/kittens.JPG (Juniper on left, Kudzu on right) She was not very photogenic, so I don't have many good photos of her... Thank you guys for all of your help. I did not mean to come off as ungrateful in one of my previous emails. I was in so much pain, and so confused. I'm feeling better now, because I know I did the right thing, as awful as it was. I wish you and all your kitties good luck. I may eventually leave this list, as I should hopefully no longer have use of it for some time being... But I'll stay on for a bit. Thank you, everyone, so much. -Megan
Re: Goodbye, Olive...
I am so sorry Megan. It is heartbreaking. Olive was lucky to have found you to experience your love and care. She was a beautiful kittie. Jane tunately, I had to resort to PTS. It was probably the toughest decision of my life--or at least, the second toughest, the first being to decide to let Olive go in the first place. I spent most of the day yesterday and today with her, and it was miserable watching her fade away. My roommate and I sat by her for hours today. I kept thinking she was about to go, that she'd take one last looking like she'd already passed. At one point she looked like she was really gone, aside from the very slight rising of her chest, and then she rolled over and stretched out, almost as if she were alright... it was heartbreaking. This morning I had thought about trying to save her, but in my heart I feel that it would have done more harm than good. Perhaps there was a slight chance I truly could have saved her and reversed the anemia--but I have a feeling it wouldn't have worked out that way, and I didn't want to put Olive through more suffering. She was too young to succumb to this, but if I had tried to keep her alive, I feel that it would've been out of my own selfish reasons. I will miss her so much, but I am glad that she went out easy. I am sorry that I could not give her a longer life, but at least the one she had was a great one. She was one of the best kitties ever. The vet called me this afternoon asking for an update, and I told him of my decision, but that I still didn't know which way to go about it. He told me he'd be at the clinic for about 20 more minutes, so I told him I might call back. After discussing it with my roommate and boyfriend, I called back. It was terrible. But at least Olive got to enjoy a last meal of tuna before parting this world. She'd not eaten in a while, and I was happy to see her gobble up quite a bit of it. Here are some photos of Olive, if you're interested: http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive2.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/babyolive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/kittens.JPG (Juniper on left, Kudzu on right) She was not very photogenic, so I don't have many good photos of her... Thank you guys for all of your help. I did not mean to come off as ungrateful in one of my previous emails. I was in so much pain, and so confused. I'm feeling better now, because I know I did the right thing, as awful as it was. I wish you and all your kitties good luck. I may eventually leave this list, as I should hopefully no longer have use of it for some time being... But I'll stay on for a bit. Thank you, everyone, so much. -Megan When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God Mosiah 2:17 __ __ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
Re: Goodbye, Olive...
Megan, I'm so sorry. She was a beautiful little girl. It is so unfair. Her siblings are very beautiful too. Make sure you give them extra vitamins and iron just to make sure they stay strong. I think it is very lucky they have tested negative. This means they did not contract this disease through their mom. You have been a great joy to me, just because it is so wonderful to see a person so full of love and compassion. People like the people here on this list do restore my faith in people. There is so much unkindness in this world. Hearing about how all this has ended did break my heart. My eyes get cleaned out every morning here...I know we were all hoping so badly everything would turn out perfect. Your other little guys deserve your attention now. I'm sure this has been awful for them too. You have learned so much here ,as have we all. You have also made a lot of friends. I'm sure you will always be able to find a friend here who will remember you. I really loved your pictures! They were very easy to access too! Thank you Megan. Now it is back to thinking about school. You will have a wonderful life. Sending our love and best wishes always, Glenda and family --- Megan Heikkinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, I had to resort to PTS. It was probably the toughest decision of my life--or at least, the second toughest, the first being to decide to let Olive go in the first place. I spent most of the day yesterday and today with her, and it was miserable watching her fade away. My roommate and I sat by her for hours today. I kept thinking she was about to go, that she'd take one last looking like she'd already passed. At one point she looked like she was really gone, aside from the very slight rising of her chest, and then she rolled over and stretched out, almost as if she were alright... it was heartbreaking. This morning I had thought about trying to save her, but in my heart I feel that it would have done more harm than good. Perhaps there was a slight chance I truly could have saved her and reversed the anemia--but I have a feeling it wouldn't have worked out that way, and I didn't want to put Olive through more suffering. She was too young to succumb to this, but if I had tried to keep her alive, I feel that it would've been out of my own selfish reasons. I will miss her so much, but I am glad that she went out easy. I am sorry that I could not give her a longer life, but at least the one she had was a great one. She was one of the best kitties ever. The vet called me this afternoon asking for an update, and I told him of my decision, but that I still didn't know which way to go about it. He told me he'd be at the clinic for about 20 more minutes, so I told him I might call back. After discussing it with my roommate and boyfriend, I called back. It was terrible. But at least Olive got to enjoy a last meal of tuna before parting this world. She'd not eaten in a while, and I was happy to see her gobble up quite a bit of it. Here are some photos of Olive, if you're interested: http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/olive2.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/babyolive.JPG http://web.utk.edu/~mheikkin/kittens.JPG (Juniper on left, Kudzu on right) She was not very photogenic, so I don't have many good photos of her... Thank you guys for all of your help. I did not mean to come off as ungrateful in one of my previous emails. I was in so much pain, and so confused. I'm feeling better now, because I know I did the right thing, as awful as it was. I wish you and all your kitties good luck. I may eventually leave this list, as I should hopefully no longer have use of it for some time being... But I'll stay on for a bit. Thank you, everyone, so much. -Megan Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433
Way OT: Far out
Even Spiders Know Everythings Bigger in Texas http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14094404sc=emaf What's really interesting is that these particuliarly spiders are not social by nature... Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent
RE: Goodbye, Olive...
Oh megan, My heart breaks for you. Little Olive was indeed a beautiful girl as her siblings. She is out of pain. May your heart heal fast and memories always fill your heart with absolute love. kayte and Crackers ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
Re: Update on Olive: Dilemma...
This is totally and absolutely incorrect but warned me that it usually only works a couple times because an immunity develops please ask him to do some research on this, I know from experience of my own cat and hundreds of people on the anemia list with cats getting epogen, procrit and the news drug for anemia, starts with an A and I can't think of the name right now, that it is less than 30% of cats that may develope a reaction and then only after an average of 4 or more months of bein on the drug! AND when that happens your just basically back where you started and the epogen doesn't work anymore. As I said Bailey was on it 6 MONTHS with NO problems, sorry to yell but it seems like nobody is listening half the time and a cats life is at stake So . try and possibly save your cat don't try and your cat dies FOR SURE, for me the choice is very easy. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting web design] http://HostDesign4U.com BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com
Re: Way OT: Far out
Last week I was caring for one of my client's felv+kitties, The Chairman AKAS Chairman Meow, AKAS Rothchild and he was unusually active. I was spying on him while I prepared his lunch,he was jumping in the air and running around..actin' all crazyso cute! Then I see that he is batting a snake around, poor thing was almost dead from his pawing and tossin' it up in the air. I quickly grabbed it and put it outside, he proceeded to walk around and meow, singin' for his snake, looking for it even under the rug His new Native American name is One who dances w/Snakes.. Told ya, kitties have many names, many purrsonalities in them there tiny furry little bodies... Many names indeed. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: Re: Way OT: Far out Wow that is amazing and made me have a shiver down my spine. Last week I was taking my Puppy Blue for a 2 am walk. It was dark and I walked right into a fresh web Oh it was so wet and sticky. I ran into the house and showered quickly hoping no spidars were in my hair. Thanks for sharing. P.s. You can tell I am a big baby when it comes to spidars! LOL Kayte and Crackers -- Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com.
