Michelle and Lucy
Michelle, You and Lucy are still in my prayers. I'm sorry you're upset by something that's been said. I just skipped about 900 messages because I was worried when I saw you said unsubscribe and thought you had lost Lucy. Please reconsider. You are in a terrible place right now and you need the group. When I'm in a bad place I need your support and wealth of knowledge as well. You belong here, and anyone who knows you knows that you give your all for your cats (and dogs and horses) and doesn't question or judge your decisions. When one of my cats gets sick you are one of the first people I want in my corner. You belong here, and Lucy will let you know (as she is doing now) whether she wants to stay or go. I'm just so sorry you're going through all of this. You've had more than your share over the last year. take care, tonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I last wrote, Lucy got up, climbed all 14 stairs to the upstairs, ate half a jar of baby food and a couple pieces of dry food, curled up on a cat bed, and is purring away as Gray pets her. When Gray poured the dry food for Patches, Lucy literally got up and ran over to it, trying to push Patched out of the way. I know she has FIP, or most likely does. I know there is no real cure and it will get her. But today does not seem to be the day, and I do not think it is selfish to decide that. Someone who can and wants to climb stairs, wants to eat (even if not a normal amount), wants company and pets, and can go running over to a bowl of food is, in my opinion, not asking to be killed. To whoever wrote that I should not do "home euthanasia," I was not considering home euthanasia, I was considering, in an emergency if she gets in distress, tranquilizing her until a vet could come or we could get to a vet. i did that with Simon and he immediately slept and actually died in his sleep before we needed to. But it was not intended as euthanasia. I and several others on the list have also used oral valium to ease passings, and it has done so. I do not think this is irrational. I stopped reading posts after that and just deleted, to whoever wrote something in the subject line about allowing suffering. Given that I had just come downstairs from Lucy's little trek and eating spree, it seemed too ridiculous to read. This list has been a godsend for me at times, and I have made friendships with a few of you that I hope to continue offline from the group. But this group is not helping me right now and is actually upsetting me quite a bit. So I am unsubscribing. Nina and Hideyo, I hope to stay in touch with you individually, and anyone else who actually wants to, and to share ideas and emotional support. But I am done with the group. Michelle
RE: Michelle and Lucy
Michelle, I just read your message, and it broke my heart. I will keep both of you in my prayers. I have never lost an FeLV cat, because I have never owned one. Now i do, Lord help me, I love this little guy so. Went through the draining thing with my beloved Smokey last July, He had fluid in his chest, as it turned out from cancer. I know everyone is rooting for you both. God bless, Dede --- "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You and Lucy are both in my prayers, Michelle. As > with all of us on the > list, breaks my heart to see you go through this. > Please don't give up > hope--I know it's hard, but while your little > trooper Lucy still fights > this illness, I would think she needs to know you're > right there > fighting with her "When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God" Mosiah 2:17 We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265
Michelle and Lucy
Hi Michelle, How is Lucy doing today? I hope she is better. I had surgery on my feet a few days ago, so I have been out of the loop and am trying to catch up on my emails. :) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For the past two days, Lucy has had liquid diarrhea, > and now she is not > eating at all and is acting less energetic than > normal-- not chasing her laser > toy, which she normally runs all around chasing > obsessively, only playing with > string a little. She has had IBD since October, and > was doing really well on > a raw diet and 1.25 mg of prednisone every 3 days. > This came on suddenly > yesterday. Apparently Gray left out a bowl of olive > oil that he was dipping > bread in, and when he went to put it away a few > hours later noticed that a lot > of it was gone. Lucy does like olive oil-- I gave it > to her once when she was > constipated, just a teaspoon full, and she licked it > up. So I am hoping that > the way she is feeling right now, and the diarrhea, > is just from her eating > too much olive oil, and that it will get better > soon. I am not sure she has > every stopped eating before though. I put her back > on 10 mg/day of > prednisone, and force-fed her some turkey baby food. > She also licked up a little > turkey baby food on her own, but not much. This > morning there was foamy yellow > puke with blades of grass in about 4 or 5 spots in > the house, so maybe she > started getting nauseous from the oil yesterday > afternoon, ate the grass, threw > up during the night, and now has an upset stomach. I > am hoping that is all it > is. But she is positive, so I always fear lymphoma. > Salmonella is also a > possibility, I guess, since she eats raw turkey, but > it is apparently pretty > rare for cats to get that. Gray said he is pretty > sure that a lot of the olive > oil was missing, and there is nothing else that > could have happened to it, > as Patches can not jump on the counter. > > I have a vet appointment scheduled for tomorrow > morning. Do you think I > should take her? Do you think that drinking a bunch > of oil two days ago could > make her still feel sick two days later and not want > to eat? I guess that the > fact that she already had IBD and could not even eat > normal cat food without > getting sick might make her respond worse to > drinking oil than a normal cat > would. I can not handle losing another cat right > now. Not that I can ever > really handle it, I guess. > > Any thoughts, advice, prayers, or good energy you > can spare would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Michelle > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
