[Felvtalk] Stinky Lancelot is gone
Kat Parker
korruptakitty at gmail.com
Tue Dec 30 13:03:39 CST 2014
Thank you
On Sunday, December 28, 2014, <dlgegg at windstream.net> wrote:
> I HAV GONE THROUGH THE BLAMING MYSELF TOO. YOU CANNOT BLAME YOURSELF FOR
> DOING ONLY WHAT YOU KNEW TO DO. iT WILL NOT HELP lANCELOT, BUT YOU HAVE
> LEARNED WHAT NOT TO DO AND WHAT TO DO. THE NEXT BABIES THAT COME INTO YOUR
> HANDS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS LESSON LEARNED. EACH TIME WE GO THROUGH
> SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE LEARN AND FUTURE CATS WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT
> KNOWLEDGE. YOU KNOW AT LEAST, THAT HE IS NOW AT PEACE AND OUT OF PAIN.
> DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP TOO MUCH. IT DOESN'T HELP. I KNOW, BEEN THERE,
> DONE THAT. WILL KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS AND YOUR SON.
>
> ---- Kat Parker <korruptakitty at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > *Once upon a time, almost 4 years ago, I was fostering for a group, which
> > incidentally had major problems later, called Guardian Angels. I was
> also
> > indie fostering myself, for cats from Downey high kill shelter in LA. I
> > had recently pulled a mama with 3 babies that had raging URI, newborn
> > kittens with pneumonia, and sadly lost two, though through the magic of
> the
> > nebulizer, one kitten, Kiwi, and Mama Goldie were saved. Mama was
> > despondent for her babies gone, and Guardian Angels brought me two
> babies,
> > different litters. One, Angelina Jolie, was one day old. The other, who
> > we named Mimi, was one week old. The woman who brought them to me said I
> > should put them with Goldie to see if she would accept them I did.
> Now, I
> > am a very experienced bottle feeder, and I could have bottle fed them
> both,
> > and I did supplementally bottle feed them, but Goldie was so happy, and
> > cared for the babies all so well, and it was quite a sight those three
> all
> > nursing. I will NEVER AGAIN place untested babies on an unrelated
> nursing
> > mom, again. Never. As you can guess, one of the babies was FeLV+,
> > unbeknownst to us. About a month later, I took a cat who was about 8
> weeks
> > old from Downey, who came with the name, Precious (we called her Isis, or
> > just "the buzzsaw"),and that same week, GA brought me the saddest bunch
> of
> > siblings I had ever seem, pulled by our San Diego firefighters out of a
> > well, during a rainstorm. From what I understand, somebody, apparently,
> > had been walking in the rain, and heard some little frantic "mews" from
> > somewhere nearby. Investigating, they found a covered well, with water
> > rising to the top,and kittens inside. The fire dept responded and freed
> > the kittens, turning them over to GA, and then to me. These babies had
> > muck everywhere, and fleas on parts of their bodies you couldn't even
> see,
> > just overrun. I have pictures its amazing. But, these were some of the
> > friendliest most endearing kittens I've ever had here, and it wasn't
> long
> > before the two black sisters were adopted out, through GA. Then, the
> little
> > Mimi kitten got really sick and tested positive for FeLV, finally
> > euthanized at 8 weeks old. I tested all of the cats, then, and none who
> > came into contact with her were positive. I didn't know much about the
> > disease then. Boy, I do now. Well the orange boy, Stinky Lancelot, and
> > Angelina Jolie as well as Isis were going to Rescue House, a terrific
> local
> > rescue org here, and they have wonderful protocol there, and tested all
> > three kittens. Sadly, this time, two were positive, Isis neg. Isis was
> > kept iso'd at their vet for an entire month to retest and be sure.
> Stinky
> > and Angelina came home, and didn't get into RH, although they did pay for
> > retest in them, at 60 days, just to be sure they didn't "turn" negative,
> as
> > so many do. Isis stayed negative, as did Mama Goldie, and Angelina
> Jolie,
> > my little miracle baby, who later got FIP and died in my arms at a vet,
> at
> > 8 months old and Stinky Lancelot stayed positive. Stinky went to live
> with
> > my mom, who had no other animals then, after her 21 yr old rescued
> Peekaboo
> > kitty passed, and was a perfect fit. What a ham, what a life! My son
> also
> > lived there during this time, and the two became best friends. Two weeks
> > ago, Stinky went to my vet as he was not feeling well, and had like
> little
> > pools of blood inside the bottom of both his eyes. Bloodwork was done,
> > and it was found that he had raging leukemia cancer, severe anemia, with
> > his white cell count, especially leukocytes, right through the roof. As
> > this progressed, quickly, I wanted to take him in to gently help him
> pass,
> > but my son was having such a hard time letting go, I wasn't able to.
> > Finally, about 1 am dec 26th, David was pounding on my front door,
> ringing
> > the bell like crazy, and woke me. He said, "Stinky is doing bad, he's in
> > lots of pain and gramma can't find the pain meds, help him!" So I drove
> > there and got him through the night, and next morning we got in to see my
> > vet early for euthanization. But when they tried to put a catheter in,
> dr
> > could find no veins at all. We had waited too long. Stinky was
> completely
> > blind with thick cataracts, and one eye was totally filled with blood, om
> > the inside. He was in bad shape, and I was glad we finally were going to
> > release him from the suffering. But because my Doctor could not find a
> > vein, they could only sedate him while we were there,and had to wait
> till
> > we left in order to finish the euthanization, which I have a strong
> > suspicion was by heartstick, as there really was no other way due to him
> > being so emaciated and so far gone. My son wanted to hold him, and thus
> > get some closure, but of course that was not possible and he is
> distraught,
> > still. All of us are very affected, him the most. He was the last of
> > many beautiful lives destroyed by my decision to take the lazy way out
> and
> > allow the mom cat to care for my bottle babies. I will never forgive
> > myself for that, and will advocate against it whenever I hear anyone
> > considering it, or looking for a nursing mom. Goodbye dear Stinky
> > Lancelot. You were so loved, during you short life here with us. You
> are
> > gone, but will never be forgotten, and the love will live forever. *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Love and Katnip, ~Kat~ =^,,^= **"I'm Kat
> > Parker. I park cats."*
> > * "Spay & neuter your neighbors... maybe THAT will fix the problem."*
> > *"Keep your kitties INSIDE, 24/7, 'cause an inside cat is a SAFE & HAPPY
> > cat!"*
> >
> > *http://www.facebook.com/kat.theCRITTERprotector
> > <http://www.facebook.com/kat.theCRITTERprotector>*
>
>
--
*Love and Katnip, ~Kat~ =^,,^= **"I'm Kat
Parker. I park cats."*
* "Spay & neuter your neighbors... maybe THAT will fix the problem."*
*"Keep your kitties INSIDE, 24/7, 'cause an inside cat is a SAFE & HAPPY
cat!"*
*http://www.facebook.com/kat.theCRITTERprotector
<http://www.facebook.com/kat.theCRITTERprotector>*
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