[Felvtalk] Merlin has gone to the bridge

[Katherine K.]

I'm so sorry Kelley. Thank you for taking such good care of Merlin. I know
he appreciated it. <3 <3 <3

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote:

> Kelley,
> -
> You did NOT fail him.  Heart disease is not easily detected and cats
> are very good at hiding their pain and illness.  I had a FelV cat who
> just suddenly died at age 6 and she showed no symtoms of illness, she
> simply laid down and died on the kitchen floor. This is the longest
> any of my FelV cats lived. Most of them die at 8 to 10 months of age.
> -
> Lorrie
>
> On 09-27, Kelley S wrote:
> >    I failed him.  I did not notice his symptoms in time.  Now I have
> his
> >    "sister" (not blood related" by herself.  She is going to be
> >    miserable,she does not like to be alone.  I had an appointment for 2
> >    other cats on Monday.  I am switching her out with one of them so
> that
> >    I can get her completely checked out.  Not that heart failure is
> >    contagious, but I need to be more on top of my FELV+ cats, or now,
> >    cat.  I can't do this anymore, I don't know how yall do it.  I don't
> >    have "too many" cats overall, but I do think I have "too many" to
> >    handle many chronically ill (or potentially chronically ill).  I
> guess
> >    any cat is "potentially chronically ill." Â By the way, I fell even
> >    more in love with this doctor when he told me he had taken home 2
> FELV+
> >    kittens from the clinic and they died before 10 months old.  I read
> >    between the lines that someone wanted their FELV+ kittens euthanized
> or
> >    did not want them when they tested pos. Â
>
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