[Felvtalk] For all the kind souls who care so much

dlgegg at windstream.net dlgegg at windstream.net
Thu Dec 15 21:43:48 CST 2016


my neighbors all think I am crazy also, in fact they call me the crazy cat lady.  one even said all catsd and stray dogs are good for is target practice and I told himstay away from my house or he will end up on the ground beside my cats.

You do what gives you pleasure and caring for our cats gives pleasure.  the love they give us can not be measured and being alone at 76, i think i would loose my sanity if they were not here to give me love and companship.

---- Randy Henke <randy at magicedge.com> wrote: 
> I am new to this mailing list, our precious cat, Curly, having been just
> recently diagnosed with FELV but already quite sick twice and just
> beginning to rally (fingers crossed) from her second bout with severe
> anemia and leukopenia.
> 
> I just wanted to say how much I admire every one of you here who go to such
> great lengths for their pets, nursing them back from the brink time and
> again, spending hundreds or thousands of dollars for treatment after
> treatment to give them as much time with us as we possibly can.
> 
> My wife and I are both surrounded by friends and co-workers who think we
> are fools for caring so much about an animal. They ask why we are so
> melancholy and then look at us with disbelief when we tell them the reason.
> Their philosophy is to take good care of their pets but when they get
> seriously ill, it's time to put them down and move on.
> 
> To me, such thinking could only come from cold, heartless and selfish
> individuals. Sometimes I actually envy them because life would be so much
> easier if I could think like they do. But I can't and I won't. Just because
> a family member has four legs instead of two doesn't diminish their worth
> nor does it detract from their will to live. We do them an egregious
> disservice by shortening their lives when there are still viable options on
> the table that can provide additional months or even weeks of quality life.
> 
> The devotion and empathy that you people have for your cats is so touching
> to me that I am sitting here right now crying.
> 
> God bless every one of you.
> 
> Randy




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