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

[dlmF]

I can see this issue from both sides.  I am fortunate to have enough 
money to treat my sick cats but not everyone has.   I spend no money on 
anything but my cats, as to me they are my family members. I have 13 
rescued cats at home and pay huge vet bills as they are older now and 
some have chronic illnesses.  This is what I want to do, but not 
everyone can do this, and putting down a sick cat is their only option.

Lorrie


On 12/15/2016 10:43 PM, dlgegg at windstream.net wrote:
> 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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