[Felvtalk] Checking In...
ROBERT CHAPEL
bchapel at optonline.net
Fri May 26 14:01:29 CDT 2017
So Glad to hear that no new " tragedies" have emerged of late and that
Violet loves her catnip!.. I love the image I conjur of her eating a
leaf or two and rolling in the Grass looking at you with her little head
upside down.... It's been only a few weeks since I lost my buddy
Magellin and though it's not with me on a daily basis I only have to
encounter a surprise reminder to bring tears to my eyes ( eg... needing
to put some meds for myself into a container and grabbing the nearest
empty one which turned out to be Jelly's Mirtazapine container...
virtually in a second the whole experience came rushing back...
attempting to get him to eat..watching him lose weight... syringe
feeding him... Friends ask me " why are you considering doing it
again" and all I can say is.... " It feels worse to NOT help than the
pain of helping"... Amani expressed a nice sentiment a few times when
explaining to folks why she continues to do what she does...
" If the people who care about cats don't help them it's certainly not
going to be the people who _ don't_ care about them" ( yes Amani I took
a measure of literary license in quoting you... Hope it's close : )
On Sunday I expect to take home my new Foster... and older " Miracle"
survivor of some kind of traumatic encounter( we don't know what)... He
was traumatically brain injured and could barely walk when he first came
to us..when I drove him to the vet I was positive they would just put
him down... but he made a miraculous recovery and is now just the
sweetest lap cat you could know... but still not entirely steady on his
feet.. In the last few weeks he developed a tumor behind one of his
eyes and it is the consensus of two vets that it is a cancer that will
kill him in a few months.... ( one of the vets had a cat with the exact
same situation and used a combination of Sub Cu injectable alternative
meds to keep the boy alive for an extra nine months... I can't stand
the idea of this sweet guy living out his remaining days on the bottom
level of cages just sleeping there with little attention until he
dies... He deserves to see the sun and to have someone to pet him and
know a home for at least a few months.... I'm hoping that knowing in
advance of taking him home that the only real surprise would be his
actually surviving that I won't have the same level of sadness that my
others guys engendered... Be that as it may... I'm doing it.
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> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 01:27:25 +0000
> From: Sheri Burbridge To: Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
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> Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been very
> busy
> here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, etc.
>
> My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm
> struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the honest
> kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very excited to eat
> it.
> I'm going to check out other options at a local pet health food store
> this
> week to see if I can find something she likes.
>
> I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the closure
> I
> was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes into the ink.
> I
> know he is always with me now but I'm still very emotional about the
> whole
> ordeal. It's been two months but still feels so raw.
>
> I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just
> wanted to
> pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards summer and
> back in
> my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so cathartic. We planted
> catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! It's so funny to watch her
> bliss out when she eats a leaf or two?
>
> Best wishes,
> Sheri
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> I like that idea of the tattoo, very nice. My baby Skylar is still
> doing well and healthy.
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> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
> Of Sheri Burbridge
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 9:27 PM
> To: Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in...
>
> Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been very
> busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, etc.
>
> My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm
> struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the honest
> kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very excited to eat
> it. I'm going to check out other options at a local pet health food
> store this week to see if I can find something she likes.
>
> I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the closure
> I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes into the
> ink. I know he is always with me now but I'm still very emotional
> about the whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels so raw.
>
> I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just
> wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards
> summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so
> cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! It's
> so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two?
>
> Best wishes,
> Sheri
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> From: "Ardy Robertson" To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking in...
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> Best of luck with little Violet!!
>
>
> Ardy
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> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
> Of Sheri Burbridge
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:27 PM
> To: Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in...
>
>
> Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been very
> busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, etc.
>
>
> My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm
> struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the honest
> kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very excited to eat
> it. I'm going to check out other options at a local pet health food
> store this week to see if I can find something she likes.
>
> I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the closure
> I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes into the
> ink. I know he is always with me now but I'm still very emotional
> about the whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels so raw.
>
>
> I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just
> wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards
> summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so
> cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! It's
> so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two?
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Sheri
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> From: Sandy To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
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> Happy to hear Violet is doing well - happy tails! Hope everyone has a
> safe weekend! Sandy W
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> From: "Ardy Robertson" To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Sent:
> Thursday, May 25, 2017 10:08:27 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking
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> Best of luck with little Violet!!
>
>
> Ardy
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> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
> Of Sheri Burbridge Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:27 PM To:
> Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in...
>
>
> Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been very
> busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, etc.
>
>
>
>
> My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm
> struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the honest
> kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very excited to eat
> it. I'm going to check out other options at a local pet health food
> store this week to see if I can find something she likes.
>
>
>
>
> I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the closure
> I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes into the
> ink. I know he is always with me now but I'm still very emotional
> about the whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels so raw.
>
>
>
>
> I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just
> wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards
> summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so
> cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! It's
> so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two ?
>
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Sheri
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