[Felvtalk] Anyone There....

[Ardy Robertson]

Hi Robert,
Sorry you had to put Gilbert down but you knew best I believe, and thank you for giving him the love he deserved.
Ardy

-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT CHAPEL
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 8:37 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Cc: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Anyone There....

No mail has appeared in my mailbox from this group for quite  long while so I thought I would inquire as to whether _ I _ am just missing mail that HAS been going to others or if the group has simply not been active for a couple of months..... Generally it has been my experience that once I write one of these notes I start to get mail once again... NO idea why....
I thought of all of you recently when it was time to put my Hospice Cat ( Gilbert) down.... Third cat I have lost in a year....   I'm 0 for 3 at this point and am thinking it might be time to take on a more healthy animal but I keep harkening back to amani's words... If not us... who??
 Certainly not the people who don't much care about cats...nor the vast majority of people who HAVE cats.....  There are SO many deserving animals out there that have problems that place them low on the adoption list....  they ALL deserve to have a home and someone to see them as special....  Gilbert was not adoptable with his brain injury...though ALL of the volunteers thought him special...still... no one came forward when he developed cancer though they all truly DID care that he was going to die....  He had a good life for his last few months... sitting on the porch...looking out the window.... and more petting and love than even HE wanted.  As is usually the case.... it was probably harder on me than him when it came time.... He stopped eating, it was painful for him to get his oral meds and even subq pain killers did little... He was constipated and just hid out all day... The Tumor was forcing his one eye to protrude and the other to recede... it would have been cruel to ask him to endure more..... A beautiful sweet animal.... I miss him terribly...
Curious to see if I find the list active with this submission.....


Bob...



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