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<div>Bob,</div>
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<div>I am so sorry to hear of Yogi's passing. You did so much to give him the help he needed & gave him all the love he wanted.</div>
<div>Sleep soft, dear little Yogi.</div>
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<div>Kat (Mew Jersey)</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 30, 2017 at 7:31 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "ROBERT CHAPEL" <bchapel@optonline.net><br/>
<b>To:</b> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Felvtalk] Yogi's Passing</div>
<div name="quoted-content">Over the months some of you might recall my little guy Yogi for whom I<br/>
had asked advice ( mostly about his eyes) on several occassions and most<br/>
recently for suggestions related to making money to be able to keep<br/>
treating him..<br/>
Well my little Yogi passed away in my arms on Sunday morning....He had<br/>
started to go downhill a few weeks ago when his HCT dropped over a few<br/>
weeks to 14.... I did manage to get my hands on some Winstrol thanks<br/>
to the efforts of others on this forum to whom I am eternally grateful<br/>
but he faded too fast for it to have adequate effect ( or he simply was<br/>
not one of the cats that was going to respond to it)<br/>
He got to pass peacefully at home on the bed that he knew so well and<br/>
with the hand of the guy that loved him and worked to keep him alive all<br/>
these months stroking him.. I had actually made arrangements to put him<br/>
down later that day after seeing the condition he was in that morning. <br/>
I'm SO glad I didn't have to keep that appointment.<br/>
It's been a tough go... The little guy never really knew more than a<br/>
few months of health.<br/>
There was , honestly, nothing really remarkable about him ...just a<br/>
ratty little skinny thing with one clouded over eye.... but he was a<br/>
sweet gentle little soul that never so much as attempted to scratch me<br/>
despite all the things I had to put him through to keep him alive....<br/>
There was almost nothing left of him at the end ( started with him at 6<br/>
months old and 7.5 lbs and progressively over a year lost 3 lbs ( about<br/>
40% of his body weight . I probably would have put him down on at least<br/>
3 occassions if it wasn't for all the good advice and suggestions I got<br/>
from all of you that helped me press on .<br/>
So now I go from hurting every day watching him go downhill to the one<br/>
big hurt of losing him.... it will pass in a bit of time( though<br/>
certainly not today!) and it gives me the opportunity to give a home to<br/>
another FeLV Cat that would have spent it's life in a cage...... and to<br/>
give a playmate to my still healthy guy who is still very much a Kitten<br/>
in his actions and DYING to have someone to play with...this time I will<br/>
FOSTER so that I don't go broke with cat care if the next little<br/>
guy/girl starts to go south well ahead of time...<br/>
Thanks to all of you for being there for FeLV cats... You all are the<br/>
one bit of luck the kitties who have come under your care have had....<br/>
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Bob<br/>
Warwick NY<br/>
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