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When I had to send my Cardamom to the RB, the vet told me that she may have been infected by FIP as a kitten. (Her previous owner had found her on the street.) The virus can lie dormant for several years before making the cat sick.
Pete, Scooter and the shelter cats had the best human a cat could possibly want. But that's not much comfort, I know. :(
Liz
Oh my Gosh, my heart breaks for Lisa, I don't even know what to say... :( :( :(
I just don't get it, how can there be such an agressive FIP outbreak; I never heard about something like that; so highly contagious, and progressing so fast! :( :( :(
Poor Lisa, and poor poor kitties!! :(
RIP, Pete and Scooter, and the shelter kitties, too.
Hopefully Lucky will feel better soon, and hopefully none of her remaining kitties will get sick now. This is sooo scary!!!
((((LISA))))
Kirsten
I am so sorry Lisa about the passing of Pete and Scooter. They were both some of the first cats I encountered on Pet Talk, and I will always remember Pete's gorgeous coat and main, he looked like a big white lion.
I send my thoughts, prayers for lucky and best wishes in you finding peace over Pete and Scooter, it'll take time, it'll hurt, but you have friends on Pet Talk, who are all here if you need them.
Sending hugs and kind thoughts your way, Lisa. That is so awful. Losing one of your cats is bad enough, but two! Scooter and Pete are playing at the RB now with all of the sweet kitties that have gone before them. I'm so sorry. :( I hope that Lucky is ok and you don't lose anymore to that horrible FIP...
We drove down to Kentucky this weekend and were able to spend time with Lisa, Joe and the kitties. Her computer seems to be back in service and Dennis added more memory and did some tuning on it. But, there is still no internet. Their phone service will not allow incoming calls and we could NOT get through on the dsl modem so either the hardware is bad or the phone service needs wiring work to allow the dsl to work. Joe said he would get with the phone company soon and Lisa will be backing up some 13 GB :eek: of pictures!
I am sorry I did not get pictures because we had such a busy night. But, it was really good to visit everyone. I got to see most all of her cats, even the illusive Maggie Sue decided to honor me with some stares :D I played with Roscoe, Sammy, frankie, Chester and Opie and snuggled with bottle baby Tubby. Leroy was all over us :D Of course I enjoyed playtime with Magoo - who I swear can see even without eyes. He can catch a teaser in midair with no problem. He is handsome too!
Lisa is holding out hope for Lucky still but he does not look good. He is isolated to the bathroom and really does not acknowlege anyone who comes in. But there is always hope right?
Lisa is tired and sad but she is ok. She misses PT something awful. Sure hope they are able to make time to have the phone company work on their service - very frustrating!!
Lisa will try to get online at the shelter today and I know she will enjoy hearing from you guys - thank you!!
Debbie, I'm happy you were able to visit Lisa and get the lowdown about her problems. It will be wonderful when she can post again! :)
Debbie - it's great that you went to visit her and that Dennis worked on her PC. I hope the phone lines can be fixed soon. What a headache for them.
I really miss Lisa and I'm so sorry she's had so much heartbreak lately. My prayers are with her and Lucky.
Debbie, I'm glad you spent some time with Lisa and her precious furkids. And it's so nice of you that Dennis helped her with the computer. Now let's hope that her internet will soon be working again. It must be awful to be isolated from PetTalk, especially in a time like this.
My thoughts are with her and her fur babies, especially Lucky.
Kirsten
My heart is breaking for Lisa . . . she is in my thoughts & prayers!
Oh Debbie, how wonderful of you to visit!! I sure wish they were close enough for me to just pop in, too.
Make sure LIsa knows that if there is ANY way ANY of us can help her, we will (and I bet I speak for the majority here).
If there are special prayers for phone service, let's all get saying them!!!!!!