SKEETER
July 1st 1984 to October 23rd
1993
Skeeter, was the runt of one of my
sisters cats
litters. He developed an ulcer in his right eye and
lost it when he was just a baby, I got him from my
sister when the last outdoor cat I ever had
disappeared for about a month. Of course the very
night Skeeter joined us Kiki came walking in the door
like nothing had happened.(I wasn't a very smart, or
responsible pet owner at the time, Kiki wasn't
neutered) He stayed around for about a month, then he
left and I never saw him again. (I deeply regret the
fact that I was so irresponsible with the life I was
in charge of. I can only hope that Kiki found a good
home with a loving family.) I had already decided
Skeeter was going to be an indoor cat, mainly because
of his eye. I learned alot about the responsibility
of being in charge of a life from Skeeter, he was a
very affectionate - loving kitty, he made me
understand what unconditional love was. There were
many a night when I was sad or crying and Skeeter
would come
and give me love until I couldn't help but smile and
feel better. We discovered he was FeLV+ in Dec. of
92, and in October of 1993 he was diagnosed with
lymphosarcoma... cancer of the lymph nodes. His
stomach was full of tumors and they told us there was
nothing to do but keep him comfortable. He had gone
from a healthy 18 lbs. to what for him was a meager
12 lbs.
His kidneys were failing and we let him go to the
Rainbow Bridge on October 23rd 1993. Our Vet. was
good enough to come to our house, and help Skeeter
pass over surrounded by his loving family. It was a
very
sad day for us and we miss him very much. Watch over
the boys for us Skeetie Wheets.
FRANKIE
May 1st 1987 to January 5th
1995
One day a girl came into the place I
was at with two
tiny baby siamese kittens she wanted
$20.00 for each of them, there was a woman interested
in both of them but she settled for one. Thats
when Frankie joined the family... She had said he
was 6 weeks old and his mother had been run over,
well when I got him home I realised he wasn't more
than 3 or 4 weeks old he could barely walk. We shared
a special bond right from the start, he would suckle
on my hand, to the point of making it raw, (I asked
my vet how to make him stop this she said to use
something that tasted bad), but she said it was a way
of showing love. Needless to say this was something
Frankie did all his life (although I did get him to
lick the inside of my arm instead, less painful.)
Frankie was the first one to test + for FeLV, this
was in Dec. of 92. He had a bad cold that wasn't
going away so we took him to the Vet. thats when our
lives changed completely. In fact my Vet. was sure
he
wouldn't recover and she suggested putting him down.
This
I was not prepared for this (in my mind he had a cold) so we opted for treatment
first and with antibiotics and alot of love, he
pulled through. It wasn't easy and took about three
weeks but he lived a healthy 3 years longer. Frankie
passed away suddenly in January of 1995 of severe anemia, this came on very quickly and without warning. Frankie and
I shared a very special bond and I miss him a great
deal, he was mamas boy.
I love and miss you
Fank-Fank's
MIKIE
July 1st 1988 to March 8th 1994
Mikie...well what can we say about
Mikie? Mikie liked
to be the center of attention, if you were petting
someone else Mikie would come running. If you were
talking to someone else Mikie would come running. If
you were thinking about one of the other cats Mikie
would come running, and he wasn't happy just to sit
there, he had to get between you and whoever it was.
You could never pet, hold or love Mikie too much.
Most of the time it was cute ( although I don't think
the other cats thought so ). Mikie got sick around
Dec. of 93, he was diagnosed with cancer, he had a
tumor in his left kidney ( I felt a lump there and
took him to the Vet. ). We put him through
chemotherapy and, the tumor went away and he
seemed to be doing very well. He didn't seem to mind
the trips to the Vet. at first, but after about a
month, they started to take there toll on him. And
then the tumor came back
in February and it was all downhill from there. Mikie
suffered a great deal at the end, I hope he can
forgive us for that, he passed away in March of 1994.
We love and miss you Mikie Mikes.
A FRIEND LOST TO FeLV
This is Benny, he was beloved furbaby of
Michele R. Brooks. He was her little kitty and best
friend. He had to be put to sleep on Feburary 7,
1998 due to complications from Feline Luekemia. We
are adding his photo in the hopes that it will help
to ease the pain that Michele is feeling right now.
Benny was not quite 2 years old.
We have lost many of our friends to
FeLV in the recent past, Sunnyboy, Lucky, Howling Kitty, Cosmos, Panther, George, Rubin, Romanov, Jake, Lefty, Nali, Merlin, Buddy, Russian,
Moira, Ernie, Chloe, Jazz, Duncan, Copley, Sasha,
Cow, Li'l Bit, Selena, Tucker, Boo Boo, Benny,
Storm, Beast,
Topaz, Vyvyan, Newton, Kallie, Charlie, Mickey, many
of these in the last couple of months. I can't stress
enough the importance
of getting your
cats tested and then vaccinated for this horrible
disease, even if they are indoor kitties. My cats are
indoor only, we think Frankie may have been born with
this
because he would get sick atleast once a year. We'll
never really know how this disease came
to our house. I just can't stress enough the
importance of being aware of this disease, and
vaccinating against it.
E-mail me at
macat@bemikitties.com
Updated 7-19-08
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