I'm sorry for you and your wife, Joel. Selfless people like you and
your wife give hope, safety and love to innocent creatures, who would
otherwise have none. I hope another lonely soul in search of love
finds its way to your door when you and your wife are ready.
Kim
--- In feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joel Ramsey
<frosty_967341@xxxx> wrote:
>
> I would like to thank everyone on this group. Our
> beloved Zombie lost his fight today with Lymphoma. He
> fought it with everything until the end. He lived 6
> weeks with it. My wife called me today and he said he
> was crying and in pain. She rushed him to our vet, and
> they did Xray's on him. The cancer had spread
> throughout his body and it was affecting his breathing
> and the ability to use the bathroom. I was at work and
> a good 30 minutes away from the vet, they were going
> to wait for me, but the vet called and said he was in
> real pain and he needed to be released from the pain.
> I gave the ok to go ahead without me, since he was
> suffering so much, he could hardly breathe. So our
> beloved Zombie died in my wife's arms, she told him
> that I loved him and thanked him for letting us have
> him as our fur baby. He was only 5 years old, but he
> was our baby. Now I really feel like crap, because I
> was not there to see my baby boy go to the Rainbow
> bridge. But I know now he is playing and running with
> all the other fur babies waiting for us to come and
> get him again. I just hope he is not mad at me for not
> being there. Does anyone have any good web-sites so we
> can get a good urn for him. Thanks again for all the
> advice.
>
> Joel, Miko
> In Loving memory of Zombie
>
>
> --- gran_patti <gran_patti@xxxx> wrote:
>
> > I strongly encourage you to go elsewhere and get a
> > second opinion. A second opinion is always a good
> > idea when there is so much conflicting and confusing
> > information coming your way. I don't know where
> > you live but Angels Memorial is in Brookline, Ma.
> > about 35 to 40 minutes east of Tufts. Maybe you
> > could get a non studnet vet specialist there or try
> > gettingthem to refer a name or two. They might
> > do emergency receiving and maybe Hobbes could be
> > seen right away as an emergency room walk in case.
> > God bless you and your efforts for
> > Hobbe's. Maybe you could get your vet to get you
> > a phone consulon with a vet at Cornell. Good
> > luck. I will be praying for you I was in your
> > shoes two weeks ago and based on that all I would
> > say, take an hour off just for yourself, relax, and
> > drain off all the confusion, tension fear and every
> > other strain and after you manage that, just getting
> > yourself slowed down, think about your options.
> > You need your good judgement intact. God bless
> > you and Hobbes. Patti
> >
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> > removed]
> >
> >
>
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