Guest guest Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 (((hugs))) i am so sorry, melody. i have tears in my eyes over this right now. Positive thoughts, healing, and prayers coming your way. Hang in there, hon. She knows you love her, she loves you, and you are both blessed by that beyond measure. ~ pt ~ , nadiana1@a... wrote: > > well, she seems to have taken a turn for the worse now. she's not wanting > to eat the raw stuff; i mixed some other food into it, and she ate that, but > she's weak and seems to be losing strength in her back legs. i gave her some > subcutaneous fluids for her kidneys and tried to hand-feed her. she tried to > jump up on the couch but didn't make it, and fell; usually when she falls, > she gets right back up, but now she just lies on her side for a while. i had > to pick her back up. i've already spent a few thousand dollars in vet bills on > her this year-- i'm in ridiculous debt now-- and he doesn't ever seem to do > much for her, and i don't have the money to take her there again, or to another > one. i don't know what to do. i think she's dying. > > melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 well, she's at the vet's now. i took her there this afternoon; she was just absolutely listless and couldn't support herself on her back legs. the vet said she's extremely dehydrated to the point that she might be going into organ failure. i had felt a lump on her side and was afraid it was cancer. no, but it was her kidney-- that's how thin she's gotten. she's staying at the vet's till at least monday and is getting a lot of fluids put in her intravenously. the vet has been awesome-- he's totally with me on her diet and even asked me to bring it in so that he could feed it to her instead of the science diet crap they have there. i also told him that after the $5000+ i've spent on vet bills this year, i'm pretty much tapped out, and i asked if i could trade training sessions, and he agreed. i'm so glad he's being so great. it just shows that he really does care about the animals. i can't visit her tomorrow because they're closed on sundays, so i won't get to see her till monday. keep your fingers crossed for my joanie. melody http://www.flawlessfitness.com http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 > well, she's at the vet's now. . . . keep your fingers crossed for my joanie. Fingers and paws all crossed here for darling joanie and her wonderful mom. It's so hard for you, but you have a great vet there and she's in good hands - as good as they can be without being your own (and right now she needs this expert care). Hold on tight - you'll see her soon. Big hugs to you and cyber scritchies for your furbaby. My thoughts and love, Pat (and her furbabies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Melody, How is Joanie doing today? My thoughts and prayers are with you and Joanie. Mary nadiana1 wrote: > well, she's at the vet's now. > > i can't visit her tomorrow because they're closed on sundays, so i > won't get > to see her till monday. keep your fingers crossed for my joanie. > > melody > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 after a very rough and valiant struggle with feline ibd and kidney disease, joanie died this morning at the vet's office. i adopted joanie and chachi in 2000 from the anti-cruelty society in chicago, illinois. i didn't even want cats, but joanie licked me, and that pretty much sold me on them. she loved to be held upside-down, like a baby, and was known for her non-stop licking and her loud purr. she was my baby, and her loss is huge in my life. RIP joanie schoenfeld, 1993-2005 http://www.flawlessfitness.com http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Our beloved animals can be the light of our lives. I am so sorry that you lost your sweet baby girl this morning. You are in my thoughts this evening. Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I was so sorry to hear your news of Joanie. Do not underestimate the loss, sometimes I think we can be even closer to our animal companions than to other humans. > she loved to be held upside-down, like a baby, and was known for her non-stop licking and her loud purr. These are the important memories that will stay with you. I lost my beloved Ziggy in April 1998 and the green of the leaves coming out on the trees in the park that I carried her through on the way to the vet was the same as the colour of her eyes as she died and so Spring and the emerging foliage is always a particularly poignant time for me, although she is always in my heart. {{{hugs))) Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 At 06:25 PM 12/5/2005, nadiana01 wrote: >after a very rough and valiant struggle with feline ibd and kidney >disease, joanie died this morning at the vet's office. I am deeply sorrowed to hear of your loss. I stopped posting here around mid-October when we lost one of our boys (Iggy Plop, 1997-2005), having decided to spend less time online and more with our five remaining loved ones (all the same family — MomCat and her (now adult) babies, who were born in our home). I've been following your story though, and wanted to respond yesterday but we had to take our beloved Charles (number one son) to the vet and are having to give him subcutaneous fluids. It seems he has liver disease — possibly cancer. If we can't get him to eat withing three days or so, he'll be gone too. My condolences on your loss. I can only offer my sympathy and empathy. Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I am so sorry to hear of your loss. She sounds like quite the cat--I love it when cats let you hold them upside-down and rub their bellies. nadiana01 wrote: > after a very rough and valiant struggle with feline ibd and kidney > disease, joanie died this morning at the vet's office. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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