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Thanks, heartfelt
Many thanks to everyone who took a moment to write condolences and well-wishes concerning Mina's untimely death. Reading your words of comfort helped ease my heartache.
We've gotten through the first couple of days without her. Emmie, our other cat, seems to have realized that I'm no longer "spoken for" and crawled onto my chest for a cuddle this afternoon; I'm so very glad about that, because I was afraid that I was going to be completely bereft of cuddles now that Mina is gone.
It's sinking in, between waves of grief, that there was really nothing we could have done for her. Feline leukemia has no treatment. And that she was lucky to have drawn the "least painful option" card, because anemia sapped her strength but probably wasn't particularly painful, unlike some of the other conditions that FL can lead to in its final stages.
In a month we'll get Emmie tested to see if she's contracted it also. However, two vets that we've spoken to so far think it's likely she hasn't; as an older cat (around 14), she probably has a degree of natural immunity to it, so even if Mina was shedding the virus for several days she's likely shaken it off.
Memories of Mina to follow, when I'm emotionally coherent enough to write them. She was an affectionate girl with a big personality. The gap she's left in our lives will take quite a while to fill again with other things. Here are some photos of her:
Mina under the altar before a ritual, March 2008:
At the vet back in February 2008:
Mina and George, April 2007:
*sniffle*... *sigh*
And just so they don't die too... my dragons.
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We've gotten through the first couple of days without her. Emmie, our other cat, seems to have realized that I'm no longer "spoken for" and crawled onto my chest for a cuddle this afternoon; I'm so very glad about that, because I was afraid that I was going to be completely bereft of cuddles now that Mina is gone.
It's sinking in, between waves of grief, that there was really nothing we could have done for her. Feline leukemia has no treatment. And that she was lucky to have drawn the "least painful option" card, because anemia sapped her strength but probably wasn't particularly painful, unlike some of the other conditions that FL can lead to in its final stages.
In a month we'll get Emmie tested to see if she's contracted it also. However, two vets that we've spoken to so far think it's likely she hasn't; as an older cat (around 14), she probably has a degree of natural immunity to it, so even if Mina was shedding the virus for several days she's likely shaken it off.
Memories of Mina to follow, when I'm emotionally coherent enough to write them. She was an affectionate girl with a big personality. The gap she's left in our lives will take quite a while to fill again with other things. Here are some photos of her:
Mina under the altar before a ritual, March 2008:
At the vet back in February 2008:
Mina and George, April 2007:
*sniffle*... *sigh*
And just so they don't die too... my dragons.
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