Friday May 22, 1998 Part 2 20 Messages ====================================== From: Boonedagel Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:20:01 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Kelly, My heart goes out to you in this painful time. Paige is at peace. I am sad about this horror that struck your Paige with the speed of a comet. Very Truly Yours, Greg -------------------------------------- From: Paula Lazo To: "'felvtalk@MailingList.net'" Subject: RE: Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:13:14 -0400 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net See you soon dear Paige, go and play with Lucky now and have the best time ever. I'm with you Kelly Paula -------------------------------------- From: katseven@pcsia.com Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 13:05:34 -0600 Subject: Paige To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Kelly, Paige is at the Bridge now playing with Ernie, Selena, Chloe, Merlin, Duncan, Kallie, Socrates, Zachie, Lucky, Panther, Vyvyan, Charlie, Buddy, and all our other dear kitties. I'm glad you were able to bring him in this morning before he suffered too much. Ernie had cancer but what actually got him in the end was the fluid build up in the lungs, and I know it is a terrible thing to watch. Now Paige and Ernie are breathing easily, enjoying the sunshine and the catnip, and waiting patiently for us. Yes, please let us know how Jade is doing, too. Susan -------------------------------------- From: Newtanator Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:10:21 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Lucky crossed the bridge Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Paula, My sympathies about Lucky. I have lost two to something very similar if not the same thing. It is a terrible thing to watch. You are right about the talk with them. I told my Merlin the same thing. He died shortly afterwards. My heart goes out to you. barb -------------------------------------- From: Newtanator Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:12:41 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Paige Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Kelly, I am so sorry about Paige. One day they seem fine and the next....That is one of the most dreadful aspects of this damnable disease. Know that I am thinking of you. barb -------------------------------------- Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:46:59 -0500 (CDT) From: "Nancy A. Schmall" To: "'felvtalk@mailinglist.net'" Subject: Re: your mail Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Kelly, I am so sorry about Paige. I wish I could say something that would ease your pain because I know just how awful that pain is. I'm glad to know you did the right thing. It's terrible to see our beloved friends go through that. Please know I am thinking of you. Nancy -------------------------------------- From: "Claude Horstmann" To: Subject: memorials Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:06:07 -0400 Reply-to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Hi All, I've been working nights and it's been difficult at best to read thru the messages and begin to sort out what I'd like to respond to individually. The losses, be still my heart, I want to send my deepest sympathy to the parental units of Paige, and Lucky. There are no words to ease the transition from beloved pet, to beloved memory... this takes time. And I want to thank Susan for adding Selena to the list of welcoming Bridge kitties.. it made me cry to see her name, but gave me a sense of wonder to think of her in such cherished company. My thoughts are also with Rubin, who is a poster-boy for the tenacity of spirit that enabled him to overcome the early ravages of this dis-ease. May he find his sweet rest painlessly. peace, love and light....marilyn. In memory of Selena dearly loved-dearly missed -------------------------------------- From: Rdmacaulay Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:25:27 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Candle Ceremony Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Susan, Please add my dear Fitzgerald's name to the Bridge list. June 1997-April 27, 1998. I thought I was all out of tears, but reading those words got me crying again. Thank you, Rachel -------------------------------------- From: Newtanator Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:29:37 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Re: Positive & Negative Together Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Judy, I have the same feelings about putting positives and negatives together. Almost all of my cats were rescued from somewhere and odds were they have died if left there, so I isolate, vaccinate and hope for the best. It's worked so far. (knock on wood). The vaccinations and good nutrition seem to be the best combination. barb -------------------------------------- From: "Claude Horstmann" To: Subject: candle ceremony Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:30:33 -0400 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Hi Susan, Are we posting our information here on the FeLV list for you to include in the candle lighting ceremony ? I have not seen the ceremony and there may be others who need to be shown the website address.... meantime, please add my beloved black cat spirits to the ceremony: Ariya Yin may 1986 --- march 1992 Selena july 1996---april 1998 How kind of you to take the time to do this ... peace & light, ..marilyn.. -------------------------------------- From: Rdmacaulay Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:36:13 EDT To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Subject: Regards to All Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Hello to all. Like Marilyn, I've had hundreds of messages to catch up on because this film school is taking 25 hours of my time each day. I'll probably be leaving the list soon, because my husband is a little frustrated at logging on and looking for one email in a pile of 160 or so all for me. You have all been such a help to me, and I'm sorry that I've had nothing to offer in return. Please know that I've been following all of your battles with FeLV and cry for all of you each time one of your kittens loses the fight. Just this past week, with Panther, Lucky and Paige has been heartbreaking. My hugs to all of you in sorrow right now, but I know that you all did so much for your babies and I relish the idea of them playing with my Fitzgerald at this very moment. I hope they like paper balls, because those were always his favorite, and he shares pretty well. It's amazing the impact they make on our lives, and I hope the pain doesn't always stay this fresh. I've taken to hanging around the PetCo on Union Square during my lunch hour at the film school, playing with the kittens and cats they have for adoption there (a local rescue group has them there--it's not run by Petco). I just want to take all thirty of them home, and I've been having the best time watching the kittens play. Two of them reminded me of Armstrong and Fitzgerald when they were just itty bitty guys, and I started crying in the store, but I've been enjoying the little guys since then. Armstrong has done amazingly well with the transition to a one-cat household (I think he likes having 100% of the attention now) and I hope he fights off the disease for a long, long time. In the meanwhile, because of all of you, I know I'm doing the best I can for him with the interferon and Ambrotose and Vitamin C. And I read all food ingredients before he gets any now. You all have helped me become a better cat mommy. So again, thank you. Cat people are my favorite people. I wish you all the best (I, too, prefer chocolate moussecake to cheesecake) and please feel free to email me personally anytime at Rdmacaulay@aol.com. Sayonara, Rachel (Doug & Armstrong) with fond memories of Fitzgerald too. -------------------------------------- From: "Claude Horstmann" To: Subject: Moussecake Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:39:39 -0400 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Pam... I'm trailing 2 days behind on messages, but got my only LAUGH when reading your message wherein you wrote * where death is the eventual outcome.*. Pam, WHO gets out of here alive ? And where do I sign up ? Chocolate Moussecake along with the Cheesecake, no problem :) Hope Rissa-Tai continues the upswing... peace, ..marilyn.. -------------------------------------- Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:12:32 -0400 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net From: Angela Holderby Subject: Re: Paige Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Something happened and I didn't get the post about Paige's passing until just now. I am so sorry. I know that must have been very hard for you. I am so glad you were able to get in earlier. You are a very strong person and I am sure Paige appreciated you being with him until the end. I hope when the time comes, I can be that strong. You are in my thoughts. Angela. (and Poncho & Lefty) -------------------------------------- Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:17:36 -0400 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net From: Angela Holderby Subject: Re: Lucky Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net My mail is super scrambled today (thanks to an inferior isp) so I still haven't got the post about Lucky, but have read what others have written so I would like to add my sympathies to everyone else's. You are in my thoughts this evening. Angela. (and Poncho & Lefty) -------------------------------------- From: "Steve Lackow" To: Subject: Re: Paige Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:49:05 -0700 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net I too missed Kelly's post on Paige. "The book of life is brief, and once a Paige is read, all but love is dead, that is my belief." -- Steve -------------------------------------- From: "Steve Lackow" To: Subject: Re: Lucky crossed the bridge Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:53:31 -0700 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net You were a good friend, Paula. Lucky had the right name. -- Steve -------------------------------------- Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:50:57 -0400 To: felvtalk@MailingList.net From: Angela Holderby Subject: Re: Paige Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net This kind of stuff just proves that Cat-people are without a doubt the BEST people! I love you guys! Angela. (and Poncho & Lefty) -------------------------------------- From: katseven@pcsia.com Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:08:42 -0600 Subject: candle ceremony To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Hi, Marilyn (and everybody else!), I included the ceremony in my post announcing the beginning of the felvtalk candle ceremony --or meant to : ) For those of you who didn't get that, here are a couple of websites which have the candle ceremony: http://www.petloss.com/ http://www.gil.com.au/~meaxe/candleservice.html You may add your kitty's name and date(s) to these lists as well as our group's lists. I wish I knew how to do a nice web page like you'll see if you visit the sites above, but for now I'll just be publishing our candle service and lists only through our group's e-mail. Also everyone note that in the candle ceremony there are two lists. One is the *Bridge List*, for our kitties who have passed away. The other is the *Special Needs List* for our kitties who are ill or in need of special help. I realize mostly all of our FeLV+ kitties could be included on that list. Feel free to submit names for either list and those I don't get in time to add to this week's service (Saturday or maybe Sunday) will be added to next week's and so on. Again, I won't add a name unless you request it because I don't want to violate anyone's beliefs. Thanks! Susan katseven@pcsia.com -------------------------------------- From: katseven@pcsia.com Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:13:48 -0600 Subject: candle ceremony: Clarification To: felvtalk@MailingList.net Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net I was trying to be so clear. I meant I should have the info BY Sat. or Sun. in order to include your kitty in the service which will be done on Monday evenings. Sorry! Please let me know if anything else is unclear. Susan -------------------------------------- From: "Equinox Corp." To: "'felvtalk@MailingList.net'" Subject: RE: Candle Ceremony Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:37:11 -0700 Send reply to: felvtalk@MailingList.net Please add mysweet baby Alice whose short presence on Earth filled my life with love and wonder, and Alice's mom brave Tessie who persevered with dignity to beat this disease until the end. Thank you, Susan. Saliha -------------------------------------- END