Last week when the temperature was minus 10 below and the windchill double that...my mom and her friend were turning around in an Iowan parking lot when they saw a small cat dragging itself through the frozen pavement. The cats back paws appeared to be frozen and it was literally trying to pull it's body across the ground.
Well, who wouldn't be moved at the sight of such suffering? My mom immediately stopped the car and her friend rushed over to rescue the cat. My mom took the cat home, fed it some milk, wrapped it in a sweater and took it over to the family vet. The vet said, "what do you want me to do with it" and my mom replied, "save it."
My mom couldn't keep it as she already has three dogs but her friend offered to give it a home. The vet said that the cat would probably lose the top of her ears and perhaps a paw, but one day later, after putting the cat on an IV, the vet said it was looking pretty good for the cat. They just needed to do one more test.
The test came back positive for feline leukemia, and the cat was put down.
The vet bill came in the mail today. It was 200 bucks.
2 comments:
That really sucks. But for what it's worth, the cats last few hours were much better than they could have been hadn't it been found.
You are such a sweetie Jeffrey, and your right, in it's last few hours it had warmth, love, and and something to eat.
What i just found out from the lovely Joanne Beacham (after she read this post) is that there is NOW a vaccine for feline leukemia, and it can even be administered AFTER your cat has been exposed to feline leukemia IF you suspect it happened within the first couple of weeks. Again, the word IF...it's all luck at this point, so the biggie, get the kitten vaccinated. Also according to Joanne, some vets are working on a maintenance drug for feline leukemia (much like the Hiv virus) but it's really expensive. Cheaper to get the cat vaccinated in the first place.
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