Penny was a sweet & preety little calico girl that came to our shelter just over a month ago. She had been living at a local homeless shelter and the men there loved taking care of her. Unfortunately, the department of health said they had to get rid of her. Our shelter took her in, and had her tested. She unfortunately came up positive for Feline Lukemia. We wanted to wait a month & have her retested. Despite a mild URI, she was eating a seemed to be doing well. We had lined up a home for her with some wonderful people who had previous experience with FeLuk. Then a little over a week ago, just before she was supposed to go home, she took a turn for the worse. She stopped eating or drinking and rapidly started losing weight. The director took her home hoping to get her to come back around. We all tried telling her she had a wonderful home waiting for her, she just needed to fight a little bit. Alas, she had no fight left in her. By the end of last week blood tests confirmed our suspicions, she was in Liver failure. We decided to give her the weekend, just to be sure. By Sunday I got my first call asking for approval to end Penny's misery (I'm on the board and 3 board memebers must approve euthenasia for a cat). I asked what was going on and was told that she was now crying out in pain each time she was touched. I gave my approval. So yesterday, Penny was sent lovingly over the bridge.
R.I.P. beautiful girl. I am sorry we couldn't do more.
R.I.P. beautiful girl. I am sorry we couldn't do more.