I found this website while browsing the internet about feline leukemia disease and thought it to be a good place to share the memory of my beloved cat that we recently had to put down, Jango (named from the bounty hunter Jango Fett in star wars due to his personality). We took him in 6 years ago as a stray the my mother has found funny enough in a little pumpkin patch in the backyard, when she saw him all skinny and frail she decided to feed him and see if he would stick around, sure enough he did. One we fed him for a week or two we decided to take him to the vet for shots and neutering. While he was at the vet they discovered through lab test that he was positive for feline leukemia; we decided to keep the poor battle worn kitty with the cute little torn ear and skinny tail even though the vet said he would be luck to make it 3 months. We took the cat in a did a lot of research on the virus and found that we could potentially give him liquid vitamin specially made for cats with this condition; sure enough we gave him the vitamins and he gained fur and weight all the way from his original 8lbs to 14lbs within a year and maintained it happily, throughout our time with him we shared many good memories, he took the role of the boss of the house, always waiting to ambush us when we walk past without noticing him, reaching for us when he wanted petting, along with leading us rite to his scratching pole to get treats whenever the opportunity presented its self. Jango was one of a kind he would always stand up like a squirrel when he wanted petting and he would always intervene if anyone raised their voice and seemed to know when something was wrong with someone and would lay there demanding attention until the person was acting normal again. We had jango for 6 years after the vet told us he had only 3 months and we made the most of every day. Unfortunately a month ago he began to decline severely and lost weight all the way to 6lbs and would not eat, we took him to the vet and all seemed ok except for a sinus infection which was reasoned to be why he was not eating (he could not smell the food). Once we got the medicine in him he ate and seemed to return to normal for a week or so until he began not eating again and losing more weight, we returned to the vet to find tragically that the cancer had activated and he had ulcers in his mouth, yellowing in the ears and kidney and liver failure (cause of the yellowing) he also now weighed a mere 5lbs; they said the most they could do was give him fluids which could not make the ulcers go away and could shock his kidneys more. They recommended putting our fur baby to sleep. After having him at home for 2 more days we decided to schedule the appointment 
. Our poor baby was put to sleep at 1:30PM Friday September 29th at the age of 9 years old. We decided to not be in the room when it happened due to the vet telling us that a different needle that is very painful would have to be put in him if we were. We told our baby Jango our goodbyes and with one more nudge to our fingers our baby went with the doctor to be sent to the rainbow bridge. Today was our 1st day without him and a very hard one, I feel bad about having him put down since he could still walk and seemed alert but he still was not his normal 14lb playful self, he would mainly sleep and shuffle around constantly as if he were uncomfortable; I just pray we did not do it too soon and he knows it was what we felt was best for him because we could not bear to watch him suffer any longer or watch it get any worse with not possible recovery in the vet's eyes as he has not eaten in 4 days and would not drink anything his last day. He will greatly be missed and is resting peacefully in our backyard right behind the swing he would always lie on. All we can hope is that he is happy wherever he is and knows we love him and did everything for the benefit of him.
R.I.P Jango you will be missed.
. Our poor baby was put to sleep at 1:30PM Friday September 29th at the age of 9 years old. We decided to not be in the room when it happened due to the vet telling us that a different needle that is very painful would have to be put in him if we were. We told our baby Jango our goodbyes and with one more nudge to our fingers our baby went with the doctor to be sent to the rainbow bridge. Today was our 1st day without him and a very hard one, I feel bad about having him put down since he could still walk and seemed alert but he still was not his normal 14lb playful self, he would mainly sleep and shuffle around constantly as if he were uncomfortable; I just pray we did not do it too soon and he knows it was what we felt was best for him because we could not bear to watch him suffer any longer or watch it get any worse with not possible recovery in the vet's eyes as he has not eaten in 4 days and would not drink anything his last day. He will greatly be missed and is resting peacefully in our backyard right behind the swing he would always lie on. All we can hope is that he is happy wherever he is and knows we love him and did everything for the benefit of him.R.I.P Jango you will be missed.
