Caramel
6/2019 Caramel is a leukemia positive kitty. He came to us from a rescue in Georgia. The rescue operates a spay neuter clinic, is foster home based and does not have a facility. They needed a place for him to go quickly. Caramel is a super friendly little fellow who is very playful. We are excited to get to know him. You may watch him live on his Live camera. He is in the playroom. He shares the room with Gumdrop and Gomez. Gomez hates other cats so right now they are taking turns in the cage. ½ day in ½ day out. We hope Gomez will change his attitude.
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10/26/2019 This is a very painful letter to be writing. Little Caramel is a leukemia positive kitty who came to us in June from a rescue in Georgia. Yesterday he began having respiratory issues and was taken to the vet. X-rays revealed a lot of fluid in his chest. The vet pulled fluid off and we sent it to the lab to see what it actually was. Once the fluid was removed he was breathing much more comfortably so we felt we had the time to wait until today to see what the lab report was. Caramel has a pyothorax. That is a bacterial infection with pus also present.. Treatment for him would include rushing him to Raleigh to the specialty vet. There he would be placed in their ICU, having check tubes placed, flushing his chest with fluids for several days, IV antibiotics, feeding tube when he stops eating, being in an oxygen cage. This is a life threatening situation and for a leukemia positive kitty even more so. Snicker had one, $10,000 and 11 days in the hospital he beat the odds and survived but he was also not a leukemia positive kitty with a very compromised immune system. The vet and I talked about it, I talked to a 2nd vet for another opinion, spent some serious time thinking, reading and crying and made the decision to let him go. The fluid had returned after 24 hours, he looked like he did not feel good, and the bottom line was he was a leukemia positive kitty with a very compromised immune system. The treatment would be very arduous, very expensive and no guarantee of success. I did not want to put him through it. Some people may disagree with my decision, please know it was made with many tears, but in the end, I did what I think was in the best interest of Caramel. I held him in my arms as he crossed over the rainbow bridge. Caramel was a friendly little fellow. The techs at the vet loved him because he would immediately come out of the cage and climb up in your arms to be held. He was a sweet fellow and it breaks my heart that he did not get a lot more time with us.
Caramel
6/2019 Caramel is a leukemia positive kitty. He came to us from a rescue in Georgia. The rescue operates a spay neuter clinic, is foster home based and does not have a facility. They needed a place for him to go quickly. Caramel is a super friendly little fellow who is very playful. We are excited to get to know him. You may watch him live on his Live camera. He is in the playroom. He shares the room with Gumdrop and Gomez. Gomez hates other cats so right now they are taking turns in the cage. ½ day in ½ day out. We hope Gomez will change his attitude.
Sponsored by Carmen - Thank you! Sponsored by Bhavana - Thank you! Sponsored by Betty - Thank you! Sponsored by Tammy - Thank you!
Sponsored by Barbara - Thank you!
10/26/2019 This is a very painful letter to be writing. Little Caramel is a leukemia positive kitty who came to us in June from a rescue in Georgia. Yesterday he began having respiratory issues and was taken to the vet. X-rays revealed a lot of fluid in his chest. The vet pulled fluid off and we sent it to the lab to see what it actually was. Once the fluid was removed he was breathing much more comfortably so we felt we had the time to wait until today to see what the lab report was. Caramel has a pyothorax. That is a bacterial infection with pus also present. Treatment for him would include rushing him to Raleigh to the specialty vet. There he would be placed in their ICU, having check tubes placed, flushing his chest with fluids for several days, IV antibiotics, feeding tube when he stops eating, being in an oxygen cage. This is a life threatening situation and for a leukemia positive kitty even more so. Snicker had one, $10,000 and 11 days in the hospital he beat the odds and survived but he was also not a leukemia positive kitty with a very compromised immune system. The vet and I talked about it, I talked to a 2nd vet for another opinion, spent some serious time thinking, reading and crying and made the decision to let him go. The fluid had returned after 24 hours, he looked like he did not feel good, and the bottom line was he was a leukemia positive kitty with a very compromised immune system. The treatment would be very arduous, very expensive and no guarantee of success. I did not want to put him through it. Some people may disagree with my decision, please know it was made with many tears, but in the end, I did what I think was in the best interest of Caramel. I held him in my arms as he crossed over the rainbow bridge. Caramel was a friendly little fellow. The techs at the vet loved him because he would immediately come out of the cage and climb up in your arms to be held. He was a sweet fellow and it breaks my heart that he did not get a lot more time with us.