oh my gods hun. my poor sweet Heather *hugs tight* anything else I will say
will be done on the phone to you just..*hugs*

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>From: Lady Wolfsong <nokomiswolfsong@...>
>Reply-To: poll_chitchat@yahoogroups.com
>To: Solstice Moon <solsticemoon@yahoogroups.com>, Susan
><kindredforest@...>, first tara <aries4057@...>, Sandi Washburn
><zanykat@...>, "Karen P." <karot44@...>, Patty
><greydove68@...>, POLL <poll_chitchat@yahoogroups.com>, Rockie
><whiteroses_in_vt@...>, LOFM <lofm@yahoogroups.com>, Jason Moses
><jasonblackthorne@...>, Dennis Moye <papadennis@...>, Ellen
>Downs <ellen_downs@...>, Ger <fng.lert@...>
>Subject: [poll_chitchat] my baby Sage....need some help...prayers I
>guess......
>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:42:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
>hello everyone....for all of you that prayed for my cat Sage, I thank
>you............but today, I had to have him put to sleep...........I'm
>having a really hard time with the loss, and could use a little help I
>guess. Prayers and energy that I won't give into my depression, as I have
>Bipolar, among other illnesses, and Sage was my therapeutic companion in
>addition to being my friend....I wanted to die when they took Sage to the
>other room to put him to sleep.........and.....If you know anyone in
>Vermont or New Hampshire, tell them to stay away from Staples Veterinary
>Clinic!!!!!! I will be making phone calls tomorrow, when I'm a little
>stronger, and warning everyone I can.....I took Sage to Dr. Staples last
>Monday and he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs......Dr. Staples
>checked his temp and said he had a fever, listened to his heart and lungs,
>and that was it. Gave him 2 huge shots of fluids, a shot of penicillin, and
>a shot of steroids....gave us amoxicillin
> drops and sent us home, told me to bring him back Thursday....Sage could
>hardly walk that night, and the emergency vet I called said it was from all
>the fluids....last Thursday I brought him back and was told the fever was
>gone and his lungs were clearing, to keep him on the amoxicillin and he'd
>be fine, it would just be a long recovery...again, he just checked the temp
>and heart and lungs....I made him check Sage's ears because I was a little
>worried, but that was all that got checked.......but Sage obviously was
>still losing weight......when my mother got here from North Carolina today
>for her visit, we took Sage to the vet here in town.......he did a complete
>exam, and checked Sage's belly thoroughly several times...he found a
>decent-sized mass in Sage's intestines. He said he was 99.9% sure it was
>cancer...he said cats rarely get tumors, and when they do it's almost
>always cancer. He told me it would be between $500-$1000 for the operation
>and if it was cancer it would
> just come back. He said with me being on SSI and all, he wouldn't
>recommend even trying the surgery because the chances of it helping weren't
>very high and wouldn't save him for more than another 6-9 months. He told
>me it was time to say my goodbyes.....that I could take him home for a
>little while, but he was suffering a bit and would die slowly. It was
>obvious he didn't feel that well. The tumor was what was keeping him from
>eating much, because the mass made him feel full most of the time, and he
>was dehydrated again from not drinking enough.....he only weighed not quite
>6 1/2 pounds today, at about 3 years old. He also had a fever of 104
>again.........the recommendation was to put him to sleep today, and I knew
>bringing him home would just make it worse, I didn't want him to continue
>to slowly starve to death.....have him get more IV fluids today and draw
>out the goodbyes. I didn't know if I could bring him back....I was crying
>so hard I couldn't see....Sage was sooooo
> sweet. Something that was special between us was him patting my face
>gently with his paw.......Dr. Staples would have found the mass had a
>complete exam been done. Sage was given all those shots for nothing. I've
>been pinning him down twice a day and forcing amoxicillin drops down his
>throat for 10 days for no reason! He suffered more than was needed....he
>got too thin and feverish yet again.....it cost $109 for treatment that did
>no good and made him suffer for a night only being able to drag his back
>end. I am devestated by my loss, but also angry. I want Dr. Staples to pay
>for what he did to us, even if only by losing some business! Dr. MacIntyre
>didn't charge for the exam and such today, just for the euthenasia...and my
>my mother payed to have him cremated so that I didn't have to see him
>dead.......I was going to hold him while he was put to sleep, but I just
>couldn't. I have guilt over that.....but I couldn't watch my baby die. I
>should have been there when he took
> his last breaths, but I couldn't!!!!!!! Anyway, sorry this is so
>long....just.......for those in the area, stay away from Dr. Staples. And
>for those that aren't...thanks for listening and for any prayers.
>
>
>
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