Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board The Moaning, Groaning, I just want to Vent thread

I'm a bit late here Andy, but I couldn't agree agree more with the others. It's clearly something you love doing. and if you're willing to make that move, there's every likelihood of more fruitful opportunities ahead. If they can't keep their teacher of the year, well, it will be someone else's gain, I'm sure.

This isn't really a vent, but a bit of a moan. My youngest cat, Roswell, died from a blood clot. At 8 am she was fine, by 10 am she was gone (euthanized). The vet said it's fairly common, although I'd never encountered this. She suddenly lost the use of her back legs and was crying, so I feared she had somehow broken her spine (and figured there wasn't any hope for her with that). Took her to the vet, hoping it might be something fixable, but the vet felt her back legs, which were ice cold, and knew right away it was a blood clot (cold legs since no blood circulated there). She said there wasn't any chance of recovery, even if they broke up the clot, it would just keep happening. Poor little soul.

My husband seemed more upset up than I was, so I told him, better her than you, which hopefully gave him pause for reflection. Fortunately, we could break the frozen ground so we buried her under the spruce trees in the back.

Awww, Cramer!
I'm so sorry
That sucks

FC,

So sorry to hear that. As the Facebook people know, my Belinda is having medical issues. She is having surgery on Wednesday.

So very sorry for your loss Cramer.

All the very best thoughts for Wednesday, Quis.

RIP, Roswell.

Thanks, everyone.

Good thoughts for Belinda, Quis. I've gone through a few big surgeries for cats and it's always filled with anxiety, but each one has come out perfectly. It's amazing how quickly animals endure these things so stoically and how quickly they recover.

Cramer, I'm so sorry I didn't reply to this earlier, but I usually only read the first few words of the new posts in this thread on the Active Topics screen.

These past several months have been very hard on us cat lovers, both within and without Legion World. In addition to your loss, Cle and Thoth have suffered similarly, and so have my best friend, who lost the cat she had adopted, literally from off her doorstep, back in 1998!

I've never owned a cat myself, unless I count a borderline feral male kitten whom a schoolmate gave me around age 10 after his cat gave birth. Short version, he ran away after a few months. But I am still definitely more of a "cat person" than a "dog person," and I offer my condolences and sympathies to you, Cramer, as I had before to all the other cat owners I've mentioned in this post.

Big hugs, FC.

So, I dropped Belinda off for her surgery. They will first do a CT scan after 9. Then the vet/surgeons decide how to proceed with the operation and then operate. She definitely will be staying over night, but I can see her between 6-7. Also they will be calling and texting me during the day.

They have to go over all the things that might go wrong. I understand that, but it does make it feel a little hopeless. Still, I am hoping for a good outcome and that the mass is benign.

Good luck, Quis!
All the best hopes for you and Belinda

So, not good at all. The CT Scan showed that the mass is right around some vital organs and the radiologist thinks that more likely than not, it is cancer. So, I made the decision to stop the operation. They will treat her with some pain medication and eventually she will have to be euthanized. The main thing is that she doesn't suffer too much.

Ohh, so sorry, Quis.

That's really sad news, Quis. I think you made the right decision to stop the operation, minimize the trauma. It sounds like you have some very attentive vets, which helps.

We know or expect that our pets are going to die before we do, but it's still really difficult to face. Maybe it makes us appreciate them even more, each day they're with us.

I got hit on the Northeast side of Atlanta ...AGAIN! That's twice in the last four months. This time it was because a person was driving at less than 20 mph in the right hand lane and another car ran up on it. The duallie couldn't go right because of concrete barricades do to road work. So he hits the slower car and then hits me.

People...USE SOME DAMN SENSE!

You can't drive that slow on the interstate in Atlanta ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE PLACES TO PULL OFF THE ROAD EVEN WITH YOUR DAMN BLINKERS ON!

Thank goodness I was using Trucker driving sense and was on the inside right lane instead of the extreme right lane. The driver would have been dead, not just had a sore back.

To all my Legionworld friends, please remember, large truck can move up to 80,000 lbs. We are not nimble. We are not quick. Leave us our safety gaps.

Wait! The laws of physics apply to me??????

Sorry about the accident Rick.

Thanks, Quis. I was fine. Honestly, I didn't even notice that it happened except for the sound. Seriously. It wrecked that duallie, tore the rear axle out, murdered the front end. I bent the ladder on my tank and had a slice of rubber out of the sidewall of rear tire.

Honestly, if that duallie had gotten just a little more under the rear of the trailer, squashed driver.

We try to leave gaps between us and other drivers because we just aren't that nimble. We constantly look for "outs" because people will sit in our blindspots, they will gather round us because we are slower. Truckers like to run in groups of trucks or alone for YOUR safety. If we get in a wreck at 70mph, odds are we aren't coming out of it. We just don't wanna take anyone else with us.

We create those gaps for your safety, not ours.

Me, too. This is more or less what happened to our poor Butterscotch The Evil late last year.

Condolences to you & Mr. Cramer, too.

Saw this on facebook, Quis. Really sorry to hear it.

Really sorry that the news wasn't good Quis. My thoughts are with you and Belinda.

Belinda is no longer suffering. The vet said that he thought it was the right thing to do also. I have to say, last night and this morning were very hard. When she would start purring while I petted her, I doubted that it was the right thing. But feeling her bones, seeing her struggle to eat something made me wish it was already over. While taking her there, I got urges to just run away with her.

I did hold her while the vet administered the drugs. She was at peace in a matter of seconds. I did go for the general cremation rather than an individual one in which I would get her ashes.

I will get another cat, but not right away. Thank you all for your sympathy at this time.

Any time, Quis. I loved seeing your pics & stories about her. I can tell she was a great friend to you.

Deep condolences to you, Quis. If she was struggling to eat, it would only have gotten worse for her. That's a hard blow nonetheless and you must still feel her presence in your home.

You were a great companion to Belinda. She was lucky to be adopted by you.

Thanks FC. Especially knowing that you are going through the same with your dear Roswell.

Man, I'm so sick of filling out internship applications. I've counted my spreadsheet and I've applied for 56 positions in the past few months, from private to public sector, for-profit to nonprofit, paid to unpaid. Just give me a job already, dammit!