Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel for you, Phil. I too love my pets, and when I say that nobody loves me like my Cheeta (the dog), I am only half joking. Cheers, Nathan On 17 Apr 2012, at 16:29, Phil Forrest wrote: > I came up to Jersey City on the 3rd of April to stay for two weeks > while my friend Katelyn was away on vacation in Florida. > Kate and I have been lovers of rabbits for years and we both volunteer > at the NYC Animal Care and Control center in west Harlem to assist with > rabbit rescue when we can. > Katelyn adopted Maya in the fall of 2008. She was from a litter of four > or five other rabbits who had been abused, neglected and abandoned in > NYC. Maya came to the shelter very skittish and had quite a temper not > hesitating to paw or bite a person. > After a few months Maya calmed down a bit but she was still very > temperamental until her friend Ollie came along in the fall of 2009. > Katelyn adopted Ollie to give Maya a companion and after their > introduction, they bonded well over a few months and > have been inseparable since. > Last month Maya was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy which caused > pressure on her already weakened heart (from a previously unknown > cardiac episode) due to fluid build-up around it. Her lungs were > filling with fluid as well and she was having difficulty breathing. She > was put on medication these last three weeks and her health got much > better. Within a week of her diagnosis, she was again the spry little > bun that we knew and loved. > These last two weeks I've gotten to get closer to Maya than ever > before, having to administer her medication and generally dote upon > her. She showed a lot of interesting things about her personality in > these last few weeks that endeared her more to us and made her passing > that much harder. > She died this morning and Kate and myself are very sad about losing > her. The anxiety of her possibly being in pain is over though and we know > that she had the best life possible > these last several years. Ollie is probably still processing it. He > said his goodbyes and groomed her and we think he knows what happened. > He's been a little down today. > Apologies for rambling. > > Maya in 2008: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/Maya/01140011.jpg.html > > Maya and Ollie last week: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/Maya/L1006768_E.jpg.html > > Thanks all. > Phil Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/