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Leave a treat for D-Max...In Loving Memory
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Nicknames:
My One Eyed Wonder, Little Guy, String Bean
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July 25th 2000
Arrival Story:
I would like to share D-Max's story...One of courage and a will to live...While driving to meet our new baby we discussed what we would name him...Many names came up but not just the right name...My daughter asked the question what is black in photography (my husband is a dark room guy)...Pure black is D-Max short for Density Maximum...Thus the name D-Max...
D-Max came into our lives as a scared 3 month old kitten in October of 2000, but instantly became the King of our house... Three months later his brother and littermate Midnight joined our family. They became best buddies, playing, grooming each other, and cuddling... There was never a doubt that D-Max was the Top Cat and Midnight was happy being the Captain...
When D-Max was a kitten he developed a terrible wheeze which was diagnosed first as allergies and then eventually feline asthma. He started getting depo shots to help with his wheezing...As they became needed more frequently we decided to do something about the whole cat and not the symptoms and in December 2002 he began acupuncture treatments...It worked and he was a happier more active cat getting treatments about every 6 weeks rather than getting the shot...He knew when we went to Dr Steve that he was going to feel better and just purred while the needles were doing their thing...
Then in February 2004 our world fell apart as he developed a detached retina in his left eye...He was just 3.5 years old. After consulting with a veterinary ophthalmologist, and doing blood work he was diagnosed with FIP...We had no idea just what this was and what a terrible disease it was... He was instantly put on prednisone and antibiotics... We decided we were going to be proactive in his treatment... His diet was tweaked and he began treatment homeopathically...His appetite improved and he felt better...I discovered homeopathy too late to save him but it did give him a much better quality of life for his last year...
By May 2004 his eye had gone blind and developed glaucoma... The only option was to surgically remove the infected eye...The eye had a necropsy done at Cornell and came back positive for the FIP corona virus...By the day after surgery my old D-Max was back and pain free once again...The owie was removed and life was good...He became my one-eyed wonder living a completely normal happy life, playing and climbing to sleep on his favorite spot on top of my monitor...We celebrated his 4th birthday on July 25th 2004...
During the holidays his other eye began developing ominous symptoms and he began to go blind in that eye...Life became less fun, he slept more and ate less...We watched him gradually wasting away...After a week of force feeding him and sub-q fluids we helped our D-Max pass to the bridge...It was the hardest decision we ever had to make but it was the only one... On that last morning Midnight just sat there and stared at him for the longest time as if he understood more than perhaps we did what was happening...
D-Max will always be my little hero...He fought so hard to live but in the end the FIP was just too much. His wooden box sits beside me and I talk to him every day..
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January 25th 2012 6:23 pm
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OMC...
I was so excited this morning when Mom opened her e-mail and said that I am Diary Pick of the Day!!!Thank you Diary Lady....
It has been a long week for Mom and we definitley needed something to smile about today...On Sunday my Pops ended up in the hospital with Pancreatitis..Today he was able to come home....
I spent the week watching over him and sending him healing light, purrs, and love....
Thank you each and effurryone of you for your pmails, comments and pressies....Mom is going to take time tomorrow to read them all to me and thank you each purrsonally....
January 21st 2012 10:55 am
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My furriend from Thundercats Daisy Mae Sunday Times sent me a pretty poem on my bridge day...
On this day of memory
Be sure that I am well
and to you I send my love
As you send yours to me still
Hard as it may be
To be alone this day
Just remember as I have said
Love connects us still
(c)Blue Coyote 2-26-08
Thank you..It is very pretty...
January 19th 2012 6:34 am
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2012 …January 19th…D-Max the Warrior
Today marks 7 years that my warrior D-Max lost the war with FIP…D-Max my special little guy came to me scared and fragile, sickly even in his early days with me…I never knew what was going on but he fought many battles with his health and won most of them with help from first Dr Carolyn and then Dr Steve…
He bravely fought each battle, allergies, asthma, pancreatitis and glaucoma with resolve and bravery…It was not till 2004 that I knew what he was fighting and how to better wage the battle…The war had a name…FIP…Feline Infectious Peritonitis…
I desperately searched for answers and did not like what I read…It is always fatal…D-Max was not ready to give up the fight and neither was I…His next battle was for his eye…He may have lost his eye but he won the battle and thrived as my one eyed wonder, playing with Midnight and just being a cat...In the meantime FIP was lurking in his system ready to mutate to the next stage….
2004 became 2005 and life was getting harder for my warrior…The FIP Was ravaging his body but yet he fought on wanting to live and grow old with his brother Midnight…Monday we visited Dr Steve and the news was not good…D-Max was losing the battle…He got some sub-q fluids and perked up a bit when we got home but by Tuesday evening my D-Max was losing his final battle with FIP...That night we talked and he told me it was time for him to leave me…
With much sadness we made our final car ride and he was set free from his pain…He lives forever in my heart and memory...He is an inspiration…He bravely fought when many would have given up…He lives at Rainbows Bridge where he watches over me and welcomes too many new warriors who have lost the battle with FIP….
Someday there will be a cure for FIP and there will be no more losses…D-Max did not die in vain…He taught me so much in his 4.5 short years…I would not be the person I am today had it not been for him…
D-Max…my one eyed wonder…I love you always and forever…
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