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Update on Selena
11 Aug 2006 22:15:00 -0700 rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Julie_Snowshoe...
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Thank you all for your kind thoughts and purrs and hugs and candles.
Someone sent an email to Hazelaz and she called me just as we were leaving the vet. Thank you to whoever did that, it was nice having her call. It helps so much to know that you are here and that you remember my little moongoddess with the big blue eyes. If you didn't know Selena you can see a picture of her at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/julie_snowshoe/detail?.dir=/8457&.dnm=20eb.jpg&.src=ph&.tok=phvaAVFBmluQIRsr or http://tinyurl.com/sy6jd We asked that the vet perform an autopsy so that we might determine what happened. As well as wanting to know what happened to her we wanted to make sure that there wasn't a threat to Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus. The vet called this afternoon and said preliminary findings point to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - an enlarged heart. She said that when she sectioned the left chamber of her heart she had a hard time finding the ventricular passage (?) that blood flows through. She compared it to an athlete on steroids. There are warnings such as breathing fast but she hasn't shown any signs of being sick. While she spent a lot of her 7 years with us under the bed she didn't die under the bed. It looked like she was taking a bath when it happened. She had a habit of spreading her back legs out in front of her and bathing her tummy...very unladylike for a princess. This is what it looked like she was doing. The vet said there were no signs of her suffering for which I'm thankful. She had eaten well that evening and had come to be to be brushed and even jumped onto the back of the couch so she had given us no sign that she wasn't well. Selena's birthdate on her records is listed as August 15, 1997. She was rescued on the day she was scheduled to be euthenized and the rescue group thought she was about 2 years old which means I adopted her August 15, 1999. We only had her for seven short years...not nearly long enough. I remember when we got her she wouldn't tell us her name. Victor Martinez...
We had her for two weeks and she hadn't told us her name. We were getting ready to go to this race, in 1999 and I was working on the race car and started crying. Rusty asked what was wrong and I said, I can't leave town without naming Kitty. She'll think she doesn't have a home. I had told him that she had a sweet meow. He said, "well, she has a sweet voice and she's beautiful, lets call her Selena" named after the singer. I later learned that Selena was a moon godess and the name was just perfect. Its been a long day and 10 hours on the road gives you a lot of time to reflect on the past 7 ears and remember but a lot of time to feel sad as well. I know you all know what I'm feeling and that makes it so nice to come and have a place to talk. I'm going to bed now and when we return home I'll post more about out Moon Godess. Sam...
Hugs and purrs to all of you, Julie and Rusty, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus (In loving memory of Selena) Marina...
Lois...
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