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JULIE

Julie came from a very very high kill shelter. The manager of the shelter just could not bring herself to kill her and had kept her alive at the shelter for almost 5 months!!

The manager told us that Julie had been left at the gate in a cardboard box with kittens. Normally when they open a box like that the mom takes off, not Julie....she stayed and nursed her babies and then she took on 2 more litters that the shelter gave her before her milk finally dried up. The manager of the shelter felt that she had more than earned her right to stay alive.

We found about Julie when the shelter I volunteer for was removing animals from the pound. The pound manager mentioned that she had a blind cat kind of in passing knowing that they would never take an unadoptable animal from there. They were very wrong. The shelter director knew we would take her and had them transfer her to the shelter too. The Animal Control manager was so happy for Julie.

Julie is a very quiet friendly little girl who loves to sit in your lap. We immediately got her fixed and had her eye inuclated. She is completely blind. She has a very loud purr and loves to knead.

1/21/2008  Julie passed away after a short illness.   We took her to the vet and was told she had an ear infection and sent her home on antibiotics, 5 days later she is dead! We are waiting for the autopsy results,  I want to know what the vet missed and why this wonderful sweet soul is gone from our life many years before she should be!!

 She was a sweet gentle soul and we are shocked that she is gone.  We will miss you little girl, we are so glad we got to know you!

2/4/2008  The results of the autopsy are in,  she died from spindle cell sarcoma.  There was no way we would have known that she had this,  she did not show anything untill the very end.    If your cat has ever suffered trauma to an eye,  they are at risk of this disease.  At the end it caused a brain infection, that is why she was looking like she had an ear infection,  she was walking with her head tilted like she had an ear infection.   Atleast now we know... We miss her, she was a sweet gentle soul!