Love First: stories worth telling
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This is pretty hard for me…
Since late 2015, my cat Buranshe was sick from an incurable and complicated form of Feline Leukemia Virus, or FLV. At her very first diagnosis, we were told that “she probably won’t make it through the weekend.”
Buranshe, amazing fighter that she is, kept it going for another two years. Although not without some serious (and expensive) medical help.
Unfortunately, just before Christmas Buranshe got too sick; the blood transfusions that we’d been relying on to keep her alive and healthy were not going to work anymore.
More importantly, she had told me she was ready; that her time had come.
We put Buranshe down just a few days before Christmas, and it was one of the hardest moments in my life. But the next day as I started grieving my loss, I came to an idea that helped me not just recover, but gave me new purpose and direction in life. A new chapter for me.
Keeping Buranshe alive for those two extra years cost over $25,000 dollars. I’m trying to recover a small part of that, just enough to keep myself afloat while I embark on this new chapter:
Love First, the final gift Buranshe gave to me.
There is so much more to this story, so click on through if you want to learn all about what I went through and what Buranshe's amazing gift is all about. For now, just some final pictures of B:
And finally, the last photo of Buranshe and I together:
Since late 2015, my cat Buranshe was sick from an incurable and complicated form of Feline Leukemia Virus, or FLV. At her very first diagnosis, we were told that “she probably won’t make it through the weekend.”
Buranshe, amazing fighter that she is, kept it going for another two years. Although not without some serious (and expensive) medical help.
Unfortunately, just before Christmas Buranshe got too sick; the blood transfusions that we’d been relying on to keep her alive and healthy were not going to work anymore.
More importantly, she had told me she was ready; that her time had come.
We put Buranshe down just a few days before Christmas, and it was one of the hardest moments in my life. But the next day as I started grieving my loss, I came to an idea that helped me not just recover, but gave me new purpose and direction in life. A new chapter for me.
Keeping Buranshe alive for those two extra years cost over $25,000 dollars. I’m trying to recover a small part of that, just enough to keep myself afloat while I embark on this new chapter:
Love First, the final gift Buranshe gave to me.
There is so much more to this story, so click on through if you want to learn all about what I went through and what Buranshe's amazing gift is all about. For now, just some final pictures of B:
And finally, the last photo of Buranshe and I together:
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