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We chose the name FredTheCat because we had just rescued a cat with Feline Aids (see his Full Story). We called him Freddie in memory of 'Queen' star, Freddie Mercury. Fred was in a terrible state but he recovered and took to domestic life very quickly and was a favourite amongst family and friends. Sadly Fred had to be put to sleep on 13th May 2008, following a seizure during the night. Fred started having symptoms of sneezing and small nose bleeds in November 2007. He was diagnosed in February 2008 with Nasal Lymphoma (Cancer). Fred started a course of the Wisconsin-Madison chemotherapy. All was going reasonably well until week 3 the second Vincristine injection. The effect of the Vincrtistine and reduction of the tumour, which we assume had started to spread into the brain, caused problems. Chemo was suspended and we had to work very hard to get Fred well again which he did. He was placed on a 3 weekly Leukeran therapy instead but the cancer was spreading too fast and we lost our battle to save our beloved Fred. My business name will continue to be FredTheCat, remaining a tribute to Fred. We can only take heart in the fact that Fred has had a wonderful home I would like to thank Jo Williams and her family for sending food parcels for Fred during his illness. I can only say I am incredibly indebted for your kindness which will not be forgotten. Thank you Jo. I would also like to thank Stephen Collins from Cedar Vets in Ringwood for all his support throughout this. Finally, we'd like to thank Kit Sturgess from Anderson Sturgess, for his efforts trying to save Fred's life. Below is the video that was taken in March and is how we want to remember Fred, the huge loving character that he was.
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and been well loved for the past 8 years.
On a lighter note his good friend Charlie, who looked after him throughout his illness, will take over as the CEO.
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FredTheCat BLOG 13 May 2008 And then it all went wrong. See left. 17th March 2008 Fred's white cell count had come up to 3.3 over night so the chemo went ahead on Friday. Fred has shown an amazing improvement over the past 10 days, his breathing is now silent, we're down to 1 prednisalone a day and there are signs that his nasal passage is beginning to clear. 14th March 2008 Fred had his first Wisconsin-Madison treatment on 7th March. He appeared much more comfortable by the end of the week and he returned on the 13th March for second treatment but his white cell count was too low to proceed. The ENT specialist vets have waited a further day to see if the next dose is possible today.
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