Butch
Alternative,
Affordable Treatment for Feline Leukemia
The "Burroughs'
White Cat" Challenges the Board
By
Roger Holden
whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com
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My name is Roger Holden from Lawrence, Kansas. I was a friend of William Burroughs. I am honored and graced that our friendship evolved into an artistic collaboration that was included in "Ports of Entry", his landmark 1996 artistic retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Specifically,
our collaboration was a series of 3D stereograms that were adapted
from samples of his artwork(refer to "Ports of Entry: William S.
Burroughs and the Arts" Sobieszek; page 149).
In 1993,
William gave me "Porch", a stray cat who in a sickly, dying
state wandered on to his front porch as if to ask for help. William
with the help of Dr. Bradley, a brilliant and compassionate local
veterinarian nursed Porch to lively health in 3 or 4 weeks. My good
catfriend Porch subsequently lived with me until July of 1995 when he
then passed on from the ravages of feline leukemia. His picture may
be found at my celtic rock band's Uncle Dirty Toes website
http://www.forthrt.com/~dirtytoes/
Currently,
I am the caretaker of Marigay, "The White Cat", the
familiar of William S. Burroughs. As presented by William, in the
book Last Words, the Final Journals of William S. Burroughs; editor
James Grauerholz, Marigay symbolizes the Searing White Light of
Truth.
When
as a gift from William, Marigay first entered my life in January of
1997 at an estimated age of 3 or 4 years, he was a tough 13 pound
white cat with an immense territorial control instinct. When he was
outside, the neighbors knew him as a bully cat whom thought of
himself as king of the city block. Marigay dissappeared the week of
Williams' death and funeral (August of 1997). He had been picked up
by the local animal "control" as a vagrant cat. I rescued
him from the kitty prison and subsequently nicknamed him Butch. Now
whenever he would go outside I would go out with him and monitor his
locations.
In late May of 1999 Butch (Marigay) was chased
under my porch by a German Shepard dog. It was only the next morning
that I realized that he had been bitten and his health was declining
rapidly. The prognosis by the veterinarian was that Butch would soon
die from cat leukemia. His white and red blood cell count seemed
hoplessly low. The docter told me he had 1 to 3 months at the most to
live. This was a devastating blow to me as he had all of his leukemia
shots since 1996 and previous testing showed that he had no virus.
This time I was determined to see if there was any
alternative treatment available which would help Butch. I would be
heartbroken to see another catfriend given to me by William succumb
so soon to the ravages of feline leukemia. The first thing I did was
to treat him with traditional prescribed antibiotics to assist with
the healing of the dog bite and its infection. I simultaneously
searched the internet for any seeming reliable alternative treatment
for feline leukemia. The first ones I found seemed to be complicated,
involving needle injections, exotic phamecuticals and strict
regimental administration. Those sadly would have been beyond my
means to deal with. Then the breakthrough came. In my internet
research I found a site which mentioned that "Flor Essence"
http://www.florainc.com/united_states/html/flor_essence.html
an
herbal Essiac tea had been used to treat feline leukemia with
apparent success. Essiac tea is an herbal combination presented
originally to the modern world through an Ojibwa native American
herbalist. It has apparently been used successfully for decades to
fight and win over cancer, leukemia and other dreaded diseases. Here
is a good website for information on Essiac tea in
general.http://essiac-info.org/
Flor
Essence is a version of Essiac tea that I used for the treatment of
Butch. The other versions of Essiac tea available may just as well
produce equivalent results. It is my opinion that the "Flor
Essence" Essiac tea has produced the miraculous results I will
now report.
The
antibiotics I gave Butch in late May and early June of 1999, no doubt
in my mind, significantly helped to fight the dog bite infections.
But while I was giving him the vet prescribed antibiotics, I was told
by the same doctor that Butch's blood cell count was so low that he
would not live past August 1999. A neighbor told me of a vet who
performed acupuncture and chiropractic treatments on animals. I took
Butch there immediately for such a treatment from Dr. Van Petten. Web
info:
http://www.barrelhorses.com/JEFJO/
Dr.
Van Petten told me that the procedure he undertook might help to
stimulate Butch's kidneys and liver. In addition I gave Butch pinches
of Vitamin C (calcium asorbate I was told would digest appropriately
in cats stomachs) in his breakfast. His diet was also changed to a
prescription diet.
All in All I would have to say that the
Flor Essence seemed to me to be the catlyst for his remarkable
recovery, with the other things I just mentioned, lending assistance
to his treatment. Butch's blood count almost reached normal levels
within three weeks. By August 1999, they were essentially normal. He
has been in remission ever since. He runs up a flight of stairs in
one second!
I started by giving Butch 2 tablespoons of Flor
Essence everyday mixed in with a spoonful of his canned food. After
August 1999, I cut down to apx. 1 tablespoon of Flor Essence a day.
Now his daily maintance dose is about a half a teaspoon everyday.
Over the past year and a half there has been a regurgitation or
throwing up of his meal, once every other month or so, but the cause
of that could be most anything. I am positive that had William still
been alive that he would have wanted the word to get out on this
possible effective and affordable treatment for the horrible ravages
of feline leukemia. The fact that William had bequeathed "the
White Cat" to be his "familiar", is reason enough for
his fans everywhere to take this news with serious interest. Perhaps
there are implications for human Leukemia treatment as well. Perhaps
it is imagination and just the luck of the draw. Perhaps it is
Magic.
Postscript: As Izzy reminded me, love is the great
medicine for our ill animal companions. I can certainly testify that
Burroughs LOVED his cats and that I in turn LOVE the White Cat.
William put it best in his last written words, "Love? What is
it? Most natural pain killer what there is. LOVE"
Roger
Holden
whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:18 PM
Hi
Izzy,
I want to thank you for the privilege of having a web
page on your great site which allows the researching of information
on Essiac Tea and its possible benefits in the treatment of Feline
Leukemia. Butch Burroughs has survived 4 years now with this disease
which was originally diagnosed to be fatal after no more than 3
months. I still give him a dash of the Tea mixed in with soft food
every morning. Last year Butch had a serious bout with Pancreatitus
which was sucessfully treated with orthodox vetenarian methods. Butch
is currently in fine health.
I hope all is going well for
you,
Thanks,
Roger Holden whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com
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From: "Roger Holden" <whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com>
To: <izz@inter-zone.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:48 PM
Subject: Margaras (Marigay) The White Cat has passed on
Izzy,
It
is my sad task to report to you that Margaras "Butch"
Burroughs, the White Cat has passed on to the Western Lands to be
with William as of the evening of March 29. Butch's
feline leukemia finally won over his strong fortitude and stamina.
This current bout encompassed a serious declining period of about
three weeks. He was put to sleep before the possibility of any
agonizing pain would accompany his impending death.
Having
been previously diagnosed in May of 1999 with an assured death to
come from this dreaded disease within in a three month period, his
survival
in a good natured healthy state until just recently
(with the exception of a bout of pancreatitus he overcame) should
stand as testimonial to the
"searing white light of truth"
of questioning authoritative control mechanisms, whether medical or
otherwise.
Thank you so much for your support over the years
for getting the "word" out on this. I will follow up in the
next few months with an expanded essay
which will include new
ideas for alternative treatments.
Roger
Holden
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