Hi Claudia I wish I could help you. I think that a good vet is your best hope at this time. I (we) can help you if your vet can get her stabilized and out of this crisis.
I have been able to treat a very sick, Felv kittie with a variety of treatments, supplements and interferon alpha. I can share all of these with you. I'm thinking of the both of you and hoping that your vet can get her to a place where you can begin to help her. Please keep us posted. Jane On Oct 23, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Claudia wrote: > Hi, > I need your help!!! I just joined this website. I'm so glad > something like this exists as a resource for people with feline > leuk cats. I have a young cat (she's 2) who was feral, I started > feeding her over the winter. She's been with me almsot 2 years > now. I decided to bring her in the hosue 'cause she was a little > kitten then, and I was worried about her being aout in the cold. > She was fine for a while ( at least 5 moths) then developed a > couph. I brought her to the vet, she was tested adn they said she > had feline leukemia. She's been tested tiwce, so I guess she fdoes > have it. I didn't knwo anything about thsi illness in cats. Since > then, in the past 10 months, she's had a cold or upper respiratory > problems, inclding possibly asthma and allergies chronically. It > seems she's been getting sick evry 2-3 months. She's been on > anitbiotics which has worked so far. In the past 3 weeks she's > had an occasional couph, and he > rbreathing ahsn't been normal. Sh's been on Clavamox anibiotic > for 10 days, it's helped a little, but this apst Tuesday and > Today, she had a coupel of episodes where she began a couphing > fit, then started weezing, and panting for air, with her outh > opening for a few seconds for air. IT was scary, I'd never seen > her like that. I turned ont humidifier and that seemd to help > her. One thig though was that when I've had the humidifier on > for too long, I found mold on the windown int he room, and that's > not good either. > I'm planning on taking her to the vet tomorrow. I don't know what > they'll tell me. I want to keep her healthy for as long as I can. > HEr vet told me that she might have ashtma, but it was hard to tell > form her X ray because she also has the Leukemia. The vet didn't > want to put her on Steroids because it's deadly for leukemia cats. > I'm wondering what to do??? I was told people ont his board know > a lot about feline Leuk. Please offer any suggestions, > recommendations. > Thank you so much!!! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
