I would try to find a holistic vet. Mine has a 22 year old felv+ patient who is currently dying - not of FELV but of liver failure. I swear by her. Tons of controversy here, but I also swear by raw food diets if you can swing it. Others will disagree
We never know how long we have with them. On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:56 PM, <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: > lI think those are the two most important things we can do for them, lots > of love and keep the stress down. Stress as in humans, causes so many > things. My Anney never tested positive with her 1st owner, just after > Katy's death and being shuffled from here to there and have no real love > and attention during Kathy's illness. She is still having trouble > adjusting to NOT being the only cat in the house and takes a lot of loving. > > > ---- Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > First of all, I'm so sorry about your loss of Yang. I've been through > it so many times and it NEVER gets any easier. > > The good news is that I have two adults, 10 and 11, that have had leukemia > since I got them, almost 10 years ago. They have been healthy all along. > I've had my share of ones that made it less than 2 years and some that > made it 4 or 5 years. You never really know. Just take it one day at a > time and cherish every minute. > > We don't do anything special here. We tried lots of stuff at the > beginning but it never seemed to help for us. I just try to keep stress > levels low and love them and that seems to work :) > > Best of luck. Hope you have many years with Merlot. > > Amy > > > ________________________________ > From: Maya D'Alessio <mde...@gmail.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:12 PM > Subject: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive > > > > Hello everyone, > > My cat Merlot, just tested positive for FeLV yesterday afternoon. We had > him tested, because my three year old cat Yang (female) started acting ill > at the end of June, the next morning I took her in to the vets and we > discovered she was anemic, jaundiced and had a high fever. They checked > her blood levels and found she was anemic (about 13, vs 26 in a healthy > cat). She stayed at the vet during the day and her blood levels didn't > get any worse, and our vet was optimistic. They transferred her over to > the emergency clinic which was open all evening and in to the weekend. > They monitored her overnight and her red blood cells decreased, her fever > lowered but she went past normal to too cold. That morning the blood tests > came back and she was positive for FeLV. We were shocked. Even worse was > that her detailed blood work showed no uptick in blood cell production, > where she should have increased production, she actually had almost no > > production. We then got to see her before we had to put her down. > That was the hardest day of my life. > > Now, with Merlot testing positive I am terrified of losing him so quickly, > and I am still grieving for Yang. I know the statistics are not great for > long term prognosis, but he is currently healthy (just a tiny bit of > gingivitis - we are going to start brushing his teeth). What can I do to > keep him healthy? How do I live with him everyday without starting to > grieve him already? I know we all are going to die someday, but this just > feels like it is going to hang over me. I am still doing reading on the > disease and newer treatments and such, but do these all start after the cat > becomes noticeably ill, or are there things I can be doing now to help keep > him healthy? Are probiotics helpful in this case? > > For those who have or have had a healthy FeLV cat, how long did they stay > healthy for? > > > -- > > Maya D'Alessio > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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