Terrie-My sincerest condolences on your husband's passing. 64 is way too
young. You are lucky to have had a soul mate to share in the rescue and caring
of so many sweet fur babies. He was lucky to have you and he is with the kiddos
at the bridge-sharing head bonks and purrs. God Bless Alice
Rosie passed last night, I could not bear to watch her wasting away. The
Lymphoma had
beat her. We had her on Pred and Leukeran-which shrank the mass near her throat
the
first week, then it came back with a vengeance the next week. We increased it
to
every
other day on the Leukeran to no
Rosie had such a great check up with the mass almost gone-now she is sleeping
most of the time and I have been feeling the mass grow large again. She is on
Leukeran every 3 days and pred daily with interferon 2x a day. I am calling the
Dr tomorrow to see what we should do. I am beat down by this
WooHoo!! Rosie had a great check up today!! The mass in her throat / neck was
so
much smaller in just 3 weeks on the Pred / Leukeran regime. We are going to
decrease the Prednisolone and keep up the Leukeran. Ultrasound showed no
Lymphoma in her abdomen (so far)Her hot, red ears may get
Sherry-My heart goes out to you-Bless you for giving these precious babies all
the love that you do. I don't know how you and the others do it-over and over.
My heart has been shattered by losing Rosie's 4 brothers and Murphy, who was
tossed into the feral colony that we rescued Rosie and the
Going on 3 weeks since her labs and diagnosis Feb 24. She's been on 5 mg
prednisolone 2x a day along with 1cc of Interferon squirted in her mouth. She
also gets a shot of PennG every 5 days and one Leukeran pill every 3 days.
She's
had 5 Leukeran pills so far. Last week she began sneezing
I was thinking this morning about this group-All of us trying to save or
prolong
our kitty's lives, or to keep them comfortable for as long as possible. Trying
different treatments or none-we are all the same. Getting comfort or
condolences...it's a hard journey. I can say that I have
She has a very aggressive lymphoma. This was the biopsy on her lump in the
throat / neck area. Started on Pred and ordering Leukeran. Staying on
Interferon
and may give LTCI.
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What I had prayed for was an abscess-the vets don't think I am going to be that
lucky. They did a couple of needle aspirations and we will wait for the
results.
They want me to begin pred and pennG right away while we wait. Keep her on the
Interferon to help her immune system because the pred
We thought she was the survivor-She is the last of the litter of 5 kittens we
caught in Oct 2008. Her 4 brothers passed in 2009, a month apart. She made it
to
2 years, now 2 1/2tonight I felt a lump on the left side of her neck.
I
am hoping our vet is open tomorrow. She is not
won out-my 1/2 Asian heritage and his miso coloring. Anyway-SacTown boy is
a good-un and I'll vouch for him. Alice Flowers-Clark
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. Ahh-here comes Rosie now with a toy mouse in her
mouth that she just stole from Miso!! Life is good again. Alice Flowers-Clark
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Well, here we go into the fray!! After losing 5 FeLV+ boys in the past 1 1/2
years and suffering the worst heartache and financial strain-we were down to
just Rosie-littermate to 4 of the boys who passed first, a month apart, all by
the time they were a year old. We just lost Murphy the end of
Hi Stacy-I was thinking of you and Spanky today while I was at work-staring at
Murphy's photo on my wall. Yes-we did use the Rutin, thanks to Dawn's tip and
our vet was pleased with how it helped to clear his fluid out-he was on Lasix
initially and I think we lowered the dose after about a week
Stacy-I have you and Spanky in my purrayers! I know how difficult things are
right now. It seems you are on the right track, trying to find a non-invasive
way to shrink those darn granulomas. You know, it's only been almost 3 weeks
since Murphy passed-it seems like an eternity. Our vet clinic
You asked if he passed at home. No, I got home from work and checked on him, he
was laying stretched out on the bedroom floor. Glenn had syringe fed and
watered
him through the day. He was breathing harder than normal, he had been breathing
fast, trying to get oxygen. I kept thinking any day
Murphy has passed to the bridge tonight to join Buster, Oni, Jack and
Schatzi-Rosie's 4 brothers that passed last year. He was 2 1/2. Glenn and I saw
in his eyes tonight that he was tired. He gave it all he had but in the end
FeLV
took him too.We will miss him so much-he filled the house with
This has been a long journey and we have so much to thank all of you for. First
of all, most of the people in our day to day lives haven't got a clue what we
are going through. We had Rosie to the vet today for her check up-she's been
sneezing a bit the last few days. She got her CBC drawn
He is still super lethargic and I am back to syringe feeding him. His gums are
still really pale-I am just praying that he can recover from this last
challenge. For a day he was acting like he was making a quick recovery, but has
backslid-his eyes are bright and he finally left the bedroom and
He is at the vet's quite a bit:
7/23 first anemia crash, pcv 18.5 tp 4.2 cbc also done hct 22.3 hgb 5.1
7/29 pcv 23 tp 5.0
8/06 pcv 27 tp-forgot to get it cbc hct 22.5 hgb 6.9
8/13 pcv 19 tp 19
8/28 cbc hct 33.9 hgb 12.5
9/17 cbchct 38.7 hgb 11.6 breathing fast-diagnosed with
began
with. Alice Flowers-Clark
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Wooo Hooo!! Before I left for work this morning, I gave him his meds
(Interferon
1cc into the mouth, and the capsules-one with doxy and cypro, one with lasix
and
1/2 pred, I fill the extra space in those capsules with powdered Lysine, and
one
cap with Rutin, so his am is 3 capsules and in
He is still refusing to eat or drink on his own. I am using a little syringe to
give him water and plain Pedialyte and also some watered down AD food from the
vet. While I was at work today, Glenn was able to carry him to the litter box
and he did pee in it (Murphy-LOL), so the plumbing is
This is the craziest roller coaster!!! Geez-Sunday Murphy was a busy bee, all
happy and jabbering up a storm. He was finally feeling better with a week of
Lysine under his belt and the sneezing and sniffles were subsiding. Yesterday
he
was fairly quiet but I thought he may have done too much
It's been a rough two weeks with poor Murphy and his drippy and sneezy nose. He
got so lethargic and became congested in the nose that by mid-week he wasn't
eating much. I started him last Sunday on the Lysine. He will not eat anything
with Lysine added, nor will he go near those expensive
Another Murphy relapse...poor boy is all congested and sneezy with a URI, he
began with light sneezing earlier this week, I gave him a PennG shot Friday
night because he had sneezed so much that he was getting bloody droplets. Now
he's really getting plugged up. I called the vet to see about
Hi Sharyl-I was thinking about the once a day being alot at once anyway-so I
now
I have fixed up his weekly pill box (am-pm LOL) and split the pred caplet into
2
and will give one morning and night. Thanks so much for the suggestion!! He is
a
bit brighter tonight and talking a bit! Thanks
Terry-I will ask about the azithromycin , we used it alot the first year for
all
the URIs. Strawberry flavor from the Walmart pharmacy-it was the children's
version. He has had regular CBCs all along and also checked for Hemobartonella
and always negative for any mycoplasmas. Since beginning
Kris-just looking back over the past 2 years with the 6 kitties, as a total
amateur on FeLV, here are some of my random thoughts. Interferon-Good-I am
glad
to be giving it-not a cure, but it may keep the virus somewhat at bay. LTCI-it
gave me alot of hope, and still does-but for cats like
I just found this on the internet:
http://www.reference.com/browse/lymphoid+system
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We just got back from Murphy's vet check. The end of July, he was
crashing
with anemia-(in office PCV 18) HCT 22.3 RBC 3.5 HGB 5.1 even his Absolute
Reticulocyte count was 35200 and the lab notation said a count of over 5
was
evidence of regenerative anemia-which he was below
Hi Jenny! OK-we live at the vet-LOL With FeLV, the sooner you can nip
anything
in the bud, the better. Murphy was put on Cyproheptadine in April for
sneezing-we thought allergies because he liked to hang out at the screen door
to
watch the birds. I had been giving fewer LTCI shots-went to 8
Aww Kris-I am so sorry you are going through this and we all have to meet
here-Avis' numbers are so similar to Murphy's in July. I am so glad your little
terrier has found his soulmate-LOL I'll try and remember the questions I tend
to
wander:
Interferon-we had caught a litter of 5 wild little
Dawn-I went to the health food store right away and got the Rutin-pulverized
the
tablets and put it in gel caps. I am giving it 2x a day with his other meds.
His
breathing is easier-5 days now on the Lasix and pred along with the cypro and
doxy and iron. We are cutting the Procrit shots down
We seemed to have the anemia under control with the Procrit (epogen) and iron,
doxy and cypro, but we got hit hard today. I told our vet that although he
seems
good with color in his mucous membranes, he looks to me to be breathing too
fast. She checked and his lungs sounded raspy-the
I will go to the health food store tomorrow to see if I can find the Rutin!
When we began with Murphy's anemia crash on 7/24 his RBC was 3.5, HGB 5.1, HCT
22
On 8/28 his RBC was 4.8, HGB 12.5, HCT was 33.9 I really think the combo of
doxycycline (in case there was any parasites or other
Karen-how lucky she was to have a kind touch and care in her final moments-no
little one should have endured whatever torture she received. It breaks my
heart-this goes on every day. People should have to pay for doing this to God's
creatures-but they get away with it over and over. Thank you
It is one day at a time-the roller coaster is going up this week. Last Sunday
evening I thought he would not make it through the night. I had spent the
weekend hand feeding and watering him with a syringe-he spent most of the time
stretched out on the bed. We went ahead and gave him the Procrit
My little man is sleeping alot. The weirdest thing is that he has been sleeping
with us the last few nights and is spending days on the bed-he never does this.
He is the one perched on the cat tree, on a bookcase or in his favorite
cardboard boxes near the computers. I have been giving him
I am hearing that after Sept or so, the new distributors of the LTCI will only
sell 10 packs-this is going to make it very difficult for most of us to
afford-plus the price went up. I think they are wanting the veterinarians to
carry the product in stock-but I am thinking most won't - Like my
Heidi-here is a good link that describes the product:
http://www.imulan.com/felv-fiv-treatment.html
It is from the Imulan Company and it's called LTCI. There has been increased
interest in the product for FeLV and FIV cats. I have had 2 cats on it for
We were giving all 6 kittens Interferon once a day 1cc orally. After the 4
brothers passed, we went to 2x a day after reading that it doesn't keep the
virus from multiplying the full 24 hours. Plus, our cats have never had a
reaction to taking it once a day, they even come in the kitchen and
Well, in the last 2 weeks, Murphy has gone from crashed and not moving with
white gums and little appetite to slowly improved and now pretty normal acting.
He does sleep a bit more and doesn't race around the house with Rosie (hallway
racing), but does fly up the cat tree to the ceiling once or
What the heck-we can't get well!!! His gums are looking nice and pink-his PCV
in
the office is up to 27-28 from 2 weeks ago. His temp was 104.7 today when it
had
been 101.6 the last 2 visits-7/23 and 7/29. That explains his dry, warm nose.
They gave him a shot of PennG and I will repeat in 5
I am cautiously optimistic. After a bad Friday and Saturday when he slept and I
cried, I woke up Sunday (yesterday) and he raced me down the hall and he was
talking again-he ate a little here and a little there. He napped off and on,
but
not all day like on Saturday. My parents came over and
Murphy has been sneezing-We took Murphy and Rosie in yesterday for check ups
and
blood work. They did an in house PCV on him because his gums were pale. He is
anemic at 18.5%. This is the beginning of the end. I had hoped that after
losing
Rosie's 4 brothers last year that we would get a
Terry-thank you for keeping Murphy in your thoughts. He has consistently tested
negative for Hemotropic Mycoplasmas. His Absolute Reticulocyte count is now
35200. Both Murphy and Rosie have been on LTCI injections since last September.
We began treatment before any symptoms appeared and their
Sorry to look and see all the careful typing came out all run together. I will
see if I can put dashes between the numbers.???
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I am going to put asterisks between them-
04/25**01/08**11/21/09**REFERENCE
WBC*7.86.26.6***4.2-15.6
RBC*4.85***10.95**10.22*6.0-10.0
HGB*11.1***14.4***12.8**9.5-15
I've been off boards for a bit-This whole FeLV thing is so sad-reading all the
new people's posts desperately seeking information and hope (like me a year and
a half ago). Then reading as our sweet little babies lose their battle with
this dreaded disease-Like the 4 sibling brothers I had. We
She is a beauty, I am so sorry for your loss-just reading about her brings back
tears and memories of our boys also-This disease is so unpredictable and
horrible. She had so much love in your home and her life was cherished. I am
truly sorry. Alice Flowers-Clark
Sherry-Isn't it amazing how these kitties know just how to make you love them?
Stryker was so lucky to have you as his mom-it's not the length of time but the
quality-you gave him his dignity and the very best of times! Alice
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James, my deepest sympathies-nothing prepares us for this sadness. You were a
great dad and LG will always be with you in your heart-remember the great days,
not the last days. Alice
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Sherry-bless you for giving him a chance-my boys will be waiting at the bridge
to greet him. He will have so much fun with all of our kitties who are now
healthy in the rainbow's light. I'll never understand this disease. Alice
with Rosie and Murphy
Jason, my heart is so heavy reading about Mozart. We have suffered the sadness
that you and your wife are going through with your baby. I am praying for a
miracle for Mozart. We are doing well with the Imulan, but our 2 remaining cats
weren't having anemia problems when we began, they were just
Aww Jane-I hope MeMe gets better quickly. I have both of mine on LTCI and they
are both doing great with it. We began Rosie and Murphy the first of Sept with
weekly injections and are now on 6 weeks between the injections. We just got
their CBCs done last week and they both have HCTs at 39.5.
Natasha-Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us desperate parents!
Does the cat need restraint by you, or is he sedated during the treatments? The
word Zapper brings shocking to mind, but I'm sure it's more like the
treatments at the chiropractor. How does he act during the
Hmmm-maybe you're hugging him too tight!! LOL! But seriously, after having the
6 positives, I began researching the food. So many popular brands, Hills
included, contain carcinogens. The big baddie is Ethoxyquin-with Lymphoma a
common disease of FeLV kitties, I tried to eliminate that from
Ahh-the true test of a mother's love! Root a toot! Just do a search on-line.
Type in Evo Cat Food and it will bring up their website to click on. They all
have store locators-just usually put in your zip code. I can get the Blue
Buffalo brand at Petsmart or Petco along with my local feed
I am shocked that your vet cannot order it. It's not even a drug per se.
Perhaps your vet can contact another vet that can order it? My vet is the
Sacramento Cat Hospital and if you google it, they have a website with all
their contact info. As I type this, Rosie has Murphy in a headlock and is
OK-I didn't realize that we are in the same area!! How crazy is that? I live in
Rio Linda (Sacramento County) with my kitties, horses and antique Aussies (all
over 10 yrs old). Citrus Heights is within 15-20 minutes away. Small World!
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I am so excited for you! Let us know how she does. I will be giving Rosie and
Murphy their 7th injection tomorrow-we are at the 6 week interval (this is the
first time we have gone 6 weeks) now. I still give them the interferon. We have
switched to a combination of Felidae and Blue Buffalo dry
We just got the results back from the lastest blood tests-They are still doing
great on the Imulan LTCI. We began them in Sept after losing 4 kitties in 5
months (Rosie's brothers). Only one made it to a year old. They developed the
anemia so quickly and died within a week of showing
I don't know why, but I've been thinking about her and had been wondering how
things have been going. I think it's the leaves changing-I look out my window
to see what the old nags are doing out in their little field and see the
mulberry trees turning colors and dropping leaves in the wind-I
Just wondering how she's doing-We are into our 2nd month with the treatments
and all is great with our 2. Alice
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Hooray for you and your vet! I think it's a good idea. We began losing our
kittens at around 7 1/2 months old. We lost 4 littermates before they hit a
year old-well, the last was exactly a year old. They were a feral litter and
must have been born with the virus. We began Interferon when they
We have our 2nd check up and blood draw to see how they are doing on the
Imulan. Rosie had a low platelet count 2 weeks ago-her baseline CBC right
before she got her first shot. We'll have to find out what it means. I still
have them on the Interferon twice a day. They have much more energy
I am so sorry for your loss-Tora knew he was loved so very much. Lymphoma is
one of my biggest fears. Tora was so young-I am glad he has his father to go
with him over the bridge. This is the worst disease-stealing our young
furbabies from us. Hugs Alice - Murphy and Rosie
I was directed to this site because of the Mission Statement being one of
progressive treatments. I don't understand the negativity towards people who
opt to treat their cats with newer treatments. If you don't want to treat,
that's fine-it's just really mean to knock the people who are
Finally a voice of reason and kindness...Can I afford to treat this way? No-I
could have paid my 5 yr old car off in the last year's vet bills and I wouldn't
be behind in my mortgage. Maybe it's menopause or empty nest syndrome...But I
had a few yard sales, bought enough hay for my old horses
Our vet just called-the blood tests results from this morning are back and they
are both improving! Rosie's platelets are in the normal range too! She said
there is a buzz in the office and they have been telling their other patients
about this product and how it appears promising. We will
Here are some excerpts from some research on Interferon-I have been giving it
2x a day-orally 1 cc to Rosie and Murphy. I had been giving it onece a day to
the other 4 that passed away. I always give it right before the canned
food-they both come into the kitchen and pester me, Murphy bangs the
I am saying multiple, multiple prayers for you both!! How many injections has
he had so far? We just gave the 2nd one Friday night to Rosie and Murphy. We
had lost Rosie's 4 brothers within a 5 month period and they were so young, 6
1/2 months to just turned a year old. We had tried a
We have our fingers crossed!! We arrived at our vet's office right after the
shipment arrived. Rosie and Murphy had their exams and blood drawn for
baselines-CBCs and their 3rd FeLV tests. We have previous tests from June 3rd
this year also. Those tests showed that Murphy's levels were changing
After hearing about this product-I called our vet here in Sacramento and she
agreed to order it for us. I want to try it because we lost the 4th kitty this
morning-my son drove him to UC Davis emergency early this morning because he
was struggling to breath and crying out. Out of the 5 kittens
My deepest condolences.we all share your loss of a lovely boy. He is surely
making friends with 3 of my boys, littermates that passed in the last 3
1/2 months. All of our babies are playing in the garden by the bridge, no bug
is safe! hugs Alice
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