Nina,
So good to have you back. I've been thinking a lot of you and Spencer while you weren't able to write. I'm so glad that you've won this time with him (we're winning, we're winning!) - each battle is a war, you have every reason to celebrate and hope. (I do agree with Michelle, though, keep on with the Dex - deal with the next turn when it comes, we're not approaching "long term" yet.)
I know that you and yours will make the best decision about the pups and have the wisdom to be okay with whatever that turns out to be. You ballast the crew, so acknowledging the benefit that the young ones gave your sheperd, and then how the peace will be good too, is just as acceptable as deciding that the universe tends toward chaos anyway (that's the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, so I have proof on this one!) so why fight it?
Anyway, the Great Cat Meet went down so smoothly and the roly poly cats have not stopped yet. Funny because Satch is three times bigger than her, so she just launches herself at him in whatever manner she can. The best is when they are at stand off (you know, both a foot apart, one paw raised, ready and waiting for the next flurry of action) and she jumps into him, wrapping all four paws around him as she's so small, and off they go. He takes the high road in their gallomping trans-apartment travails and she goes under things as he's too big to take her route and she's too small to make the leaps he pulls off.
I wish that I knew how to get pictures to you guys, because they are really too cute. She's like a younger sibling, following him everywhere, to the scratching post, into the litterbox, when he drinks water, she drinks water, etc. The only thing that she won't let him do is sleep. But he is much calmer now than he was, less clingy (though still cuddly), it's nice to see him get all of his energy out and happy.
About Satch's cough, the vet determined it to be asthma instigated by the URI, so we're treating for that and it's going well. Anyone with tips about asthmatic cats, please pipe in!
Leslie
From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Those who don't use Interferon
So, Leslie,
Tell us do! How did the introductions go??
Hideyo, what side effects are you talking about with interferon use? I
know you mentioned that before, but I hadn't heard any other mention of
it. Every vet I've talked to has either been for it's use, or at least
been convinced that it wasn't harmful in any way.
I've always used human interferon when my cats become symptomatic.
Because of the resistance factor, I thought it was better, (just in case
it does help boost their immune response), to use it when they need it
most. Gloria could be right in using it continuously. Who the hell
knows? The unpredictability of this disease keeps us guessing and
relying on instinct and faith to do our best to combat it.
Nina
