HI Michelle,
You could be right. I went to the archives and I see your name a lot regarding lymphomas. I have one more FELV pos cat. The thing with Tiny is that he did not have any symptoms that alarmed me. I know the vet had examined both cats a few weeks before this. Junior had a URI at that time and had had it for two weeks. He also had uveitis. Tiny other than the URI he had last summer had not appeared sick at all. He was vaccinated at that time. I observed no ill effects for that either. Both cats have been on immunoregulin. My question is what am I looking for??? I have a picture of Tiny taken a few days before he died. He does appear to have aged. He was still eating and had normal bowel movements. He also still played up until the final day. Was he just protecting me from his pain? I am asking you for your experiences with lymphoma. Someone also suggested Tiny had lived a long time. Oh course he was only tested recently. I can tell you he did have coughing spells all his life. I assumed allergies or later though it may be asthma. They always passed quick so there was never a reason to get him looked at for that. His URI this summer had him coughing so hard he would fall over. He did that also the day he died. The antibiotics did clear up his summer URI. He was no tested until I lost Pumpkin a couple month later. That was when junior was not doing well he had been to the vet and found anemic. I took him back after losing Pumpkin and they tested him then because of anemia and high fever. I would have never known Tiny was positive had this not happened. I would have just wondered why he died. Also Tiny's test was a weak positive, so I really was hoping he would turn it around. Do you think he was positive for a lot longer than I knew? I am sorry for too many questions. I just don't want to make any mistakes that will hurt my kitties in the future. Sally _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:56 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Tiny passed Sally, I am so sorry. Perhaps he had mediastinal lymphoma. Michelle In a message dated 12/25/2006 6:40:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am so sorry to tell everyone that Tiny just passed over. He had a seemingly benign URI. Not really showing symptoms of being in distress. He seemed worse today, but not life threatening. Five minutes ago he started choking I tried to hold him nothing would help. He was turning blue. Before I could get oxygen to him he was gone. I so did not expect this like this. He was the healthier one of my two FelV babies. This has been one horrible year. Sally
