Kimber,
Hello from Texas. I am sorry that Hannah has tested
positive for FeLV, but don't start worrying yet. Even
if the test is correctly positive, it's possible she
will throw the virus off. About 40% of cats do. I
would wait, as Phaewryn said, and retest with the IFA
in 3-6 months. If she is then positive, the two most
important things you can do for her is to feed her a
good diet, and keep her stress-free. Make sure you
keep us bookmarked, in case she gets sick, and your
vet starts saying things like 'it's time to think
about putting Hannah to sleep'. There have been so
many strides in medicine, that often that is
completely unnecessary. This is the best place you
can be if she is FeLV.
I am curious to know how Hannah got worms if she's
indoors only? How does the vet think she them? I
thought worms had to come from outside sources, like
ingesting fleas? I guess it's possible you might have
brought a few fleas in from outside on your shoes.
Many kitties who are positive live a long time, so I
would not worry at this point. Just keep doing what
you are doing, and keep an eye on her, as I'm sure you
were already doing.
:)
Wendy
Dallas, Tx
--- Kimber Gieseke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just found out my 3 year old indoor only cat
> Hannah has the leukemia virus! The vet thinks she's
> had it since birth because I've kept her indoors all
> of her life and she's the only cat I've ever had.
> It was a fluke that I even found out, somehow she
> got worms so I took her to the vet yesterday and
> they did blood work and told me this disturbing
> news. She's been healthy and happy all of ther
> life, never been sick once until the worms. I've
> been frantically researching the disease on the
> internet scared to death that she's going to get
> sick! I read somewhere that the average life
> expectancy after infection is 4 years. If she's had
> it since birth that would only be one more year! I
> love her so much and I can't imagine my life without
> her. All of the web pages I've looked at are so
> confusing and contradicting. Please give me any
> advice you can offer! I would really appreciate it!
>
>
> Kimber
>
>
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