It's wonderful to hear Ember is doing well. That was such a scary
episode with her anemia symptoms. I have long suspected that FIO might
be useful in treating kitties when they first contract the disease to
fight it off. Unfortunately, we don't have the research to prove or
disprove that.
You asked for thoughts and opinions... If my memory serves me
correctly, FIO lasts a year before reconstitution in the fridge. I
think if it were me, I'd order it as a safeguard measure to keep close
in case it's needed. I'm betting if you started to near the expiration
date, there would be someone on the list willing to buy it from you. I
don't know about using it on asymptomatic kitties. Who knows, it might
help in some way. I would probably use Interferon A while she's
asymptomatic to help her stay that way. I think it's Gloria that has
used the IA that way and had kitties crash when she took them off it,
(I've used IA off and on when symptoms presented, but not consistently
while they were feeling good). I don't know Lance, it's such a crap
shoot, I so wish we had more answers. My best advice is to follow your
intuition and do what your heart tells you. Along with fighting felv,
the next big battle is fighting the potential "what ifs".
Hugs to you and Ember,
Nina
Lance wrote:
Hello all,
I'm sorry that I haven't been posting any lately. I've seen some sad
news, and my heart goes out to all who have lost feline friends in the
last few weeks.
I have a question that will be hard to answer. Really, I'm looking for
thoughts and opinions, since I don't think we know enough about
Virbagen Omega and feleuk. My vet was recently approved by the FDA to
import the standard course of VO for Ember. I have put money aside for
quite awhile, hoping that we would get this chance.
The thing is, Ember is, for the most part, asymptomatic. She did have
an odd spell of anemia (down to 19 last October and subsequently back
to 35 for the last few vet visits, starting in November). She also had
especially low wbc at the same time, which is now back to low-normal.
She seems to have developed a food allergy to Innova EVO dry, though
she tolerates EVO canned (and now Felidae) just fine.
Ember will have another ELISA to verify her status. If she is still
positive, do you think we should go ahead with the VO, even though she
seems to be doing pretty well?
Thanks,
Lance
