Hey Lance, I tend to be in agreement with Nina. Listen to your heart and gut.
If it were me, I would be hesitant to do anything differently if my kitty were asymptomatic. Can your vet put off ordering the VO or order it for other client's symptomatic kitties to see how it works? Does his FDA approval have an expiration? I have seen good things about VO from European users. You might query the archives and see what pulls up on it because I know it's been discussed here before. :) Wendy --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
