You might be able to get SR's records from Siamese Rescue. When I fostered I provided a copy of all medical information to the adopter and kept a copy as backup. I believe different fosters do things differently, though.
Thanks for the info from Wikipedia, I had not seen that before. Nor the other. It does appear the Wiki article doesnt' have citiations, though. That doesn't necessarily mean it is wrong. But there is a ton of inaccurate infomation out there. Some from Cornell. On 8/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the information on the stages and such, from Wiki: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_leukemia_virus > > The information on different types also came from here: > http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/FeLV/ > > I do not have Siamese Rescue's records, but I do know they test. I also > took them to my vet when I got them, and I'm pretty sure we tested then. I > wasn't aware of the high false positive rate when I initially posted, so I'm > breathing now. I've had a few hours to settle down, and I'm going to take > things slowly and a day at a time. The IFA test was done in the office > today, and I should have those results tomorrow. I'll also have her > retested in 3-6 months, as recommended. As for the vet, when I took them > today I was terribly disappointed that my vet had retired :( The new guy was > nice enough, but I am going to look for a specialist or a vet more familiar > with FeLV. One day at a time. One step at a time. The next step will be > to see if someone else is positive. And if not, to verify Bella's > diagnosis, and see where to go from there. Thanks for all the advice, guys. > > M > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 2:26 pm > Subject: Re: New Diagnosis > > Hi Michael and welcome On 8/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > My name is Michael Roberts. I just received > word a few hours ago about one > of my "babies" being diagnosed, so bear > with me if this takes me a while to > get out. Ok, first of all, you don't > have a diagnosis or anything else yet. What you have is one positive result > on a test that has a 20% false positive rate. You need to get an IFA test to > confirm. Recommendation is usually 3-6 months from time of first positive > test. http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvhlth.html > > > First of all, a bit of background information. I currently have three > cats, > all Siamese and all from rescues. The oldest, and the one with the > FeLV > diagnosis, is approximately 6-7 years old, and the other two are a > little > over two. The first one came from a local rescue shelter here in > Tennessee > called Angel Wings, which has since been shut down. The other > two came from > VA Siamese Rescue, an organization that my partner and I are > still somewhat > active in. We volunteer to transport on occasion and remain > in the > newsgroups/email lists. > > I took all three for their checkups > today, and the vet asked if we watned > them tested for FeLV, to which we > agreed. The test on Grizzabella came back > positive. The test on Penelope > was negative, and they ran out of tests, so > Poppy hasn't been tested yet. > I did request them to retest Grizzabella > (even though they charged me > again), and the blood was drawn and sent out > for Grizzabella's retest and > Poppy's test today, and we should have results > by tomorrow. OK, well, > Angel Wings was a bad situation with lots of FELV+ cats. I used to > volunteer with Siamese Rescue and at that time we combo tested *all* adult > cats. I would be surprised if these 2 had not already been combo tested. Do > you have their medical records from Siamese Rescue? > > Here's my > issue....this is my first time dealing with FeLV, and I don't know > what to > do or what to expect. All three of those cats are our children, and > I > can't bear the thought of seperating them or giving Grizzabella up because > > she's sick, but I don't know how likely it is the other two will contract > > the disease, or how to seperate them. I definitely wouldn't "give up" a cat > that was sick, anymore than I would "give up" a human child because they had > leukemia. I personally would not separate at this point. I would vaccinate > and if your other 2 have not gotten it, they probably will not. > Healthy adult cats have a ~85% natural immunity to FELV. I'm not sure what > to do about > treatment, either. I've heard there's no treatment, then I've > heard there's > meds, and diet changes. There are meds, and there are diet > changes, and there is treatment. If your vet is not up on these things you > need ot find a new > vet. http://www.felineleukemia.org/treatmnt.html I'm > just not sure what my next step should be. I > noticed there are six stages > to the disease, and four different types...I > don't have any of that > inforomation yet. I've never heard of this in my life and I've been around > this list a while. Where did you get this information? Can anyone give me > a heads up and > let me know where we should start with this? Not sure what > I need to do, > guys. I know lots of you have a lot of experience with this, > and i'd be > interested in any advice you can give. > Take a deep breath and > don't make any rash decisions. Love yourself, your partner and your > kitties:) Kelley -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a > time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty > life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help > Caroline! http://rescuties.chipin.com/caroline I > GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school > just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - > powered by Yahoo! > > ________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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