Thank you for the wonderful news and congratulations to you both! It is so great to realise there is hope for our kittys! Sue
---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just wanted to bring a positive note to you all. > > I took my FeLV girl Minstrel to the vet last week to check her mouth cos she > was showing dental signs. I'd had her checked at New Year just before Buddy > (FIV+) passed away and her gums were a little inflammed but not severe.?Last > Friday she had 3 wobbly teeth and red gums so she'd had root infection travel > down. The vet said the pathology looked like what any cat can get and not > specifically just related to FeLV. She had 5 teeth out on Tuesday and came > home trying to get in the bag of cat biscuits bless her - but she is eating > well soft food complete with antibiotics sprinkled over and some painkiller > for couple of days. Anyway, whilst she was having pre-op bloods taken I asked > them to re-check her FeLV status as I know occassionally cats can rid > themselves of the virus and I just wanted to know either way. The vet phoned > this morning whenthe blood results came back from the lab and?Minstral?is now > FeLV negative :-) I didn't know whether to laugh or cry but I think I'll be > opening the champagne tonight. I could now even consider introducing a new > cat into the house (would obviously have to be FeLV - though but would > mean?Minstrel has company when I'm at work - and helping any cat is better > than helping none. Need to book leave from work and consider carefully before > that though - but what a nice surprise. > > hugs and good wishes to all your kitties xxx > > Michelle, Minstrel, Angel Buddy & Angel Bramble > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at > http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now.