Lynne: Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] now. This is most likely what my Brumley died from, if you want to go back and read my posts from the archives. FIP is complicated and very very very difficult for, shall I say, run-of-the-mill vets to diagnose. So you need this group's support and expertise now. Some people on this site have had experience with FIP, but the real knowledgeable people are on this yahoo group. I am a member. One of the current theories is that it may actually be vaccination or over vaccination and/or vaccination of an already immune compromised cat that causes the corona virus to mutate into FIP in an individual cat. It's an inappropriate immune response. Some people think there's been an influx of recent FIP cases and they are looking into the pet food recalls and poisonings of late as a possible contributing factor/cause, hence the tie in with the importance of a great diet which the FIP group seems to be leading the charge on. I too when thru the same thing of wanting to blame someone with Brumley, however, right now there is just not enough known about FIP and there seems to be so many inexplicable things and unknown, maybe even not preventable factors that could cause it. There's just so many unknowns. So all you can really do for now is join this yahoo group and I promise, you will immediately gets lots of support and answers if you start asking questions right away. caroline
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: more bad newsDate: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:45:05 -0500 Well just when you think it can't get any worse it does. BooBoo's cytology came back today and he has FIP as well as feline leukemia. There was no bacteria in it. There is nothing left for us to do for him. There was no bacteria in the culture, just protein and fibres, because his blood vessels are leaky. The vet says all we can do is make him comfortable and at this point it is all about quality of life. He will continue to drain his lungs every week to 10 days and keep him on this antibiotic until it is finished and only Lasix once a day, which I guess does nothing for this lung fluid. If he becomes worse, ie he has to have the fluid drained more frequently then we will have to do the obvious. We will put on a good face for our dear boy and do everything we can to keep him with us as long as we can but it isn't looking too good at the moment. The vet said they had another cat in this week that tested positive for FIP but not leukemia. He said BooBoo has been hit with a double blow and unfortunately the end is near. I don't know if the Factor stuff will make it here before Boo dies but I'm trying to be realistic here now and face the inevitable. My husband and I are horribly sad about this but I'm getting angry now at these criminals who owned him and lied to me about his being healthy and vaccinated. We have several top notch lawyers in our practice who like me a lot and would do me a favor if I asked. I'm seriously considering consulting with one of them when this tragedy is over. Lynne _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008
