I do that too - try things to see what works, when they sound possible
and likely. When they can't breathe, due to mediastinal lymphoma, I
have the fluid drawn off, and after that it's up for grabs - have
treated each one differently. One of them, Mittens, I treated that
way, and the vet treated him with Vincristine (chemotherapy) for a few
weeks. He had transfusions too. He died quietly of anemia, most likely.
Course there are different types of FELV that morph into different
symptoms and problems.
I have one friend who has had hers on oral interferon alpha daily, and
kitty has made it past 3 years, think is now 5 or 6.
Thanks for your email,
Gloria
On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Alice Flowers wrote:
After hearing about this product-I called our vet here in Sacramento
and she agreed to order it for us. I want to try it because we lost
the 4th kitty this morning-my son drove him to UC Davis emergency
early this morning because he was struggling to breath and crying
out. Out of the 5 kittens in the litter-Schatzi is the 4th brother
to pass in 41/2 months-he just turned a year old this month- we even
tried a transfusion that Jack had a reaction to and was euthanized
(over $1500). Buster, the first to die-screamed out...Oni died in
Corey's arms. I still have the sister, Rosie and another cat-Murphy,
the tuxedo polydactyl that was dumped into the feral colony that the
litter came from-he was positive also. So why do I want to try this
product? I have HOPE that it may prolong Rosie and Murphy's lives-
These 6 have been on antibiotics most of their lives-Finally now
it's been a good month and a half without them, maybe we've turned a
corner. We have upped
them to Interferon 2x a day. When the FeLV switch gets tripped-they
just crash so fast. If we can postpone it for months or
years.....that's great. We are down to 2 cats left out of 6-we have
cried rivers of tears, and spent over 6 grand-and we weren't "cat
people" a year ago. How do we know it will work? We don't....but if
we don't try, no one will know. What I do know is that Rosie is due
to die soon-being from the same litter, she is due to crash with
anemia like all her brothers. But I have HOPE, otherwise I should
just euthanize the last 2 now and call it a day. Rosie and Murphy
are racing up and down the hallway and up the cat trees right now-
they are healthy (appearing), loving and happy. They are a year old-
I think they deserve to live longer. Alice, Rosie and Murphy
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