I've gotten MeMe past the three year hurdle using Interferon alpha,
DMG and a raw diet. Considering how sick she was
when we got her, every day is a miracle.
Jane
On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Gloria B. Lane wrote:
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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