Hi, All,
Just dropping in to post about the success I have had in reversing FIP in one of my kittens. As most of you know, I lost my FeLV+ boy Lukey in October and we were never sure what actually caused his death, as though we were able to improve his red blood count with a transfusion and his lymphocytes were increasing with Imulan's LTCI, his fevers, weight loss and anorexia persisted. He died just after we had placed an esophageal feeding tube. I pulled three six-week-old kittens from a kill shelter last June and they have been healthy, happy and thriving. Then, following their FVRCP vaccinations on October 8, 10 days later one of them, Chuckie, began with chronic high fevers, lethargy and inappetence. When he didn't rebound in a few days, I, like so many others, took him for conventional veterinary treatment which consisted of the routine antibiotics and steroids. When he did not respond to their treatment they simply returned a diagnosis of "Fever of Unknown Origin," and sent me on my way, at which time I proceeded to a second, and yet a third "specialty" vet. They all returned the same diagnosis and basically dismissed Chuckie and me with no hope. I had no idea of what to do next but since I had seen such good results with intravenous vitamin C in my lymphosarcoma cat Linus (who is still alive nearly two years after his original diagnosis thanks to the treatments), I took Chuckie to my vet who performs the ascorbate treatments for me and Chuckie was started on IV ascorbic acid immediately. He received five days of the treatment but not consecutively and apparently at less then adequate dosages because though he seemed much improved by the fifth drip, we mistakenly stopped the drips thinking he would remain better and two days later he manifested with severe neurological symptoms and two days after that he was dead. At around the same time Chuckie was dying his sister Angelica then became sick with the identical symptoms and stopped eating and had some transient neurological involvement. This time, with the pain from Chuckie's death and failed conventional treatment still very fresh, I realized that if Angelica was going to be saved we would have to bypass conventional vet medicine and get her started on the intravenous ascorbate immediately. Her drips were begun on Tuesday, November 10 and according to the protocol of Wendell Belfield, DVM she was titrated up quickly to 2 grams per pound of body weight (she weighed 5 pounds and so she was receiving close to 10 grams of vitamin C intravenously by the third or fourth day). Vitamin C is a powerful virucidal and immune stimulant and because I work in this field, I am well familiar with the properties of this near miracle supplement. See http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/198x/smith-lh-clinica l_guide_1988.htm for information as to why and how vitamin C kills viruses. As of November 19, 2009 Angelica has received nine intravenous ascorbic acid drips and again, we were able to successfully achieve the 2g per pound (10,000 mg at each drip) with no side effects whatsoever. After her 6th drip her fevers began to remain down overnight (as Belfield predicted would happen), and now after 9 drips she is eating, putting on weight, and her fevers are consistently gone. Though I'm always afraid to utter it aloud, especially after losing two other babies to what I now believe was FIP in both cases, Angelica appears to have beaten this despicable disease thanks to the power of intravenous ascorbate and the work of vitamin C pioneers like Linus Pauling and Dr. Wendell Belfield in vet medicine. For those of you who are interested, you can read more about Dr. Belfield's protocol and work in this field at http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/197x/belfield-w-j_int _assn_prev_med-1978-v2-n3-p10.htm. He also discusses successes and seroconversions in FeLV+ cats with the use of intravenous, injected and oral vitamin C, though the most success is seen with FeLV in cats who are newly diagnosed and the virus has not yet reached the bone. If I had a newly diagnosed FeLV cat that I was trying to save, I would certainly not hesitate to put it on intravenous and injectable ascorbate at high levels, since it is nontoxic and completely safe for the cat. The vials of sodium ascorbate are charged at around $25.00 per vial by my vet and there is enough product in a vial to get three or four high level drips out of it. The only other cost is placement of the catheter for the drip which can remain in place for up to four days. I have even hung the drips at home when the vet was good enough to loan me her infusion pump and it is not difficult to do. I am now buying my own infusion pump for future use because I would not be without this powerful weapon on behalf of my cats that I cherish. Anyway, If any of you has any questions about the protocol I used with Angelica for her FIP, feel free to write. You can also view Belfield's discussion of vitamin C and FeLV here: http://www.belfield.com/pet_health_art2.php. I use his Mega C Plus and my cats take it readily in their food without hesitation. I also administer subcutaneous injections of ascorbate immediately to any cat that begins to manifest with sneezing, runny eyes, nose, etc. and the ascorbate stops it immediately. They don't appear to love the subcu injections because it must burn a little bit but it's a small price to pay for what invariably results in near miraculous healing and recovery from these horrible cat diseases. Sally Snyder Jewell Sally Snyder Jewell, Marketing Director Tower Laboratories Corporation www.HeartTech.com 1-877-TOWER-LABS Practicing Medicine <http://www.hearttech.com/books_and_videos.html> Without a License? The Story of the Linus Pauling Therapy for Heart Disease, by Owen Fonorow and Sally Snyder Jewell _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
