I want a solution to FIP. FIP has killed cats in my care and ravaged my spirit. I do not foster tiny kittens because I cannot deal with FIP. So I want this to be real, a real solution to FIP. But I have to say....
The only way to make a definitive diagnoe of FIP is by necropsy. Was a necropsy performed? How do you KNOW it was FIP? --- On Thu, 11/19/09, gary <[email protected]> wrote: > From: gary <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Reversal of FIP in my six-month-old kitten > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 9:42 PM > I'm Very glad that Angelica has > gotten better. However, at least with what > you wrote, I don't see a diagnosis of FIP. Was this a > diagnosis made by a > vet? Were there some tests run with results that were > indicative of FIP, or > was this just from observation of clinical signs? > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of S. Jewell > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Felvtalk] Reversal of FIP in my six-month-old > kitten > > Hi, All, > > > > Just dropping in to post about the success I have had in > reversing FIP in one of my kittens. > > > > > 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. > > > > > Sally Snyder Jewell > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
