I've been off boards for a bit-This whole FeLV thing is so sad-reading all the
new people's posts desperately seeking information and hope (like me a year and
a half ago). Then reading as our sweet little babies lose their battle with
this dreaded disease-Like the 4 sibling brothers I had. We have been lucky so
far with Murphy and Rosie since starting the Imulan treatments last September
(before they had any symptoms). Their bloodwork has been pretty good-both have
HCT in the 35-39 range. We got behind in the blood testing and have an appt
today because Murphy has developed a sneeze that appears to be allergies, but I
cannot take a chance-so we will have them both checked and I may get brave and
order another FeLV test-This is so hard financially-in a year and a half-we had
the 6 kitties to the vets on numerous occasions-tried one transfusion that
didn't help ($1500 for that alone) we are damned if we do and damned if we
don't-it rips your heart out-we
tried to treat this disease and have spent our savings - got behind and are
fighting foreclosure...(over 7500 in vet bills in the past 1 1/2 yrs on the 6
kitties-and that's not the old dogs or horses) it's a disease of the heart-we
were so heartbroken and desperate to save this feral litter-we loved them so
much....and we weren't even "cat people" until we rescued them. Their sweet
little faces and kitten antics...how could you resist?? Anyway-the last 2
appear to be well so far and we were at 8 weeks apart with the injections-have
one dose each left and I've postponed giving it to stretch the dollars. So we
are headed to our vet for check ups and blood work today. I just want to say
"bless you" to all of you-this is a battle not won too often, but your support
and kind words have helped so many of us!
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