Okay, Mr. Tux is a great name but Eliot Spitty is just plain awesome! Avis is in a very different place than your two wonderfully healthy and asymptomatic cats. My vet flat out told me that his CBC numbers were not good and needed to be monitored carefully, and that his prognosis depends on how long they stay stable and/or how fast they go down. She is willing to pursue any reasonable treatment that might help keep those RBCs, HCTs & Retics up, which is why I've been all over this forum the last five days. Stories like Murphy's, who keeps on bouncing back, give me hope.
First I've heard of CoQ10. Is that a vitamin supplement? ________________________________ From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 8:05:22 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kris-Avis ...me n Murphy and some random thoughts Hi, It's so sad to hear about all your symptomatic FeLV+ cats and kittens. Years ago, I had a FeLV+ kitten that was on interferon, but suddenly got seizures and died at the vet before it was 3 months old. My two, Mr. Tux and Eliot Spitty, are perfectly healthy asymptomatic cats. Other than providing good nutrition, a stressless life, TLC, and CoQ10, I'm not doing anything else - should I be doing more?? Natalie -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of nise...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 6:42 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kris-Avis ...me n Murphy and some random thoughts Alice, It's a rainy, melancholy Sunday where I am too. But what a lucky day it was two years ago when that litter of feral kittens ended up with you. And Murphy is now exactly where he needs to be. I feel so bad about your little ones who have passed, but Murphy and Rosie obviously wake up each day happy and loved and safe and warm. I do understand that there is no cure for this horrible disease. But LTCI and Interferon really might help give our little buddies a chance at as much quality time as possible. Hope is a good thing, and it sure is helping me right now. As I add up everything I'm committing to, I also realize that it is going to get expensive. Thank goodness I'm only caring for Avis, and not multiple special needs kitties like you and Sharyl and so many other angels on this forum. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your time and generosity in sharing your experiences and stories about your wonderful companions. And the FeLV talk archives are a priceless resource for someone who's sole knowledge about FeLV was "umm, right, there's something called Feline Leukemia that cats can get and it's not so good when they do." Will keep you posted about Avis, Kris ________________________________ From: Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 3:44:59 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Kris-Avis ...me n Murphy and some random thoughts Kris-just looking back over the past 2 years with the 6 kitties, as a total amateur on FeLV, here are some of my random thoughts. Interferon-Good-I am glad to be giving it-not a cure, but it may keep the virus somewhat at bay. LTCI-it gave me alot of hope, and still does-but for cats like mine who are infected from a very young age or in utero, I feel it helps them develop a stronger immune system than they would normally have. They seemed to not get URIs after we began the LTCI. My only experience is with the one litter of 5 feral kitties and Murphy, a sweetie who ended up in the same colony-either a throw away, or lost. There are people here that have so much more knowledge and have helped lots of rescued kitties with FeLV-probably not giving all the stuff, but that's fine-It's very expensive and I don't think it's really a cure anyway. But they are giving the cats a chance to live and be cared for, maybe for the first time ever-they were probably going to be euthanized quickly at the shelters. They are giving them a loving touch, maybe a sunny window to snooze in. I could not do rescue-Bless all those that do. I have tunnel vision when it comes to my babies. I look at Murphy and know we are on borrowed time now-he's only 2 1/2 (I didn't count on my fingers the other day and typed 1 1/2-LOL) but as long as he is comfortable and happy go lucky, we continue the little battles. He waits in the kitchen for his meds morning and night-takes less than a minute for the Interferon and the 3 capsules. He eats like a horse most days. He is Rosie's only companion now since her 4 brothers passed. She will be running around the house in the middle of the night, wailing when he passes, looking for him like she did for her brothers. That makes me really sad, plus he is my little shadow when I'm not at work. I guess it's a melancholy Sunday for this old lady-LOL _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
