Stacy, My kitty Fuji is almost 18 months old. In July, she was diagnosed with FeLV and a mediastinal mass. Very little effort was spent diagnosing her, but the final conclusion was lymphoma because of the presence of FeLV. At that time, all I wanted was to make her more comfortable. She responded immediately to the chemotherapy treatment that she received. She continued to receive 4 more treatments at 10+ day intervals over the next couple of months. During that time she showed absolutely no side affects. The treatments were discontinued because her WBC count was too low (because of the FeLV) for our Japanese vet to feel he could safely do them considering the mass was completely gone.
Since her last treatment in September, she has had two rounds of antibiotics for minor infections (I took her in for sneezing the first time.) Last week, I took her in with vomiting and discovered the mass had returned. Second remissions are supposed to be extremely hard to obtain. However, Fuji responded immediately once again to the treatment. A week later, she eats, plays, purrs and does everything she did before. She definitely acts like a more mature cat, but of course she is. We will follow up next week with additional blood tests to see if she can get a second treatment. I know every cat is different, but I never expected to have 4+ more months with my baby. She is still alive and doing pretty good for an FeLV cat with lymphoma! Best of luck to you and Spanky. Melinda, Fuji and VooDoo On Nov 27, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Stacy Zacher wrote: > Hi Sharyl: > Thanks to you and everyone on this list for your replies and purrayers. . > I'm so sorry about your sweet Albert but glad you had the 1.5 years with him. > > > It's been quite a week for us - Spanky went to his vet, then the internal med > specialist/oncologist and was diagnosed with a mediastinal tumor in his > chest, thus the fluids. My vets too said a few days only if I didn't do > something. So I put him on prednisolone for now and may do a stronger round > of something to try to kill the tumor. But I know it is dicey with his FELV + > status/symptoms. I can't even think straight.......but have to try to keep > helping him. He made it through Thanksgiving and we are taking it one day > (one hour!) at a time. > Purrs, > Stacy and Spanky > > > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:49:46 -0800 (PST) > From: Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest > Message-ID: <948524.42923...@web36904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I'm so sorry to read Spanky now has this problem. There is a Yahoo heart > group that may help. > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline-heart/ > > Did > your vet give Spanky any Lasix? It does help reduce the fluid. My > sweet Albert went into CHF and was dx with severe HCM. When he went > into CHF the vet gave him days/wks to live. He was lasix for 1 1/2 > yrs before his little heart gave out. > > It is something to try. > Sharyl > > --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Stacy Zacher <stacy_zac...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> From: Stacy Zacher <stacy_zac...@yahoo.com> >> Subject: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 8:58 PM >> Hi: >> I am crossposting this message also. >> I urgently need advice on my kitty, Spanky (FELV+, early >> Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).? >> I noticed over the weekend and week he started feeling >> worse and that his respiration rate >> ?seemed to be higher than normal (he is usually about 18 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
