You should definitely have her chest X-rayed.  Her symptoms sound a bit like my 
Fuji's.  She has mediastinal lymphoma. With treatment, she is still very 
healthy almost year after being diagnosed!

On the other hand, when VooDoo had a couple of bouts with the panting like 
breaths. I panicked, thinking, OH no, not again. He had a bit of fluid on his 
lungs. The doctor gave him antibiotics and cleared it right up!  No cancer 
there.

Keep pressing forward because you wi find your answers!

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On Jun 26, 2011, at 3:57 AM, ckess...@cox.net wrote:

> Hi Everyone:  
> 
> I took Cali to Dr. Wright here in Dallas as Lakewood Vet Hospital.  He is 
> very compassionate and took a lot of time trying to explain what was going 
> on.  He agreed that it was highly unlikely that Sasha would get the virus 
> since Cali had probably had the virus from birth and they have always been 
> indoors.  Sasha has been vaccinated and she also tested negative on Monday of 
> this week.  
> 
> He is doing a IFA test to be sure of Cali's situation.  He drew blood on 
> Wednesday, but then his office called yesterday and said that I needed to 
> bring Cali back in because the lab (or someone) messed up the test, and it 
> had to be redone.  So I still don't know the results.  
> 
> He wanted to start her on 1cc of Interferon Alpha 2B (1X a day for 7 days and 
> then 1 time a week for thereafter). 
> 
> She ate really well yesterday all day long but is still really tired and 
> basically wanted to eat, drink water, and sleep.
> 
> Last night, before I started the Interferon, she started breathing with 
> short, fast, breaths. She was still eating and drinking well, just seemed to 
> be breathing more abruptly than normal.  I went ahead and started her on the 
> medication, but now this morning, she doesn't really want to eat and isn't 
> drinking much water.  She is still breathing kind of hard.   I called the Vet 
> and told them I wasn't going to bring her in to draw more blood today because 
> she seemed nauseaed and she has been at a vet almost every day this week.  
> They tell you not to stress a cat the is FeLV+ and then you need to take them 
> to a stressful environment everyday.  I don't understand.  I told them they 
> would have to draw the blood on Monday morning.  
> 
> I guess my question is, can the Interferon give them nausea?  She hasn't 
> thrown up, but she "smacks" her lips together, which I think is a sign that 
> she has an upset stomach.  The Vet said that I needed to be concerned about 
> her not eating, but she was eating before I gave her the Interferon.  
> 
> It's just last night her breathing changed to quick short breaths, before I 
> started the medication, so I don't know if that is something I should be more 
> concerned about more than the not eating, or what.  Too many things are 
> changing, and I don't know what to do first.
> 
> Please give me some input.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cathy  
> 
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