Yes, I really spent a lot of time bawling my eyes out when I was on that list. Tell me, is pat klien still on there? Now, That is one very smart woman. I tried to email her not long ago and did not get a response. Love the name, Will Feral...LOL, What do u mean Alice was trapped at 6 weeks?
Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2011, at 12:08 AM, Beth Noren <maxgoodb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Marcia, > Glad to hear Fletch is looking better! After what I went through > with Alice (trapped at 6weeks, lost to wet FIP at 12 weeks), I'd leave > him on it for awhile even after he seems ok, just to be sure. I am on > the FIP list too, as hard as the FeLV stories are, FIP is even worse! > I only got to know Alice for 6 weeks, but I was able to enjoy her FeLV > positive brother Will Feral for 3.5 years, and at least see him grow > into adulthood. I still miss them both. > I also do vaccinations every 3 years on my adult cats, but I wait > until kittens are a little older now and do just one thing at a time, > even though it means lots more visits. And I will never again > vaccinate anyone so soon after they have "recovered" from an illness. > Guess the most important thing I've learned from these lists that > it's ok to question my vet and sometimes say "no", instead of just > blindly trusting them like I did with Alice... > I haven't had to deal with CRF yet (knock on wood). That is > interesting about the kidneys, I hadn't heard that before. I wonder > if I am stressing their kidneys out more by spreading out the > vaccines? Hmmm, all such a balancing act! I do get yearly complete > blood panels done on two of the surviving siblings of Will and Alice. > They are both FeLV neg, but have severe food/environmental allergies. > I think their immune systems just went on overdrive fighting FeLV and > could never slow down. Wish the science on all of these diseases > would move forward faster. Sigh. > > Hoping to hear of Fletch's continued improvement, > Head bumps from Beth N., Blue, Moxie, Dash, and Scooter (Alice and Will's > sibs) > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Marcia Baronda > <marciabmar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Beth >> How are you? Dr chrisler said to keep him on it for 3 weeks, and then when I >> took the others in for testing, i saw Dr metzger. We were discussing Fletch >> and she mentioned that he could stay on it indefinitely if need be. But, I >> think I'm seeing some improvement today. His coat looks much better and he >> actually trotted across the floor today(-: yes, I saw a little bounce to his >> step. Warmed my heart! >> I'm with you, i vaccinate my cats, mainly because of panleukopenia, but I >> think it definitely drops their immune system. I also had a cat die from >> FIP. I loved her so so much and it broke my heart to lose her. Her name was >> Yogi and she was a botle baby. I immediately got on the FIP list. I was on >> it for a couple years and learned a lot from them, just like i am learning a >> lot from all of you(-; >> Tjis last year my daughter lost her 15 year old cat to CRF. We researched >> together to learn all we could. I think the most important thing i learned >> was that feline vaccine is grown on feline kidney cells and causes an >> imflammatory response on the kidneys everytime they are vaccinated, They >> think this could help lead to CRF. So vaccinating ccan be overdone, once >> every 3 yrs is enough and maybe too much! >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
