I'm so sorry you had this experience. My last 2 vets have treated my FeLV cats
like any other. Treating the symptoms like they would any other cat, not
writing everything off to FeLV. I guess I've been lucky.
Beth
Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be?
finally I have a quick minute to give you guys an update.
Yesterday I took the kitten to one of "those" vets. The kind that looks at
her symptoms and says it all FeLV related without doing any test. He said
she's not going to live long and didn't want to waste the humane society's
money by doing any tests. I told him not to worry about it because I was
paying for the test and I wanted him to do blood work . So he did and she
doesn't have anemia but her protein levels are elevated which suggests FIP, as
I suspected . She had a fever so I ask him to give her sub q fluids . I have
no idea why I had to ask for fluids and he didn't suggest it. I guess because
he just wanted me to let her die. Another vet on my blacklist. I guess it's
just another cat to him. Won't be seeing that SOB again.
It was important for me to get a diagnosis of FIP because I've been in contact
with a vet at the university of TN that is going to let me try a new drug for
the dry form of FIP. It's not on the market yet but the clinical trials look
good. I don't know if I will get the drug in time to make a difference for my
kitten but it's worth a try. The drug is actually an immune stimulant called
polyprenyl immunostimulant. Since my kitten has FeLV in addition to FIP it may
not help. But she's going to die anyway so why not try it.
She's feeling better now that her fever is gone but she's still wobbly on her
hind legs and now the other eye has uveitis. I don't know how much longer she
has. I'm so depressed about it, but I'm giving her lots of attention and
treats.
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From: "Lynda Wilson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Felvtalk] What could it be?
Date: Tue, May 1, 2012 9:44 pm
Maureen,
How is she today? Any updates?
Best wishes!
Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be?
> My Shadow was not FELv, he had a blood clot on his spine. I let him out >
> one morning and when i wnet to check on all of my cats, he could not get >
> up. He had been on the deck and the sun got hot, so he had drug himself >
> into the shade. When I tried to pick him up, he screamed. We took him to >
> Missouri Universtiy Vet hosp about 3 hours away. They did and MRI and all >
> kinds of tests. We finally let him go because he was so old and would not >
> have been able to make it thru surgery.
>
> ---- Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've had several FelV positive kittens who have been exactly like
>> this......Less playful than others their age, and finally wobbly
>> in the back legs then complete loss of the use of the back legs.
>>
>> Lorrie
>>
>>
>> On 04-28, [email protected] wrote:
>> > I have a FeLV kitten that I'm fostering. She's six or seven >> >
>> > months
>> > old. She's the one I emailed about a couple months ago with >> >
>> > uveitis.
>> > The uveitis never has completely cleared up. But now I'm not >> >
>> > sure
>> > what's going on. Her back legs are kind of wobbly. It's not >> >
>> > bad
>> > enough that my husband has noticed yet, but I can see it. It's >> >
>> > like
>> > she's slightly drunk. She's walking okay with the front legs but >> >
>> > her
>> > back legs give way a little or something when she's walking. >> >
>> > She's
>> > eating and going to the bathroom. She doesn't run around and play >>
>> > > as
>> > much as the other cats do, but never really has. She's just a >> >
>> > real
>> > mellow and loving kitten and I just thought that must be why she's >> >
>> > not
>> > as playful. I'm not sure though. She's not growing a lot too. >> >
>> > The
>> > other kitten her age, not related, has grown much faster than she >> >
>> > has.
>> > So any ideas? Why do you guys think she's started getting wobbly >>
>> > > in
>> > the back legs. She can still jump on things but not as sure-footed >>
>> > > as
>> > the others. I don't know if her muscles are getting weak or if >> >
>> > she's
>> > anemic or what. A couple months ago her bloodwork at the vet's >> >
>> > office
>> > was okay. I assume this is FeLV related but before I go to the >> >
>> > vet
>> > I'd like to be prepared and have some ideas of what's going on.
>> > Maureen
>>
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