I used interferon with Salome'. I started her on it when she was about 3 years
old, and I gave it to her as often as I could get a hold of it.
Salome' lived to be 9 1/2 years old, and she died from liver failure.
Hope that helps!
T
=^..^= Terri, Guinevere, Travis, Dori, Kimiko and 8 furangels: Ruthie,
Samantha,
Arielle, Gareth, Alec, Salome, Sammi and Siggie the Tomato Vampire
=^..^=
----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Conner<mailto:lisa.con...@syniverse.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 1:48 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Interferon
Hi All,
I think everyone was so hung up with this politcal debate, no one saw my 2
questions on Interferon and the length of years a Felv + cat has lived.
Ok- so, I joined when my 9 + year old boy, Prancer became very
sick..literally overnight. He breathing was extremely labored and I rushed him
to the Emergency Vet. They said he was critical , and didn't think he was
going to make it. May be best to put him to sleep since he was Felv+ and
needed oxygen and and his gums were pale. That night they extracted 3 ½ cups
of fluid from his lungs. Thank goodness, because that saved his life. In the
morning we transferred him to our regular vet and our vet thought it was his
heart. He was right. The ultrasound showed a huge mass tumor at the base of
his heart. The vet wasn't sure how much time Prancer had, however, he said it
might be a day or week, depending on how much fluid built up in his lung area.
Within 4 days, the fluid was back and I could not have him suffer as I lost my
Dad to the the suffering of congestive heart failure (with build up of fluid in
the lungs).
So, my vet believes that Interferon might have helped Prancer over the years,
since in all his years in practice, they have not seen a cat like Prancer,
great health for 9 ½ years, but be Felv +.
Has anyone in this group used Interferon with their cats and what is the
typical avg span life for Felv+ cats?
Thanks!
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