Wow! That's wonderful!
Beth
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From: Christy Buchin <cstet...@hotmail.com>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Cc: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon
My cat Gray Kitty was diagnosed with FeLV and severe anemia. Thank you for a
specialist we found, our family vet, Interferon, LTCI, steroids, two blood
transfusions, splenectomy, etc., he tests negative & is almost off steroids. UC
Davis now has asked to use him in their study & the specialist is using his
study for veterinarian studies. His story is a very long one. I just supplied
the short version.
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On Oct 12, 2012, at 10:49 AM, "Lisa Conner" <lisa.con...@syniverse.com> wrote:
>
>
>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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