Hi Lorrie, I'm very grateful for the time I've had with Ember. Given the initial information I found, I expected her to be gone within months of the positive test. There have been a few minor illnesses that have concerned me, but they have passed. I'm hopeful that Ember's very low wbc will bounce back up to her (low) normal, but I'm going to discuss treatment options with her vet on Monday.
I've read that anemia is not unheard of with FeLV+ cats, and I'm sorry to hear that the ones you lost were affected that way. I hope the five-year-olds have many happy years ahead with you. Lance On Mar 2, 2013, at 6:18 AM, Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: > Hi Lance > How fortunate you are that Ember has lived so long with FelV. > You must be taking excellent care of her. Most of my FelV cats > have died at less than a year old, but two of them are now five > years old. Most of my FelV cats died of anemia with low red blood > counts not low white count. > > Lorrie > > > On 03-01, Lance wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> A few of you may remember me from years ago. My Ember tested positive for >> FeLV almost exactly seven years ago, in 2006. She was four years old then. >> There have been a few minor illnesses since that wouldn't have been >> unusual for a non-FeLV cat, but she's otherwise been very healthy. >> >> Ember's white blood cell count has been persistently low. Other than when >> she's had a few colds (when it shot up to around 7 to 7.5), it's been >> around 3.75 to 4.15. She went to the vet two days ago for a regular >> checkup, and her count is only a bit over 3. Ember's vet prescribed >> Clavamox, I assume, as a prophylactic against infection. >> >> Needless to say, this is scary news. Ember is almost 11, and we're >> probably heading toward a time when any cat's immune system would cease to >> be as efficient as it once was. For a FeLV+ cat, that's obviously >> dangerous. I'm wondering if anyone has had recent experience with any >> treatments that help stimulate white blood cell production. Please let me >> know what you think. >> >> Best wishes to all of you and your cats, >> >> Lance >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
