You aren't alone & thank you for giving this kitty a good life. Beth I-Chun Catherine Chang <chang...@umn.edu> wrote:
>Thank you for all the friends providing your precious thoughts for Meowko. >She seems doing fairly well today - she finished up almost a whole can for >today's dinner! > >I brought up using ImmunoRegulin, Acemannan, Interferon Alpha etc. with our >vet yesterday. She however concerned about the safety of using >ImmunoRegulin as she learned some reactions after injection may occur >earlier. But she is very willing to listen to other people's experience and >work with us. > >Does anyone have experience of using ImmunoRegulin on your FeLV cat? have >you observed any issues/side effects after injection? (if you have gone >through treatment plan by using ImmunoRegulin with your vet, may I possibly >know where your vet is based, off the list, so that my vet may learn from >your vet's experience as well?) > >Again, thank you very much (reading the responses does make me feel that >Meow and I are not alone in this battle....) > >Catherine > > > >On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Beth <create_me_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> The vaccine will not make them test positive, the FIV vaccine does that. >> >> >> >> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Dana Giordano <giordano.d...@gmail.com> >> *To:* "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> >> *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:15 AM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] seeking advice for treating FeLV positive old >> CKD cats with the new drugs >> >> Wait- If u get the vaccine, don't they test positive anyway? And ditto- >> shots of FeLV confused me too. Not sure how its meant. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 25, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Beth <create_me_...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Shots of FeLV? >> >> >> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Sharon Catalan <scata...@gmail.com> >> *To:* "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> >> *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:15 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] seeking advice for treating FeLV positive old >> CKD cats with the new drugs >> >> Hello Catherine, >> >> My cat Mr Gray is about 14 years old. 3 years ago, he was diagnosed with >> Felv. He gets regular shots of Felv and today, he's healthier than ever. >> Try it. It may lengthen the life of your kitty. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 24, 2013, at 12:46 PM, "I-Chun C. C. Chang " <changic...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Dear Felvalk friends, >> > >> > I am very new to this group and was hoping to get some advice for the >> treatment about my currently very sick cat. >> > >> > My cat is 16 years old, who came to the States with me 6 years ago. I >> got her when she was 7 (she was abandoned by the previous house owner...) >> After I got her, she was tested twice negative for FeLV and vaccinated for >> four years. From then she has been a totally indoor cat. I later adopted >> another cat, who was also tested negative twice and vaccinated for three >> years. From then on, since they have been complete indoor apartment cats >> with no exposure to other cats and the little one always got some reaction >> to the vaccine, we stopped vaccinating them for FeLV. >> > >> > Last Friday, my 16 years old cat was getting weak, my husband and I >> rushed her to the ER and were told that she was in sever anemia (pcv less >> than 10%) due to her chronic kidney disease. Two blood transfusions has >> been done, but her response to blood transfusions was poor. Doctors then >> concerned that not only her red blood cell count is low, her white blood >> cell count is also very low. So the doctors ran the FeLV test again on >> Tuesday, and it came back positive (!!) (we also rushed our younger one for >> test yesterday; but he stays negative, and we added a booster vaccine on >> him). >> > >> > We are getting our 16 years old back tonight. Doctors implicitly has >> mentioned that FeLV has no cure, plus her Kidney situation (late stage >> CKD), she may not live long... we were also suggested to consider putting >> her into sleep soon. But I luckily found last night there is this emailist, >> and on the website there are several drugs listed for possible treatment >> plans: ImmunoRegulin, Acemannan, Interferon Alpha etc. >> > >> > Do anyone in this emaillist have experience about treatment on old FeLV >> cat with CKD by using these new drugs? If yes, may I learn your experience? >> I really don't want to lose my girl in this way.....I am getting my degree >> soon, and do hope at least I can have her come back to my home country with >> me... >> > >> > Sorry for such a long email, and thank you very much! >> > >> > I. 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