Hi
I am so sorry to hear your little Oreo has tested +. 

Try anything you can to get him to eat. Tempt him with any and every thing. He 
has to eat. Tuna juice is a good one, as is rotisserie chicken. I don't think 
steroids are a good idea...maybe a bit drastic and they are very hard on his 
system, especially as he is so young. Brynn is on steroids for her 
stomatitis... we really wish there was another option for her

We have Brynn on Maitake D fraction. She takes the diluted drops very easily. I 
am convinced they are helping her as aside from her stomatits she is completely 
asymptomatic

Jennifer


On Jun 28, 2015, at 7:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO wrote:

> Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks 
> from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her 
> kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in 
> life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, 
> our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, 
> and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she 
> gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the 
> mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and 
> came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was 
> worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested 
> positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a 
> fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper 
> respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. 
> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I 
> just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying 
> the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the 
> States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard 
> on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with 
> it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, 
> like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Kathleen
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