Here's another example of "personal choice".
I vehemently disagree. I have participated in several feline blood transfusions (and even more canine). The cats are sometimes lightly sedated for the procedure (not always), and are not in an any worse situation than when on an IV, or having blood drawn. Where exactly do you get your information about "cat or cats in the vet clinic who often die when drained of too much blood." In the first place, most blood for transfusion is from blood banks. That means it's already tested for matching. The few clinics that still may use "Clinic Cats" fro transfusions are probably VERY attached to these cats, and aren't going to jeopardize their PET. I have taken cats of my own as donors (B cats are fairly rare, and Igor was very co-operative) and neither he nor the other two EVER suffered ANY adverse effects. I just had a 2 1/2 year old tripod cat go into renal failure. She had two transfusions, needed to save her life. Yes, it was expensive. But it was no more traumatic than the IV she was also getting. And she's back to terrorizing my house. Which is as it should be. Margo -----Original Message----- >From: Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> >Sent: May 13, 2016 9:25 AM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany > >I have had many FelV cats. Most have died of anemia or other issues, >before reaching a year old. Others have had a long life and showed no >symptoms even tho they tested positive several times. I treat my FelV >cats as long as possible, but I will not do invasive painful >treatments on a FelV cat if it is obviously suffering. >- > >Blood transfusions are something I will not do. They are hard on a >cat and very expensive. I can afford the expense, but I will not put >my cat thru this. I also feel for the cat or cats in the vet clinic >who often die when drained of too much blood. >- > >I hope the Epogen helps Tiffany, but if not, please don't let her >suffer. >- > >Lorrie and many cats > >On 05-12, Roxanne Smith wrote: >> >> In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood transfusions. >> Vets and nurses all feel she has a will to live. We just need to get >> over this hump. She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is welcome. She >> was diagnosed with feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone had a feline >> tgat lived awhile with feline leukemia... Thanks > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
