Hodor is STUNNING. Looks like a combination of my 2 kitties. Glad you found
our group, we're here to support you as you support Hodor. Thanks for
helping him.
When my cat first got sick, I had my vet order LTCI injections. They seemed
to help, but they were expensive. Hugs to both of you!

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Margo <toomanykitti...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Hi Elizabeth,
>
>               Sorry you have to be here, but glad you found us. Thank you
> for not allowing the Vet to euthanize. I'm appalled that a ACVIM Vet would
> recommend that. What happened with the floss and GI involvement? Has his
> RBC/HCT held? How does he feel and act?
>
>                I have two FeLV+ cats on Interferon, and they have been on
> it for 3+ years. I can't swear it helps, but I'm sure not going to stop it
> :) You might try DMG, some people have had luck withthat, for mine, it
> hasn;t hurt to stop it, but I would start again if either started going
> south.
>
>                 As to your other cat, I see no point in separating them,
> as my Vet said, "That ship has sailed". I would probably vaccinate your
> negative cat, but I didn't. I do vaccinate anyone new who may have contact.
>
> Don't give up :)
>
> Margo, Mako, Gribble and assorted negatives...
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liz McCarty
> Sent: Sep 15, 2016 1:39 PM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: [Felvtalk] My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Looking for support, suggestions, and information. I've never had a cat
> with FeLV. We took our 1 year old, Hodor, to the vet because he seemed
> lethargic and in his stool there was a piece of floss that was red. At the
> vet things escalated and they told us he was severely anemic and would need
> a transfusion that day. I took off work and rushed him to a specialist. The
> vet there told us she would run an FeLV test before doing anything in case
> we wanted to avoid the extra tests and procedures. She told us he was FeLV
> positive and persistently talked to me and my fiance about euthanizing him
> which was out of the question for us. I took him to the vet thinking it was
> going to be minor and then she's talking to me about killing him! We went
> forward with the blood transfusion. It's been almost 3 weeks now. They had
> him on doxycycline  in case there was a bacterial cause, and prednisone.
> Last week he started interferon... Does anyone have experience with that
> and know if it was effective? I also started him on Pet Tinic.   Any other
> suggestions? Any insight into whether you think he will be able to pull
> through? He doesn't have cancer, they ran the tests but don't know if it's
> in the bone marrow.  I'm scared. We have another one year old, unrelated,
> and they are best friends. It breaks my heart to think they might be
> separated. She's not FeLV positive.
>
> Additionally I have set up a go fund me to help with the costs we
> incurred, and I want to donate half to FeLV research if anyone is
> interested.
> http://www.gofundme.com/2mzdpgk
>
> Mainly looking for support and advice. Thank you in advance.
>
> Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438
>
>
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