Thank you. I have a great relationship with our vets but I am not sure I could get them to do that but will have the discussion the next time I have a felv+.
~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~ *Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. — **St. Patrick* On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:03 PM Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > First, my vet has a lot of confidence in me and I have been right so many > times, she really doesn’t question me anymore. Unfortunately, as my last > email stated, I can no longer get the Winstrol from my vets because the > compounding pharmacy which supplies the vets, no longer is carrying it. I > now order it online, but it is in human strength. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk <[email protected]> * On Behalf Of *Pam > Doore > *Sent:* November 15, 2019 6:25 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > Amani, How do you get your vet to prescribe medication for a pet that has > no outward symptoms to be treating? > > > > -Pam > > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:27 PM Amani Oakley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Patricia – I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV > kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all > again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he > had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. > > > > This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we > can’t see immediately see it. The cat’s system compensates and compensates > and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a > catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done > which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood > transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically > initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we > can’t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. > > > > In my cat’s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, > the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up > dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six > more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, > from a terribly scarred heart. We don’t know for sure, of course, but it is > likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to > defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. > > > > If it were me, I would start your kitten on > Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not > wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a > problem. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Patricia > Oliveira > *Sent:* November 14, 2019 4:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens > and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn´t find anything for asymptomatic > kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is > increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury > but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), > everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patrícia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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