--- "Scott A. Keen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for writing, Kim. My local vet is in favor of
> trying Alpha Interferon
> when the time comes. But first he says we need to
> get her out of her anemic
> condition. He's asked me to fax him Interferon
> ordering information from
> Island Pharmacy (which I've done), so we're ready
> when we need to. He said
> he just doesn't want to make her toxic with too much
> medication, and just
> treat the anemia first. She's on doxycycline and
> acemannan at the moment.
>
> I will ask him again about the Interferon, and
> mention that many people I've
> talked to said it's helped.
>
> I think you're right about gathering information and
> coming up with a plan,
> leaving no ideas out of consideration. I'm coming up
> with these "plans", and
> modifying them as necessary, as I monitor her
> progress. Whatever we're doing
> right now, is working for her, even if her
> improvements over anemia are ever
> so slight.
>
> We'll probably have some bloodwork done again this
> week and see where her
> anemia stands. So far, she's recovering a little
> better each day. We're
> taking this on a day-by-day basis.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Scott
I'm glad to hear that your vet is open to interferon.
Take my word for it, alot of them aren't. FeLV is
comparable to HIV. It knocks the immune system down.
In the long run, strengthening the immune system seems
to be the best shot at giving these cats a fighting
chance. It's not the virus that takes them but a
knocked down immune system that can't fight back.
Kim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivia's Mom
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 9:12 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Anemia
>
>
>
> It depends on who you feel most comfortable with
> treating her. I do however strongly suggest that in
> addition to treatments for the anemia, that you get
> her on interferon.
>
> Olivia was one very sick girl before it and getting
> more symptoms in the 2 weeks before she was put on
> it.
> Within 4 days on it, she was bounding around the
> place
> like a maniac, ulcers cleared up and no more fever
> spikes. I saw a remarkable difference with her on
> it.
> I honestly don't think she'd still be here without
> it.
>
>
> It took me more than on vet to find someone who
> would
> put her on it too. The one who diagnosed her is a 5
> minute drive from me but the one who treats her is a
> half hour drive from me.
>
> What impressed me is when I was in the exam room
> with
> her the first visit, the vet suggested interferon as
> a
> treatment and I said yes that was what I thought
> would
> be best for her. Then a vet tech opened the door and
> told him that the other office had it (they have 5
> offices in 4 different counties) and he told her to
> have it sent. He was talking about the interferon
> and
> he had already told her to call and find out who had
> it on hand before he stepped foot in the exam room.
>
> About the transfusion, I was told with a previous
> cat
> who I lost to FeLV that didn't get any treatment ( I
> didn't even know there was at the time), that a
> transfusion would only help for about 2 weeks and
> he'd
> be back to the same place he was at before the
> transfusion.
>
> It's your call on this one but if she is starting to
> show improvements, IMHO, I would give it a wait and
> see attitude. If she starts to backslide or quits
> improving, then I'd go for it but otherwise I'd wait
> it out.
>
> I know this is all terrribly confusing and you want
> to
> do what is best but sometimes the best is to get all
> the advice you can, read all that you can
> (conventional and holistic) and sit back and put it
> all together and you'll come up with a plan.
>
> Kim
>
>
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