Re: Pilgrim's second ELISA

[catatonya]

Hi Rhonda,

 

It sounds to me like Pilgrim was exposed and has fought off the virus!  I guess you'll find out for sure in a few months, but I think you've made the right decision.  Congratulations on your 2 new little ones as well!

 

Tonya

Jim & Rhonda Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

A sincere thank you to everyone for your wealth of knowledge on Pilgrim's care.   We look at this little ball of energy and shudder to think of what "could have been" had we not chosen to research FeLV.    However, nothing is ever easy!  We're finding this to be a complicated virus.  After a positive ELISA and a negative IFA, Pilgrim's second ELISA was ... probably negative.  The vet took me back to look at it in the bright lights and there was the ever-so-slightest tinge of blue on the meter indicating a possible positive result.  Our vet is calling it negative, but said he couldn't be 100% sure.  My big mistake - I didn't think to ask for a re-test!!   At any rate, we're stepping out in faith, calling it negative, and choosing to introduce Pilgrim to our other cats this afternoon.  I have a 4 day weekend with no other plans other than to catch up on housecleaning, so I'll be around to monitor the process.   We will get a second IFA next month when we have her spayed.  In the meantime, we're happy to have her aboard!   To touch on a couple other things:  we also use a glucometer on our diabetic, Bamm-Bamm.  We've done curves and were able to regulate his insulin accordingly without trips to the vet.   On whether we had the capacity to set up permanent quarters for FeLV cats:  not really.  It's been very inconvenient and cumbersome to close off the dining room and sunroom for Pilgrim.  We had to block a pass-through from the kitchen which blocks our view of the entire backyard.  To add to the mix in our small home, we're adopting two beautiful children from Guatemala in the next couple months!  Life just can't get more exciting than this!!   Rhonda