Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24
My vet ordered it from Road Runners in Arizona (interferon) it was only like 36 dollars. Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 On Oct 8, 2016 12:16 PM, <felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org> wrote: > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_ > felineleukemia.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Lost Hodor (Liz McCarty) >2. Re: Lost Hodor (Amani Oakley) >3. Re: Lost Hodor (Tina Terrell) >4. Re: Lost Hodor (Marlene Snowman) >5. Re: Interferon (Amani Oakley) > > > ---------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 10:03:53 -0700 > From: Liz McCarty <emccart...@gmail.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] Lost Hodor > Message-ID: > <CA+QKy9Z-JvMSSq9knjo2dGpZ88980hUy4nhO+ > fgj75hc-uk...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We lost Hodor yesterday. It was extremely hard. He stopped eating and > drinking. The vet had a hard time finding a vein for the catheter because > of his anemia. It was so sad. Thank you all for your kind words and > support. I wish that the vets could have done more to help him. FeLV sucks. > > Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/ > attachments/20161008/e2682ea0/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 19:10:27 + > From: Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Lost Hodor > Message-ID: > <E0C1DFB06E10174B9D4AE353A62CECE30166FB8F44@OAKLEYSRV.oakley. > local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Liz, I am so very very sorry. My heart aches for you. At least you know > how much you did for Hodor, and he knew how adored he was. So few cats get > to be so happy and cherished, even for a short time. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Liz McCarty > Sent: October-08-16 1:04 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] Lost Hodor > > > We lost Hodor yesterday. It was extremely hard. He stopped eating and > drinking. The vet had a hard time finding a vein for the catheter because > of his anemia. It was so sad. Thank you all for your kind words and > support. I wish that the vets could have done more to help him. FeLV sucks. > > Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/ > attachments/20161008/a70a6c94/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 14:13:33 -0500 > From: Tina Terrell <tisree...@gmail.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Lost Hodor > Message-ID: > <CAKXqVStdBRxA7J94OM1+fbHWaD283bV_ogFDgnTOb740yV8u2A@mail.gmail. > com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello ! Can anyone tell me if Inteferon is available? My vet doesnt carry > it due to expense. > Thank you so much! > Tina > > On Oct 8, 2016 2:11 PM, "Amani Oakley" <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> wrote: > > > Liz, I am so very very sorry. My heart aches for you. At least you know > > how much you did for Hodor, and he knew how adored he was. So few cats > get > > to be so happy and cherished, even for a short time. > > > > > > > > Amani > > > > > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf > > Of *Liz McCarty > > *Sent:* October-08-16 1:04 PM > > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Lost Hodor > > > > > > > > We lost Hodor yesterday. It was extremely hard. He stopped eating and > > drinking. The vet had a hard time finding a vein for the catheter because > > of his anemia. It was
[Felvtalk] Lost Hodor
We lost Hodor yesterday. It was extremely hard. He stopped eating and drinking. The vet had a hard time finding a vein for the catheter because of his anemia. It was so sad. Thank you all for your kind words and support. I wish that the vets could have done more to help him. FeLV sucks. Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 37
I spoke with the vet this evening and she said Winstrol doesn't work and actually can have negative side effects. I also didn't tell her I had already started him back on the doxycycline but she said she would prefer instead he see the regular vet to see what's going on with his eye. Since the doxycycline his eyes look normal again! I don't sense the same urgency that I have in this vet, although she is better than the first who just said to euthanize. Any ideas how to search FeLV specialists? I've Googled for my area but nothing comes up. I live in San Jose Ca Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 On Sep 27, 2016 6:38 PM, <felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org> wrote: Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_ felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Looking for advice (Liz McCarty) 2. Re: Looking for advice (Amani Oakley) 3. Re: Looking for advice (Ashley Egger) 4. Re: Looking for advice (Ardy Robertson) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:33:47 -0700 From: Liz McCarty <emccart...@gmail.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Looking for advice Message-ID: <CA+QKy9bs0AWAbKm_ffiH27LcX3Qs4DbnwEKRxB+nXRm=b3c...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I posted a few days ago about my cat Hodor. He's still not doing very well. I went ahead and started the doxycycline again even though I haven't spoken with the vet - she was off Sunday and Monday. Still haven't heard. His eye is looking a lot better with the doxycycline. I'm worried about him though. I want to ask about Winstrol. I'm looking for advice though, I'm not sure about his blood count or what it will look like at our appointment scheduled for 10/4. He's on his 3rd week of interferon... Alternating weeks on and weeks off. I'm worried when we take him for the appointment they will ask us to euthanize him. Would any of you try another transfusion to see if the interferon can work? Or if we get Winstrol to give that a shot? Or should we accept that it might be his time to go. I don't want him to suffer, and I don't want to put him through another round of this if it's inhumane, but I don't want to lose him. Thanks. Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/ attachments/20160927/92e38001/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:43:30 + From: Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Looking for advice Message-ID: <E0C1DFB06E10174B9D4AE353A62CECE30166FB5D66@OAKLEYSRV.oakley.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Elizabeth Only you can say what is right for your little guy. However, I personally would try the Winstrol and see what response you get with that. You already had a better response with the Doxycycline, so there is still some hope. Absolutely steel yourself though, because it is quite likely that your vet will start pushing for euthanasia if that hasn?t already been suggested. We?ve all had to deal with that pressure from the vets, on this chatline. Resist taking him off the doxycycline and get him on the Winstrol if at all possible. Winstrol has the potential of a quick effect, so you won?t have to wait weeks and weeks to see if there is a positive effect, especially if you draw bloodwork before he starts on the Winstrol. You can often see some quick changes in the haematology profile. Giving him another transfusion will also give some time for different things to work, but again, if you aren?t seeing a discernable boost from the Interferon alone, don?t put all your eggs in that basket. Keep him on it if you like, but try to get the vet to give you the Winstrol as well. Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Liz McCarty Sent: September-27-16 2:34 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Looking for advice I posted a few days ago about my cat Hodor. He's still not doing very well. I went ahead and started the doxycycline again even though I haven't spoken with the vet - she was off Sunday and Monday. Still haven't heard. His eye is looking a lot better with the doxycycline. I'm worried about him though. I want to ask about Winstrol. I'm looki
[Felvtalk] Looking for advice
I posted a few days ago about my cat Hodor. He's still not doing very well. I went ahead and started the doxycycline again even though I haven't spoken with the vet - she was off Sunday and Monday. Still haven't heard. His eye is looking a lot better with the doxycycline. I'm worried about him though. I want to ask about Winstrol. I'm looking for advice though, I'm not sure about his blood count or what it will look like at our appointment scheduled for 10/4. He's on his 3rd week of interferon... Alternating weeks on and weeks off. I'm worried when we take him for the appointment they will ask us to euthanize him. Would any of you try another transfusion to see if the interferon can work? Or if we get Winstrol to give that a shot? Or should we accept that it might be his time to go. I don't want him to suffer, and I don't want to put him through another round of this if it's inhumane, but I don't want to lose him. Thanks. Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] Hodor Declining
Hey... Hodor was pretty steady and eating well, good energy... Until Wednesday. Since then be seems to not have enough energy to move very far. Not eating well, or drinking well. One of his eyes started tearing occasionally. He still gets excited about treats and a water bottle we freeze for him that he likes to lick. He has been on interferon for 2 weeks... This past week was his 7 days off. He started back last night. Has anyone had interferon experience and seen their cats drop on the week off? Any suggestions? I don't want to lose him. We are also giving him prednisone, Pet Tinic and Dmg. I don't think the URI cleared before they stopped his doxycycline... Even though I expressed concern they said stop for now... I want to start him againany thoughts? I don't think his immune system needs this extra stress! He was doing so well when he had the doxycycline. Thank you. Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 10
I'm in San Jose Ca Do you know if there would be any issues combining the Winstrol with Interferon? Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 On Sep 16, 2016 8:24 AM, <felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org> wrote: > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_ > felineleukemia.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 8 (Amani Oakley) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:24:34 + > From: Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 8 > Message-ID: > <E0C1DFB06E10174B9D4AE353A62CECE30166FB208E@OAKLEYSRV.oakley. > local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Unfortunately, many on this email list have faced the problem of > uncooperative vets on this topic. The only options are finding another vet > or trying to source the Winstrol online. There are many vet compounding > pharmacies which will provide the Winstrol to any vet, so sourcing it is > not a problem ? getting the prescription is. > > Perhaps if you identify where you are located, others in this group may be > close to you, and may have found helpful vets. I am in Ontario, Canada, and > my vet is great. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Liz McCarty > Sent: September-16-16 11:16 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 8 > > > Any suggestions on what to do if the vet doesn't want to prescribe > Winstrol? > > Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 > > On Sep 16, 2016 6:48 AM, <felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felv > talk-requ...@felineleukemia.org>> wrote: > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_ > felineleukemia.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felv > talk-requ...@felineleukemia.org> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk-owner@ > felineleukemia.org> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV (Amani Oakley) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:48:06 + > From: Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com<mailto:aoak...@oakleylegal.com > >> > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>" < > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV > Message-ID: > <E0C1DFB06E10174B9D4AE353A62CECE30166FB1F5D@OAKLEYSRV.oakley. > local<mailto:E0C1DFB06E10174B9D4AE353A62CECE30166FB1F5D@ > OAKLEYSRV.oakley.local>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Liz > > The only thing that works to turn back on red cell production is Winstrol > (Stanazolol). It is an ANABOLIC steroid (as opposed to most steroids we are > used to getting, like prednisone, which is a corticosteroid. > > Anabolic steroids are ones which build muscle, tissue, etc. > > Adding Winstrol to the combination of medication you have your cat on > right now, would be the best thing to do. The Doxycycline acts to slow down > or inhibit the reproduction of the FeLV virus by interfering the RNA > duplication. The prednisone is helpful in keeping inflammation at bay, but > neither of these helps to increase the red cells. The Winstrol acts > directly and very quickly on the bone marrow and seems to get red cells > generated again, quite promptly. At least it did for my Zander, and I have > been
Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 8
ompounding pharmacy. > > The dose should be 1 mg 2 times a day for a cat. If your cat is in poor > shape and needs an immediate boost, start him on 2 mg x 2 times a day for a > week or so, and then drop down to the lower dose. > > Your vet will undoubtedly say that Winstrol is known to cause liver damage. > > The first answer to this is, so what? FeLV will almost invariably result > in the premature death of cats. The vets have nothing which is directly > effective to fight FeLV. Things like Interferon may or may not assist but > such a treatment is again a side treatment where you are hoping to boost > your cat?s immune system, rather than a direct attack on the virus. It is > also quite indirect in that IF the interferon helps, it will be more long > term, and only if it manages to boost the immune system enough to permit > your cat?s system to try and fight the virus, and when/if the virus is > inhibited enough, then MAYBE (if the virus hasn?t already destroyed all the > progenitor cells in the bone marrow) will red cell production begin to > climb again. Winstrol is the only medication that I know of, (and believe > me, I have looked!) that seems to work by turning back on those progenitor > cells or possibly promoting the growth of new ones since it also works to > enhance the production of bone cells > (effective against osteoporosis). > > The second answer, regarding the liver damage, is that the only > information about this is quite suspect, coming out of a very poorly > designed research study where the cats in the study were given doses found > effective on HUSKY SLED DOGS for lord?s sake! The cats were given a LOADING > DOSE via intravenous injection, of 25 mg ? more than 10 times the > recommended daily dose for cats. That?s the only study which has found this > supposed link between Winstrol and liver damage. And even in that study, > with those remarkably ridiculous doses, the cats in that study only had > elevated liver enzymes (no tumours, etc.) and the liver enzymes dropped > back to normal levels when the Winstrol was discontinued. This is > consistent with my experience as well. I refused to stop the Winstrol for > my cat, when the enzymes went up, because he was going to die with the low > red cell count he had. I kept him on Winstrol for around 10 months, before > the red cells were in a normal range. During that ten mon > th period, I would wean him down a few times, but ALWAYS the red cells > would immediately drop again, so it was more than clear that it was the > Winstrol making the numbers rise. So, in the end, he had Winstrol pretty > much for the duration of 10 months and his liver enzymes went right back to > normal again, once I discontinued the Winstrol ? NO lasting damage. This > was also my experience with a second cat with a nasal sarcoma, and where I > used the Winstrol to keep her appetite up and reduce the swelling (she was > 16). The enzymes went quite high at the outset of my use of Winstrol, but > went back to normal when I weaned her off for a bit and then again when I > ultimately took her off the Winstrol. > > Get the Winstrol if you can, and use it in combination with the prednisone > (which I am told also helps to protect the liver when the Winstrol is used) > and Doxycycline. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Liz McCarty > Sent: September-15-16 1:40 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 effec > tive? 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 i
Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 6
Thank you all. I'm going to try the DMG. Other cat is getting vaccinated Saturday but yeah, we aren't keeping them apart. They've been together their whole lives nothing is really gonna change at this point. Honestly with the floss they just kind of pushed that to the side although I plan to ask at his check up. They looked for solid objects and did an MRI to look for cancers but didn't give me much more info. This whole process has been a whirlwind with a lot of information being thrown and me not really understanding it half the time. Most of what I've learned I've had to research on my own. They did a blood cell count 5 days after the transfusion and I think his count went up 1%. Next check will be October 4. Hoping it goes up, that will be a good sign. Overall he's pretty good. More energetic but not his normal self. He wants to play but gets kinda tired. He's been very alert though and walks around the house and jumps on stuff. Eating and drinking very well. Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 On Sep 15, 2016 1:08 PM, <felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org> wrote: Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_ felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV (Liz McCarty) 2. Re: My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV (Margo) 3. Re: My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV (Katherine K.) 4. Re: My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV (kat) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:39:46 -0700 From: Liz McCarty <emccart...@gmail.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV Message-ID: <CA+QKy9aR-0WbnCJaAq+4f29baYzFVEehJAZG58Bo8=9fu+o...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/ attachments/20160915/ca051dcb/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:16:55 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Margo <toomanykitti...@earthlink.net> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV Message-ID: <28510894.1473963415777.JavaMail.wam@mswamui-cedar. atl.sa.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/ attachments/20160915/5404c798/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:45:09 -0400 From: "Katherine K." <kaths...@gmail.com> To: Margo <toomanykitti...@earthlink.net>, "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Re: [Felvta
[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 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
