Re: [Felvtalk] Raltegravir for Felv

[Rachel Dagner]

Wow! That is very exciting to hear about. If that could help other kitties I 
would be over the moon. My biggest wish is that no one or their babies ever 
again have to go through what Tucker and I went through. I hope she gets back 
to you. If she does you should ask her for her vets information, so your vet 
can discuss what he did and the results. Praying so hard that this might be an 
answer for you and others. If she doesn't get on Facebook much maybe you could 
contact some of her friends on there to ask her to contact you. 

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> On Jun 7, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Realissa Dekraunti  
> wrote:
> 
> I wanted to share a post I found on facebook. This lady says that after 
> Raltegravir, her Felv positive cat became negative. I tried to contact her on 
> facebook to see if it's still negative. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> One of my indoor cats tested positive with leukemia and her brother didn't, 
> so she remains a mystery as to where she got it from. As a kitten she was 
> tested and she was negative. Months later, she tested positive. The virus 
> reached her bone marrow a year ago and she was terribly anaemic. She received 
> a couple of synthetic blood transfusions when she was about to die, and then 
> the doctor started her on Raltegravir (a HIV integrase inhibitor). This was, 
> like a said, a year ago, and she's now better than ever. There's no anaemia 
> and her Felv tests come back negative. I hope this gives other people hope 
> and inspiration to fight for their kittens. When everyone was telling me to 
> put her down a year ago, I just couldn't, convinced that she deserved every 
> ounce of effort. I couldn't separate her from her brother, either. They sleep 
> together, eat together, have the same toilet and groom each other, and in a 
> whole year, he hasn't got infected. I tested him every 3 months and had 
> hematology tests done, but he keeps coming back negative. I hope with all my 
> heart they are both healthy and they stay that way.
> 
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[Felvtalk] Raltegravir for Felv

[Realissa Dekraunti]

I wanted to share a post I found on facebook. This lady says that
after Raltegravir,
her Felv positive cat became negative. I tried to contact her on facebook
to see if it's still negative.




One of my indoor cats tested positive with leukemia and her brother didn't,
so she remains a mystery as to where she got it from. As a kitten she was
tested and she was negative. Months later, she tested positive. The virus
reached her bone marrow a year ago and she was terribly anaemic. She
received a couple of synthetic blood transfusions when she was about to
die, and then the doctor started her on Raltegravir (a HIV integrase
inhibitor). This was, like a said, a year ago, and she's now better than
ever. There's no anaemia and her Felv tests come back negative. I hope this
gives other people hope and inspiration to fight for their kittens. When
everyone was telling me to put her down a year ago, I just couldn't,
convinced that she deserved every ounce of effort. I couldn't separate her
from her brother, either. They sleep together, eat together, have the same
toilet and groom each other, and in a whole year, he hasn't got infected. I
tested him every 3 months and had hematology tests done, but he keeps
coming back negative. I hope with all my heart they are both healthy and
they stay that way.
[image: Valerie Benguiat's photo.]

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