Hi Andy,
The Internet is getting smaller and smaller everyday. I have been reading
your posts on 910 pets about Aggie. I guess when we get that bad news about
our fur babies we head for the web to learn more. I so happy for you and
Aggie that she doing well.
Our vet has Kelsea on Alpha
Many of you have said that you are using interferon to treat your FeLV cats and
I'm trying to decide if we should start Eden on this as well. Nobody has
mentioned any side effects from the treatment but I work with cancer patients
and I've seen many patients treated with interferon and it is
Hi Brenda,
At this time my kitten is tolerating the interferon. It is my understanding
from my vet that some cats do have side effects with the interferon. When
we put Kelsea on the interferon it was the right thing to do, she was very
sick kitten. I have to say I am very glad I did. I'm not
While Aggie doesn't have symptoms outwardly at present, she has always tested
positive on bothe Elisa test and IFA tests from the time she was 3 months old.
We've had her tested no less than 7 or 8 time--the most recent being after her
cancer surgery in 2009.
She's been on LTCI every two
Thanks. I can do without the sarcasm. I'm just trying to figure out what's best
for my girl. Eden has a very sensitive system and if there are side effects of
any drug then no doubt she's going to have them. And no I don't consider still
being alive as being a side effect and again, I can do
Hi Brenda,
I had zero intention of being sarcastic! I know you are just researching what
is best for your baby, and I know how scary this is. I meant no disrespect to
you, or anyone else. In thinking back over Aggie's life, I was honestly trying
to think of anything that might be
A friend of mine has an FELV cat (along with another non FELV cat;
they're buddies). She's had the FELV kitty on interferon alpha for
several years - kitty has done extremely well.
Gloria
On Dec 10, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Andy Domek wrote:
Aggie has had interferon every day of her life
My shelter just took in a litter of 5 kittens. They are about 8 weeks old. The
3 females tested possible for feline leukemia with the Idexx snap test and the
2 males were negative. We retested from another batch of tests and the same
thing. How is this possible if they are all from the same
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