Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon Thoughts??
Hooray for you and your vet! I think it's a good idea. We began losing our kittens at around 7 1/2 months old. We lost 4 littermates before they hit a year old-well, the last was exactly a year old. They were a feral litter and must have been born with the virus. We began Interferon when they were about 5 months old-1cc orally once a day. After the 3rd one passed away, I read up on the anti viral qualities and it seems one dose only stays at an active level about 1/2 a day. We began giving it 2x a day and still lost another one. We have the last littermate, the only female-Rosie, a sleek tabby and another non-related male-Murphy, a cool, fluffy tuxedo polydactyl (7 toes) that was tossed into the feral group-these 2 are just over a year old. We began the Imulan last month-before the anemia hits hard-we want these 2 to live so badly. On the baseline CBCs, Rosies platelets were low-2 weeks later they were in the normal range! The other levels are coming up too-PCV are higher. They are still testing positive (4th test) They are getting so energetic and playful-I can't belive they are the same cats! Murphy loves to chase the laser pointer now-he can leap up the wall and above the light switches-he can hit the switch with his big paws and turn the lights off! Rosie is addicted to fetching her little sheepskin mousie. It's just exciting to have active cats, we never realized until now that they were rather sluggish-slept a lot. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, but every minute we have is a gift. We can't give up yet-and the Interferon is easy-they come over and wait to have their doses. The injections take just a few seconds-we are saving money by doing them at home. You can't begin soon enough to be proactive andtry and slow the virus down-when they are infected so young, they crash so quickly-our first, Buster, was playing hard one day and crashed the next with his HC at 10. Thank you for caring so much for your baby. You can learn a lot by scrolling through the earlier posts. We are all learning from each other. Alice ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon thoughts?
look into LTCI from IMULAN. There have been great sucesses with this treatment. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Jeff Mills jeffkmi...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a little 4.5 mo. old black kitten rescued as a stray who tests FeLV+ on a snap test. They won't do an IFA until he's been separated for three months (he lives in my bathroom currently), 9 mos. old would be better. My vet is recommending we put the kitten on Interferon *now,* that she has had good results with it (she has an FIV kitty of her own who she allows to mix with her negative 5 kitties). She thinks it could help him with quality of life down the road. What do you guys think? I've seen some conversation on this list previously, but hadn't paid much attention to it because I didn't think I'd be in this position, at least not this soon. Jeff ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] Thanks for the thoughts!
Dear all, Thanks for the kind thoughts and advice regarding Sylvia's recent positive diagnosis. She and I both really appreciate and feel encouraged by your support. Beatrice goes for her vaccine today; I am going to ask the vet tech to test her before giving her the vaccine. She's about four months old, was negative when I adopted her at ten weeks, and from what I gather, if she's positive and we put her on Interferon, she may have a better chance of fighting it off before it gets into her bone marrow. Thoughts? And how expensive is Interferon? I'm a graduate student and have a small reserve of funds from a loan excess check, but I'm certainly not rolling in cash. These two are such wonderful kitties, and excellent friends to me and each other. I want them both to have the longest, happiest lives possible. I'm so, so glad we have good people to turn to for advice on how to live with this disease! In solidarity, Anna ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Interferon thoughts?
Welcome to the group. i have not had to use Interferon or anything elso so far. my 2 positives are fat, sassy and healthy as can be. so i am waiting until something rears it's ugly head. i do have all my babies on L Lysine to boost their immune system. my vet came back from a conference with a new treat - Enisyl-F Lysine Treats. he gave me his samples since i have 2 positives to see if they liked them. all 6 of my babies heard the package opening and came to investigate and as soon as they smelled them, they were all over me. the negatives get 2 per day and the positives get 5 a day (2 at a time, keeps their interest up). since they did not like the pills or paste, this is good. hate to try chucking them down everyone's throat every day. good luck with your babies prayers on the way for them and you. dorlis mitchell hhur...@gmail.com wrote: look into LTCI from IMULAN. There have been great sucesses with this treatment. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Jeff Mills jeffkmi...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a little 4.5 mo. old black kitten rescued as a stray who tests FeLV+ on a snap test. They won't do an IFA until he's been separated for three months (he lives in my bathroom currently), 9 mos. old would be better. My vet is recommending we put the kitten on Interferon *now,* that she has had good results with it (she has an FIV kitty of her own who she allows to mix with her negative 5 kitties). She thinks it could help him with quality of life down the road. What do you guys think? I've seen some conversation on this list previously, but hadn't paid much attention to it because I didn't think I'd be in this position, at least not this soon. Jeff ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
