I just want to start out by saying i am so happy that I have found this forum
because it has helped us out so much and given me information that nothing else
did. Just last year we were a 6 cat household, then in november of 09 our 3 yr
old Kafka got sick. Her back legs just stopped working one day and she stopped
eating. we rushed her to the Evet and they ran many tests before do the flv
tests and seeing she was positive. They called us the next morning and told us
the bad news(at this point we knew very little to nothing about this diease) we
were devastated. The vet asked us to come in to discuss options, problem is
when we got there he said our only option was to euth. We begged him for
something more and he said since she was severely anemic all her could do was
do a blood transfusion but advised us against it cause he said it would be for
our sake only. Since we trusted him we went ahead and let our baby go. After
that I started doing extensive research on felv and found that we did have
options! I was outraged and immediatly switched vets. Also, i learned that
they were a vaccination(we live in a small town and the vet had yet to mention
it to us even though he knew we had multiple cats). So we started going to a
new vet but decided against getting the rest of our babies tested cause i dont
think i could bare to know.
Last week, one of our other babies who happens to be 3 also, went to the vet
for her yearly vaccinations and when we brought her home she got very sick and
immediatly became anemic and lost a whole pound in 3 days. we took her back in
and she tested positive. They said the vaccines shocked her immune system and
brought the felv out. She got a antibiotic shot and anti inflammatory shot and
when she got home she was like a brand new cat. shes doing much better
although she is still very pale from the anemia, but shes eating like crazy.
Im so happy shes doing well but im afraid for what will come next. I had a
meeting the vet yesterday and told her about all the info i had read about ltci
and that i wanted to try it. she didnt seem to be interested at all but i was
persistant and she said she would contact the company for some info. she did
suggest when she stops eating again that we try interferon, she said she had
had success in the past with it. I hope that you all can help me and guide in
the right direction to give my maggie a full life. Thanks to all of you.
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