I am saying multiple, multiple prayers for you both!! How many injections has he had so far? We just gave the 2nd one Friday night to Rosie and Murphy. We had lost Rosie's 4 brothers within a 5 month period and they were so young, 6 1/2 months to just turned a year old. We had tried a transfusion that went badly on the 2nd brother. We've had them on Interferon for a long time and now are giving it 2 times a day-it just slows the virus down, but it is ever advancing. We didn't wait for our last two to crash...we know it's coming. We begged our vet to order the Imulan and she did. They are as anxious as we are to see how it goes. Yes, we all know it is just an "Aid", as everyone here does. It is posted as such on the Imulan website. What I do know is that Rosie and Murphy are playing much more and much harder-they fly around the house-up and down the cat trees and are now chasing each other-something they haven't done before. They have spent 85% of their short lives on antibiotics for one infection after another. In June and July, I thought Murphy was going to die-he was vomiting and had diarreah so bad- 2 courses of Zithromax and he pulled through. After watching Schatzi-the last brother to pass, struggle to breathe as his lungs filled with fluid and he cried out over and over-his heart rate through the roof and he was panting-his little ribs and chest heaving to get oxygen........no, this is the hardest thing to go through as a "parent"....driving in the middle of the night again to UC Davis to release him from his agony like his 3 brothers before him-a monthly ritual. I didn't ask for a litter of sick feral kittens a year ago, but it is what I got. I didn't ask to fall in love with these 6 kittens, but we did-and thank goodness, my husband, my son and his wifewere as smitten as I am. I HAVE TO TRY to save these last 2 and I don't want to be told basically that I am a fool. I work long hard days, we are already struggling-but we CHOOSE to buy the Imulan and we are saving money by administering the shots at home. Our vet will work with us on the CBCs every 2 weeks (Rosie's platelets were low last week) -and this treatment is way cheaper than a transfusion. Bless all who are staying hopeful and positive that someday we will find a "Treatment Aid" that helps these poor babies. Alice _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
