RE: bone marrow test

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

Cherie, please don’t worry – I knew where you were coming from – and I am glad that there is someone like you – some up who fights and stands up for kitties with special needs – actually most of the cats I have do have a special need – some FIV, and a diabetic cat, some with chronic urinary tract disease cats, and etc.. but they are all so very precious to me!      -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:55 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: bone marrow test   Well, that is good, I am sorry to have jumped a little, but I can not stand people who want perfection...sick kitties need love too...   I would definatetly not get the test, if the blood work comes up negative, and you suspect something just keep testing, it has to get in the blood sometime. Cherie Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No, I would never do anything to make them go through something so painful – and that was the purpose of my question, I did not know if it’s painful for a kitty or not to go through.    If I ever catch her, I would keep her whether she is positive or negative on anything for that matter (that’s why I ended up with 50 plus feral cats, I guess) – but it will determine where and with whom I should keep her with – if you know what I mean.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:45 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: bone marrow test   But, would you want to put any kitty through that kind of pain, and if she is negative would you get rid of her? Also, if she tests negative on a blood test that should be good enough to go on...I feel. Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well – I am not sure if I am really going to pursuit or not  – but if I catch Ginger’s mama, I think I want to try to keep her in stead of releasing her (she is a feral kitty) – she looks really good, but if she tested negative on FeLV, I feel that I need to know if she is really negative as I may have to consider the possibility of keeping her with other negative kitties – but I know that kitties can be negative on blood test, but positive on bone marrow (it happened to one of my friend’s kitty) -   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:37 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: bone marrow test   Who would you want to get that done on? Your positive kitty or negative? Cherie Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Does anyone know how invasive it is to do bone marrow level testing on FeLV?