RE: OT:anethesia

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

Title: Message

I am so very sorry to hear what happened to Snowball - it's so sad - I know there is always such a concern for anethesia and surgery - I go back and forth every time.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:23 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: OT:anethesia

I am sorry I meant if the cat is already positive. I was not aware that Snowball was positive, since all his test came back normal, but once he was put under to be fixed, a week or so later he bled to death, and I was informed that he was FeLV positive at that point.

Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Do you mean, if the cat is FeLV positive already, it might cause the virus to be activated?  Or do you mean, even if they are negative prior to, it can cause it to be positive after the ahethsia?

(I am sorry for not being clear, but I don't have any reasons to beleive that Buddah is FeLV positive - but i need to make sure before I merge her with the rest)

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:10 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT:anethesia

I have always thought that using the anethesia, sometimes that will trigger the FeLV virus. That is what happed to my Snowball. 

Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

As much as I hate the idea of having Buddah (Squeekie) go though it, after discussing it with my friend, who is in the rescue group, I was going to have her anethetize her with ISO gas to draw the blood - because of what happenen to my baby Suzi (she died right after spaying surgery, I really hate the idea of doing so, but at the same time, she felt that it might be least traumatic to her considering other options, she also offered to take the blood herself since she is so used to do so with feral cats (she is a vet tech as well) - but it might be for a while before she can help me, and I really want to be able to get her interact with my other kitties - let me know if I should re-consider anethesia -