Ditto!
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Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: False Positive
We have been on this list a looooong time!!!! It's still the best
too.
Tonya, Yes,
this was back in '97. They all had French names, but were all three
years old. Little Henry Lee, who I found by a dumpster in Mississippi,
was the positive one, and a kitten. None of the others were vaccinated
and Henry proved to be a false negative, which is said to be a rare
occurrence. I had called my vet from the road and said I wanted him
tested as soon as possible. I isolated him in the bathroom and rushed
him off for a test the same afternoon I got home with him. I was so
happy when he first tested negative. A year later he had a dental and
began to go downhill. That's when they found he had the virus in his
bone marrow and was positive all along.
I think at the time, the
vaccinations were said to do more harm than good if one had indoor cats
whose chances of exposure were rare - or maybe that was my vet's advice.
As soon as Henry was found to be positive, all of the others were
vaccinated with no harmful effects, even my tiny Sylvie who was born
with hypernatremia.
I left that clinic because they weren't very
good, to put it mildly. Later I heard that a lot of other clients also
left as well as the most of the staff. Then the owner became very ill
and had to be hospitalized - maybe stress contributed to it.
I
don't have any positives any more, but since this list is so helpful,
and FELV kitties do tend to be more susceptible to other illnesses, I've
stayed on to learn things and share what I know.
Litte orange Henry
Lee was so cute. If I had another kitty in my lap, Henry would climb in
right on top of him or her and curl up to sleep. The kitty on the bottom
would sort of slide out from underneath and wake up looking like "what
happened?"
Bonnie with seven kitties and two
pups
www.elephants.com
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----- From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005
2:30 pm Subject: Re: False Positive
> Bonnie, > >
I remember when all of this happened. : ( I don't remember > though
if they had all been vaccinated? Also, weren't they > kittens? I am
remembering they were born in a closet and all had > French names?
It's been a while, and my memory's not what it used > to be! >
> tonya > > BONNIE J KALMBACH
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Dawn, > Here is some
anecdotal evidence: my kitty, Claudette and my other > kitties were
exposed to a positive kitty, my little Henry Lee, > whose >
virus had activated. I had them all tested and Claudette was one > of
> those exposed to Henry who became positive. I lost all of my
> positive > kitties, but Claudette. She "threw off" the
virus, and has tested > negative ever since. > >
Bonnie > > > > ----- Original Message
----- > From: Dawn Ritzke > Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 2:51
pm > Subject: False Positive > > > About 3 weeks ago
my 10 month old kitty, Smeagol, died from > feline > >
leukemia. > > I was unaware he even had leukemia. The vet never
checked him > > for > > leukemia. At that time I had my
other kitten, Moxie retested. > > She was > > tested at
birth and was negative. Three weeks ago she came back > >
positive. > > I recently had her retested again and this time she
came back > > negative. I > > am going to have her
tested again in one month. She is very > > healthy. I >
> understand the chance of a false positive is about 3%. I am not
> > very > > familar with feline leukemia. Does anyone
have any advice or > > suggestions. > >
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