Hi, Jennifer, What have the vets done so far in terms of effort of diagnosing what may be wrong with him? Did they do complete blood work on him? Are the all the organs shown as normal? How about his thyroid level? How about his glucose level? How about his protein level???
A similar thing happened to my cat, OB (who is not feLV positive by the way), but the condition you described for Sebastian is very similar to OB's problem - he eats well, but keep losing weight and hair was getting way to thin and drink lots of water - all the blood work is normal, and no one could figure out what's wrong with him - and my AC, Janet told me about this vet below (her dog had a similar problem, and she spent over $15,000 to treat him, but couldn't fix and he was dying - and then she found out this doctor, Dr. plechnner and his treatment and the dog was finally cured by him! I am sending the link about him and his book - you might want to read about it - you will just have to find a vet to work with Dr. Plechnner for the treatment portion. I read it myself and it's pretty impressive. There is a blood work you can have it done to see if the problem your cat may have is the problem that he talks about - about Janet told me that the blood work costs a lot of money $300 or so, lots of people just start treatment to see if they work for them - Dr. Plechnner also talks about treating many many FeLV positive cats and cure them as well when everyone else have given up on them in his book - I am not sure if this is the answer, but I would definitely recommend it - and here's the link. http://www.drplechner.com/resources.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:59 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Help Hi Jennifer, I know your baby is in trouble and how scary this is, but try not to panic. First of all, why was Sebastian on steroid shots monthly for years? I know that hair loss is associated with steroids. The weakness in his hind legs could be caused by a number of things, potassium deficiency, spinal injury, etc. I do not know if there are vets that specialize in FeLV per se, but you should be seeing a specialist vet such as an Internist instead of a regular practice vet so they can help diagnosis whatever is going on with your sweet Sebastian. You can find a specialty clinic, (a vet hospital that has different specialists under one roof), by asking you current vet, or phoning an emergency clinic in your area for a referral. Nina JENNIFER RATLIFF wrote: > I need help with my 3 year old FELV+ baby Sebastian. Sebastian, I > believe, was born positive. His life has been wonderful until > recently. He has lost weight, hair, and has weakness in his hind > legs. His eating habits are good. I just don't know what to do. I > have taken him to three different vets and no one is doing what I > want. I want to know why all of these things are happening and I want > to fix them. I have to do everything that I can to help him. I will > be devastated when something happens to him. For about two years he > was getting steroid shots monthly. This was recently stopped and now > he is on Interferon. / /I need to know if anyone knows of any feline > leukemia specialists, any great websites. I will take him to whatever > vet that I need to. I just need advice as to what to do next. >
