I say "hell with the statistics if it does not work on your favor" - I had decided a long time ago to believe in statistic information only when it work on my favor, if it does not, I completely ignore it -
I have tons high corona titer cats - and according to statistics, considering how multi-cat house hold my house is, I am supposed to have lost about 20 cats to FIP - and have not - actually lost "O" - I think there are so many variables and you can't just simply put in one statistical information --- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria Lane Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:44 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Please wish Patches good luck! and Lucy too! Well, I don't know what the right kind of person is (or wrong), but you have great respect and dedication and intent, so sounds good to me. I have 5 FELV cats - have lost 3 in the last 2 years, along with several non-FELV cats. Of the 5 FELV cats I have now, 2 are between 2 and 3 years old (fingers crossed), and 3 are over three years (like 5 or 6, I'll have to check). I just picked up these three within the last year, from someone who had to rehome them. All are on interferon, all doing great. It does make one paranoid, losing them. I've lost two non-FELV fosters in the last month, plus one that someone adopted from me was euthanized (not for a good reason). IT hurts. But when you try to do what's best for them, and give them a good life, and make things better than they were, what more can you ask for. It's a great gift. Gloria On Jan 4, 2006, at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks, Gloria. That really does help. I just have become so > paranoid and fatalistic from losing so many animals in the last few > years, that statistics like the one the vet cited just put me over > the edge a little bit. > > But Gray showed me that the vet also has a chart in the office, put > out by Hills, saying that a 17 year old cat is equivalent to a 100 > year-old human. Now I know 17 is old for a cat, but that would > make our cat Percy, who lived to a month short of 20, about 120 in > human years! Which is a bit ridiculous. It also had dogs over 55 > pounds being equivalent to 100 human years at age 11. This made > Gray feel better because we lost our three large dogs at 9, 10, and > 11 and felt like they were young when they died. But we have also > known a few large dogs who lived to 15, which would make them 140 > in human terms according to the chart! So all of these numbers are > a bit bizarre when you sit down to think about them. > > Sorry if I seem so anxious when I write. The vet told me that he > thought Patches was anemic, before the HCT results were done, and I > almost passed out. But her HCT was 37, thank god. I am just always > so sure the other shoe will drop. Everyone tells me I am > completely the wrong type of person to have adopted 6 FeLV+ cats. > I know they are right. But I also love them so much I can't > imagine not having done it. > > Michelle > > In a message dated 1/4/2006 2:23:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi Michelle, prayers coming for Patches and Lucy! I know you have a > lot os stress trying to keep them well. In my opinion, different > vets will say a lot if different, diverse things about FELV - much > just based on their feelings, not necessarily based on research or > solid evidence. My friend Susan has several FELV cats that just last > and last and last - going to be old age kitties. Hope yours live > long too! > > Gloria >
