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Michelle – also don’t put too
much weight on FIV result – it’s probably false positive – I took
one of my older boy, OB for a blood work and I accidentally found out that he
was tested for FIV positive, which did not make sense to me (he had always been
negative and never been around of positives) – anyway, I had sent it out
for WB for confirmation, and it came back negatives - - FIV false positives happened
to 3 out of 7 of my cats in the past. From: Hi, Michelle – I can completely
relate to your worry. Having tons of feral kitties at my house, I often
have to put them on iso gas just to draw a blood – I think they call it
“plain anesthesia” – just enough to draw a blood and they are
not completely sleep and already awake when they are done with drawing blood
– I hate to do it for the same reason as you are concerned.. but
it’s still safer than having them go through a long surgery without
checking their blood work first, I guess. I had to have the dental done for Hannibal
a couple of weeks ago, and was so freaking worried about it because of his CRF
condition, and him being so older.. and the vet thought that he had FIP and
stuff – but he came out ok --- Tsubomi, my felK also had to go through
spaying surgery, and it went ok, too ---- so, I am sure that your baby Patches
will be just fine!!! Michelle, I will be praying very hard for
both Patches and Lucy and will be sending lots of healing energy –
please ask your vet not to use any sedatives or injectable prior or during or
after the surgery, but only to use ISO gas – they recover much faster
without injectables and injectables can cause complications.. my vets had
suggested and we never use any injectables on my kitties any more – and
its amazing how much sooner they recover without it ----so, just to avoid any
risks, I would recommend that they only use ISO gas on Patches – (also,
because I think, my Suzi had a reaction from injectables from pain killer
during the spaying surgery and she died from it and I decided not to use it on
any of my cats anymore) --- Hideyo From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of I was already fretting about Patches
because she has been having a little trouble eating and the gums above her two
broken canines are really swollen, so I made an appointment with a dentist for
her tomorrow and was pretty sure he was going to say they have to come out. She
is FeLV+ and at least 5 years old, so surgery freaks me out. But today she was
running around the house meowing and sqatting and peeing little drops of bloody
urine, so I scooped her up and took her to the vet. She has crystals again,
they think (second time) and was given antibiotics and pain killer. They
also did an FeLV test to confirm her status, and guess what-- yes, she has
FeLV, but she also has FIV. I had not known this. AND he could not get
blood from her because she had such a stress reaction to him trying that she
started panting and almost collapsed. I have never had blood drawn from her
before. He insisted the only way to get the blood (necessary for
pre-surgery workup anyway, but I wanted to see if anything else is going on
with her) was to give her isoflourine gas (i.e. anesthesia) for 5 minutes and
get the blood that way. This was a new vet to me, and I never heard of
such a thing, and did not want to do it. Gray convinced me to do it because she
needs blood drawn, is going to have to get anesthesia to get the teeth out
anyway next week, and she had been so stressed by the attempt to get blood from
her that he thought such stress could do as much damage as the 5 minutes of gas.
So I did it, and she was ok, but I was really upset about it. This is
already the 2nd vet office I am trying in the area since moving her in
August. I thought I would like them because they carry Purevax vaccines,
unlike most places, and because the vet I saw there when I took And of course vet started quoting the
statistic to me that 80% of cats with FeLV die within 3 years of contracting
it, and my remaining three have all had it at least 4 years or so and probably
longer, so although I know these stats are skewed from so many positives being
euthanized on testing positive, I started feeling really depressed about their
prospects for having much more time. ANYWAY, having had anesthesia gas and
some painkiller and dex, Patches is quite calm and happy now and basking in the
sun on the bed, but I probably need anti-anxiety meds now. Please say a prayer for her to get
through all of this, the urinary tract problems and the dental surgery, without
problems. Also please pray for Lucy, who seems to have IBD now and is on
steroids (she is also FeLV+). I am going to start making home-made diets
for them to see if that helps. I want to try raw but am worried because
some people say that immune-compromised cats can have problems with the
increased bacteria load in raw, so I think I may try a lightly cooked version
of a raw diet. Michelle |
- RE: Please wish Patches good luck! and Lucy too! Hideyo Yamamoto
