Kris, 14 is an awesome milestone for an FeLV+ cat, and that's an understatement! Good for you for taking such a proactive role with Spaz. I have a "dumb" question for you. When is the last time that Spaz was tested for FeLV and was she still positive? We love to hear when FeLV+'s throw off the virus!
:) Wendy --- Terri Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > awesome. > > Terri > ----- Original Message ----- > From: catatonya<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:21 PM > Subject: spaz > > > 14 years old! Wow! > > gwork > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > I need to share the story of my cat, Spaz, with > all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out there. > Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. > She was an indoor-only cat, except for one summer > when she was a kitten, from about 8-10 months of > age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave > her an injection of prednisolone. The response was > almost immediate, and by the next morning, I had a > totally different cat on my hands! She was totally > fine for over two and half years, then had a mild > bout with anemia again. We dealt with that through > pred. tablets. Six months after that, she had > another serious bout with anemia, and our new vet > (we had moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero > effect. It's a rather long story, but I could not > remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and > could not get my old vet's office to look up her > records. We tried Interferon and Winstrol, which > did not help. I FINALLY got the info. from my old > vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to > that Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same > thing. Fortunately, my vet was willing to try > anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again! > So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let > people know that they DO NOT necessarily react the > same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she > suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. > infection after this, but she now has been perfectly > healthy for over two years again. She's almost 14 > now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just > hope I can help someone else. > > Kris > > http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com<http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com/> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sherry > DeHaan<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Felvtalk<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM > Subject: Mini and Mowgli > > > We need prayers for these two sweet little > babies,Mini has survived through so much in her > young life and has fought hard against this horrible > disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this > time.Mowgli is having a rough time right now > too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you. > Sherry > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone > Calls<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.com> > to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
