Yes, I will send you another vial if you need me to, you just let me know, Michelle -
In addition to Mr. Ishida's studies, I also read about one case study of Pancho (?) who had FIP and FIV - and he was in a very bad shape, and he recovered completely for about 1.5 year with interferon and due to the financial issue, they were giving human interferon and Pancho must have developed antibody when he developed FIP again 1.5 year later.. and due to financial reason, they couldn't treat him anymore- Most of his cases were FIP cats.. due to fluid, some had a difficult time breathing.. sounded like in a pretty bad shape,, but none of them were that anemic when they were brought in ---let me find the study and will email you off line.. I just forwarded an email from sally to you so that you can read what happened to her babies.. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:09 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Lucy update Hideyo, I am not going to do anything to her right now. I hardly ever euthanize at all, much less while someone is eating. Most of my animals have died at home on their own. I just do not want her to suffer too much in the end, which is why I asked the vet. I think my cat Buddy went through too much at the end. Hope is getting slimmer, and I don't want to put her through transfusions. I know they are not a big deal in themselves, but we would have to do them at an ER very far away, and she gets so very stressed out, and the process takes a good 4-5 hours between typing, thawing the blood, doing the transfusion, and making sure there is no reaction. Add in the driving and we are talking about 6-7hours. She has enough trouble going to the vet that is 10 minutes away. While she was ok for the draining, she was screaming at the top of her lungs before he started. I thought she was at transfusion level on Saturday and her pcv was 15. I think she is worse now, but maybe, like on Saturday, I am completely wrong about that. I hope so. I will continue to give her the feline interferon. Were Dr. Ishida's patients very sick already when he started treating them? My shipment still has not come in. I have enough from the vial you sent me to get me through Thursday. Hopefully it will come before then. If it doesn't come by Thursday, would you send me another vial? (her dose would be due on Friday). if she is still here, which I hope and pray and believe she will be. Thanks, Hideyo, for everything, Michelle In a message dated 1/30/2007 5:02:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michelle - I am crying as I read this email as I know how much you want Lucy to get better and so do I ---I wish I had this power to cure all the sick babies in the world to make a miracle happen.. Michelle - don't think about euthanizing her right now.. she is eating.. and she does not seem to be in pain.. who knows she may beat this thing even if it's FIP - sometimes, according to dr. ishida's paper, it takes 2 to 4 weeks to fluid to be gone completely and recover from FIP.. again the challenge is the anemia status - I think that is the biggest challenge her - you could give her transfusions to buy time until epogen starts working.. Just continue to fight with her.. she is fighting with you - if for some reason, if she does not want to anymore.. you will know.. just love her like there is no tomorrow.. hold her and kiss her and enjoy every minute and every second.. she is your baby,, and she will always be your baby and no one can take that away from you... Hideyo
