Awesome! That is great news! Congratulations to you and to Minstrel. Lance
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:45:04 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Just wanted to bring a positive note to you all. > > I took my FeLV girl Minstrel to the vet last week to check her mouth cos > she was showing dental signs. I'd had her checked at New Year just before > Buddy (FIV+) passed away and her gums were a little inflammed but not > severe.?Last Friday she had 3 wobbly teeth and red gums so she'd had root > infection travel down. The vet said the pathology looked like what any > cat can get and not specifically just related to FeLV. She had 5 teeth > out on Tuesday and came home trying to get in the bag of cat biscuits > bless her - but she is eating well soft food complete with antibiotics > sprinkled over and some painkiller for couple of days. Anyway, whilst she > was having pre-op bloods taken I asked them to re-check her FeLV status > as I know occassionally cats can rid themselves of the virus and I just > wanted to know either way. The vet phoned this morning whenthe blood > results came back from the lab and?Minstral?is now FeLV negative :-) I > didn't know whether to laugh or cry but I think I'll be op > ening the champagne tonight. I could now even consider introducing a new > cat into the house (would obviously have to be FeLV - though but would > mean?Minstrel has company when I'm at work - and helping any cat is > better than helping none. Need to book leave from work and consider > carefully before that though - but what a nice surprise. > > hugs and good wishes to all your kitties xxx > > Michelle, Minstrel, Angel Buddy & Angel Bramble > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at > http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now. -- Lance Linimon [EMAIL PROTECTED]