Fingers and paws crossed that the shots help. Sharyl --- On Sat, 9/19/09, Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> From: Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [Felvtalk] First Doses of Imulan For Murphy & Rosie > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 3:11 AM > We have our fingers crossed!! We > arrived at our vet's office right after the shipment > arrived. Rosie and Murphy had their exams and blood drawn > for baselines-CBCs and their 3rd FeLV tests. We have > previous tests from June 3rd this year also. Those tests > showed that Murphy's levels were changing (similar to > Schatzi's who just passed less than a month ago). We are > really concerned for our last 2 cats because Rosie (tabby) > is the only female of the litter of 5-her 4 brothers have > passed away in the last 5 months from severe anemia. She has > just turned a year old last month-she insists on a game of > fetch several times a day with her lamb's wool mouse. (she > has plucked most of the wool off and I can't find another > one.) Murphy is a semi long haired, polydactyl, tuxedo boy > with 7 toes on each front foot and a spare on each hind > foot-He was dumped into the feral colony that Rosie and her > brothers came from. He is the sweetest boy, so playful and > just wants to > hang out with you-he follows you around like a dog. He > looks like he has Ov-Gloves on! Anyway-this disease seems > like a switch is flipped on and there is nothing we can do > to save them-we are hoping that using this product before > the symptoms of anemia appear will give us some chance of > them surviving for a long time. Maybe by taking a proactive > approach we will be able to turn the odds a little. We > are beginning with one injection a week for a month, then > every two weeks...to once a month. Blood will be drawn every > two weeks at first. We had the first injections at the vet's > office today (the tech did Murphy's and she watched while I > gave Rosie's). I will be giving the remaining 8 doses at > home to save costs. We'll have the blood test results back > Monday. Say a little prayer for us. > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
