I am happy for you my friend. The IFA test is much more reliable than the snap test. I am still working on that email. I have fallen way behind in my interpersonal correspondence.
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Twisted Princess < twistedprinces...@yahoo.com> wrote: > last sunday (yes sunday, easter sunday-they are open 7 days a week with no > extra charges on the weekend) to a vet. i think i mentioned them, they seem > pretty knowledgeble with treating frlv from what i had seen on their web > page. anyway, the vet didn't seem to think my cat was positive due to the > fact he was indoors 24/7 and an adult and because he looked healthy. she > said at most he might just be a carrier but wanted to retest him. she gave > him an injection for his vomiting (which she says may have been caused by > the baytil which he had just finished a 2 week course of it) and put him on > pepsin for a week.anyway, she called with sports results of the ifa test. > > this certainly has been an experience, one i could have very well done > without. but it is said there is a reason for everything. maybe what i have > learned will come in handy in the future. i don't know.perhaps i should get > a third opinion but i'm stopping with the second one. the vet said the > results came back negative. needless to say, i cried tears of joy. if the > first vet actually ran an ifa like he said he did and actually did get > a positive, then sport has beaten the odds of .3% > > my heart goes out to the rest of you. i can only hope that the future will > bring a cure for this disease. it is nothing a cat or cat owner should have > to endure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;p33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333[[[[[[[[[[[[09566666666666666666666444444 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties stores and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Buy or renew magazines and help our kitties! http://www.magfundraising.com/rescuties Help us spay some kitties! http://rescuties.chipin.com/feed-hungry-animals "Rather than helping, it's easier to point fingers and say "take them first as long as you leave me alone". _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
