Thank you for trying to bring everyone back on topic. I'm very new to this forum but would love to hear from anyone who can talk more about interferon.
Maryam Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 12, 2012, at 13:48, Lisa Conner <lisa.con...@syniverse.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I think everyone was so hung up with this politcal debate, no one saw my 2 > questions on Interferon and the length of years a Felv + cat has lived. > > Ok- so, I joined when my 9 + year old boy, Prancer became very > sick..literally overnight. He breathing was extremely labored and I rushed > him to the Emergency Vet. They said he was critical , and didn’t think he > was going to make it. May be best to put him to sleep since he was Felv+ and > needed oxygen and and his gums were pale. That night they extracted 3 ½ cups > of fluid from his lungs. Thank goodness, because that saved his life. In > the morning we transferred him to our regular vet and our vet thought it was > his heart. He was right. The ultrasound showed a huge mass tumor at the > base of his heart. The vet wasn’t sure how much time Prancer had, however, > he said it might be a day or week, depending on how much fluid built up in > his lung area. Within 4 days, the fluid was back and I could not have him > suffer as I lost my Dad to the the suffering of congestive heart failure > (with build up of fluid in the lungs). > > So, my vet believes that Interferon might have helped Prancer over the years, > since in all his years in practice, they have not seen a cat like Prancer, > great health for 9 ½ years, but be Felv +. > > Has anyone in this group used Interferon with their cats and what is the > typical avg span life for Felv+ cats? > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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