That is the way it was with Nitnoy. We never really had the time to decide on treatment before she was gone. I keep thinking there is something I missed and should have seen.
---- "molvey...@hotmail.com" > wrote: > Lisa, You were lucky because 9 1/2 years is a long time for a FeLV cat, especially if he had it as a kitten. Most cats that had FeLV as a kitten don't live past 3 years. Many live less than a year. If you were giving him interferon then maybe that was it. I have heard of some that lived about that long but not too often if they got it as a kitten from their mom. One vet told me about one that lived until it was 18. I kind of wonder if the vet was smoking dope cause that's really odd. I had one that died at 2 years old that had a mediastinal tumor. Like Prancer she was fine then one day her breathing became labored. Before the vet and I could even discuss what to do she died. At the time I did not know she had FeLV because she tested negative as a kitten. They didn't see the tumor on X-ray because of all the fluid so we did a necropsy to see where the fluid was coming from. Sure enough the vet found this large tumor and it had actually punctured her heart and the fluid in her chest was all blood. Then the vet got curious and did a combo test and found the FeLV. My guess is that most likely the tumor would have eventually ruptured Prancer's heart too so you probably did the best thing for Prancer. I didn't know they could treat those kinds of tumors. In my cat's case it was too late when we found it but I'm glad to know that in case something comes up in the future. Maureen Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G on AT&T ----- Reply message ----- From: "Terri Brown" > To: > Subject: [Felvtalk] Interferon Date: Fri, Oct 12, 2012 3:23 pm I used interferon with Salome'. I started her on it when she was about 3 years old, and I gave it to her as often as I could get a hold of it. Salome' lived to be 9 1/2 years old, and she died from liver failure. Hope that helps! T =^..^= Terri, Guinevere, Travis, Dori, Kimiko and 8 furangels: Ruthie, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec, Salome, Sammi and Siggie the Tomato Vampire =^..^= ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Conner To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 1:48 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Interferon 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 didnt 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 wasnt 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 listFelvtalk@felineleukemia.orghttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
