Hi Folks,
My kitty Rumi was just diagnosed with Felv and Fiv today. He had been treated
for a severe anemaia over the past few weeks (transfusions and antibiotics +
pred) and as recently as 3 weeks ago was FIV and Felv negative on blood samples.
His PCV went from 8 to 26 today - a great recovery. My daughter an I noticed
some swollen lymph nodes yesterday and when we showed them to the vets today
they said that his prognosis is grave given that we now know he is Felv
positve. They beleive there is probably an underlying fast growing cancer
responsible for the nodes and have said evenif they find it and treat with
chemo he will only have 4 or 5 months at best ( they said take the weekend to
think about it). So hard to beleive when you see him running around and
purring in your lap and gaining weight. We are pretty broken up about it - he
is an awesome 2 year old cat that we got from a shelter only a month ago.
Anyone have experiences that are similar or other thoughts?
thanks,
Sally
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