My little Henry Lee, who originally tested a false negative, died before he was two years old. His virus was activated, the vet thought, by the stress of anesthesia when he had a dental. After the virus activated, three other kitties (Katyushka, Phillipe, and Claudette) were infected. They both lived two more years; Their health was pretty good the first year after testing positive which gave me hope, but they began to decline during the second year. A third kitty, my fat little tabby Claudette, through off the virus and tested negative a month or so after testing positive. She was three years old at the time. Katyushka was a beautiful pale gold Angora who passed at 16 years and Phillipe, Claudette's brother, passed at age five. I was told that most kitties live two years after being infected.
Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 7:59 am Subject: life spans of positives > If it is not too hard, could people let me know the ages of their > positives > now, and the ages of positives who have passed? I keep being told > that I was > being unrealistic in my hope that Simon, and my others, would live > longer than > they did. I had heard of positives living as long as 14. My Jo > died at age 3, > Buddy at age 18 months, and Simon was around 4. My largest grief > right now is > about his suffering and what he went through, but I am also so > grief-stricken > at how short his life was. And it was short, very short, at 4 > years old, when > cats can live to 20. But I also feel like it was short for a > positive, like I > should have been able to help him live longer than that. I am > trying to > assess my expectations of this, regarding my remaining positives > as well, and so > just want to know what the age spans really are for positives who > are well > cared-for, so maybe I can be more honest with myself about what > truly can be > expected. > Thanks, > Michelle > >
