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She hasn't been retested since the beginning of all this (almost 6 years ago), but it's my understanding that once the virus enters the marrow, it's a lifetime deal. Sort of like herpes. The body has already past the point at which it is able to defeat the virus, and has lost. The thing that seems to be so unique in our situation, as I don't know of one other person yet who has experienced it, is that Spaz was asymptomatic and not diagnosed until 8 years of age. Everyone else is receiving their diagnoses during kittenhood or very early adulthood, when the susceptibility is apparently higher. Kris http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com - Original Message - From: wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 8:57 PM Subject: Re: spaz Kris, 14 is an awesome milestone for an FeLV+ cat, and that's an understatement! Good for you for taking such a proactive role with Spaz. I have a dumb question for you. When is the last time that Spaz was tested for FeLV and was she still positive? We love to hear when FeLV+'s throw off the virus! :) Wendy --- Terri Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: awesome. Terri - Original Message - From: catatonyamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgmailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: spaz 14 years old! Wow! gwork [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to share the story of my cat, Spaz, with all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out there. Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. She was an indoor-only cat, except for one summer when she was a kitten, from about 8-10 months of age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave her an injection of prednisolone. The response was almost immediate, and by the next morning, I had a totally different cat on my hands! She was totally fine for over two and half years, then had a mild bout with anemia again. We dealt with that through pred. tablets. Six months after that, she had another serious bout with anemia, and our new vet (we had moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero effect. It's a rather long story, but I could not remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and could not get my old vet's office to look up her records. We tried Interferon and Winstrol, which did not help. I FINALLY got the info. from my old vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to that Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same thing. Fortunately, my vet was willing to try anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again! So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let people know that they DO NOT necessarily react the same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. infection after this, but she now has been perfectly healthy for over two years again. She's almost 14 now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just hope I can help someone else. Kris http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.comhttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com/ - Original Message - From: Sherry DeHaanmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalkmailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Mini and Mowgli We need prayers for these two sweet little babies,Mini has survived through so much in her young life and has fought hard against this horrible disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this time.Mowgli is having a rough time right now too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you. Sherry -- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Callshttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.com to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Kris, There have been other kitties on the list that were diagnosed later in life. I can remember one case where the cat in question was an inside only cat with no known association with cats having felv. One possibility is that they are carrying the disease sequestered in their bone marrow without displaying symptoms, (they can also test neg using ELISA, under this circumstance). Then, one terrible day, it rears it's ugly head. The cat becomes sick, does not recover as expected, is tested, and gets a pos result. How very shocking that must be. One of my rescued felv litter kittens, Tim, tested neg and this could be what's going on with him. I choose to consider him my miracle boy anyway. There is something called a PCR test that is suppose to be better at diagnosing felv, (there is debate about it's effectiveness because of possible errors in evaluating/running the test) and there is a bone marrow test that is more invasive that can be done. Nina gwork wrote: She hasn't been retested since the beginning of all this (almost 6 years ago), but it's my understanding that once the virus enters the marrow, it's a lifetime deal. Sort of like herpes. The body has already past the point at which it is able to defeat the virus, and has lost. The thing that seems to be so unique in our situation, as I don't know of one other person yet who has experienced it, is that Spaz was asymptomatic and not diagnosed until 8 years of age. Everyone else is receiving their diagnoses during kittenhood or very early adulthood, when the susceptibility is apparently higher. Kris
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Yes, that sounds just about exactly like Spaz. I was told that it's possible she had the virus since kittenhood, but it remained dormant. Oddly, her sister Gizmo is negative, so it seems unlikely that she got it as a little kitten, like from their mother. I have had them both since about 9 weeks of age. But perhaps she had a contact that Gizmo didn't have, or Gizmo was simply able to defeat the virus if she had contact, the one summer I let them out when they were about 8-10 months old. But it just seems like she would've displayed symptoms at that time. So who knows! But, yes, I was very devastated when we found out. I naively thought we would just go to the doctor and she would just get fixed right up. I knew there had to be others out there with similar stories, but I just haven't come across them yet. Kris http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com - Original Message - From: Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:04 PM Subject: Re: spaz Kris, There have been other kitties on the list that were diagnosed later in life. I can remember one case where the cat in question was an inside only cat with no known association with cats having felv. One possibility is that they are carrying the disease sequestered in their bone marrow without displaying symptoms, (they can also test neg using ELISA, under this circumstance). Then, one terrible day, it rears it's ugly head. The cat becomes sick, does not recover as expected, is tested, and gets a pos result. How very shocking that must be. One of my rescued felv litter kittens, Tim, tested neg and this could be what's going on with him. I choose to consider him my miracle boy anyway. There is something called a PCR test that is suppose to be better at diagnosing felv, (there is debate about it's effectiveness because of possible errors in evaluating/running the test) and there is a bone marrow test that is more invasive that can be done. Nina gwork wrote: She hasn't been retested since the beginning of all this (almost 6 years ago), but it's my understanding that once the virus enters the marrow, it's a lifetime deal. Sort of like herpes. The body has already past the point at which it is able to defeat the virus, and has lost. The thing that seems to be so unique in our situation, as I don't know of one other person yet who has experienced it, is that Spaz was asymptomatic and not diagnosed until 8 years of age. Everyone else is receiving their diagnoses during kittenhood or very early adulthood, when the susceptibility is apparently higher. Kris
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Kris, 14 is an awesome milestone for an FeLV+ cat, and that's an understatement! Good for you for taking such a proactive role with Spaz. I have a dumb question for you. When is the last time that Spaz was tested for FeLV and was she still positive? We love to hear when FeLV+'s throw off the virus! :) Wendy --- Terri Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: awesome. Terri - Original Message - From: catatonyamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgmailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: spaz 14 years old! Wow! gwork [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to share the story of my cat, Spaz, with all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out there. Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. She was an indoor-only cat, except for one summer when she was a kitten, from about 8-10 months of age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave her an injection of prednisolone. The response was almost immediate, and by the next morning, I had a totally different cat on my hands! She was totally fine for over two and half years, then had a mild bout with anemia again. We dealt with that through pred. tablets. Six months after that, she had another serious bout with anemia, and our new vet (we had moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero effect. It's a rather long story, but I could not remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and could not get my old vet's office to look up her records. We tried Interferon and Winstrol, which did not help. I FINALLY got the info. from my old vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to that Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same thing. Fortunately, my vet was willing to try anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again! So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let people know that they DO NOT necessarily react the same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. infection after this, but she now has been perfectly healthy for over two years again. She's almost 14 now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just hope I can help someone else. Kris http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.comhttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com/ - Original Message - From: Sherry DeHaanmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalkmailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Mini and Mowgli We need prayers for these two sweet little babies,Mini has survived through so much in her young life and has fought hard against this horrible disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this time.Mowgli is having a rough time right now too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you. Sherry -- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Callshttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.com to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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14 years old! Wow!gwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to share the story of my cat, Spaz, with all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out there. Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. She was an indoor-only cat, except for one summer when she was a kitten, from about 8-10 months of age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave her an injection of prednisolone. The response was almost immediate, and by the next morning, I had a totally different cat on my hands! She was totally fine for over two andhalf years, then had a mild bout with anemia again. We dealt with that through pred. tablets. Six months after that, she had another serious bout with anemia, andour new vet (we had moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero effect. It's a rather long story, but I could not remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and could not get my old vet's office to look up her records. We tried Interferon and Winstrol, which did not help. I FINALLY got the info. from my old vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to that Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same thing. Fortunately, my vet was willing to try anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again! So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let people know that they DO NOT necessarily react the same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. infection after this, but she now has been perfectly healthy for over two years again. She's almost14 now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just hope I can help someone else. Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com- Original Message - From: Sherry DeHaan To: Felvtalk Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Mini and MowgliWe need prayers for these two sweet little babies,Mini has survived through so much in her young life and has fought hard against this horrible disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this time.Mowgli is having a rough time right now too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you. Sherry Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
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awesome. Terri - Original Message - From: catatonya To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: spaz 14 years old! Wow!gwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to share the story of my cat, Spaz, with all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out there. Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. She was an indoor-only cat, except for one summer when she was a kitten, from about 8-10 months of age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave her an injection of prednisolone. The response was almost immediate, and by the next morning, I had a totally different cat on my hands! She was totally fine for over two andhalf years, then had a mild bout with anemia again. We dealt with that through pred. tablets. Six months after that, she had another serious bout with anemia, andour new vet (we had moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero effect. It's a rather long story, but I could not remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and could not get my old vet's office to look up her records. We tried Interferon and Winstrol, which did not help. I FINALLY got the info. from my old vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to that Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same thing. Fortunately, my vet was willing to try anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again! So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let people know that they DO NOT necessarily react the same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. infection after this, but she now has been perfectly healthy for over two years again. She's almost14 now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just hope I can help someone else. Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com - Original Message - From: Sherry DeHaan To: Felvtalk Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Mini and Mowgli We need prayers for these two sweet little babies,Mini has survived through so much in her young life and has fought hard against this horrible disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this time.Mowgli is having a rough time right now too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you. Sherry Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
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Yeah, that's pretty much what the doctors have said, too :). One commented that she is like the Energizer Bunny - just keeps goin', and goin', and goin'. I just want to thank everybody for all the information they share on this list because I have learned some things that I know will be helpful in the future. It's hard to find people who care this much for the animals. Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com - Original Message - From: Terri Brown To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:35 PM Subject: Re: spaz awesome. Terri - Original Message - From: catatonya To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: spaz 14 years old! Wow!gwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to share the story of my cat, Spaz, with all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out there. Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. She was an indoor-only cat, except for one summer when she was a kitten, from about 8-10 months of age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave her an injection of prednisolone. The response was almost immediate, and by the next morning, I had a totally different cat on my hands! She was totally fine for over two andhalf years, then had a mild bout with anemia again. We dealt with that through pred. tablets. Six months after that, she had another serious bout with anemia, andour new vet (we had moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero effect. It's a rather long story, but I could not remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and could not get my old vet's office to look up her records. We tried Interferon and Winstrol, which did not help. I FINALLY got the info. from my old vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to that Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same thing. Fortunately, my vet was willing to try anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again! So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let people know that they DO NOT necessarily react the same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. infection after this, but she now has been perfectly healthy for over two years again. She's almost14 now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just hope I can help someone else. Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com - Original Message - From: Sherry DeHaan To: Felvtalk Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Mini and Mowgli We need prayers for these two sweet little babies,Mini has survived through so much in her young life and has fought hard against this horrible disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this time.Mowgli is having a rough time right now too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you. Sherry Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
