[Felvtalk] Just tested positive

[Kelley S]

I would try to find a holistic vet.  Mine has a 22 year old felv+ patient
who is currently dying - not of FELV but of liver failure.  I swear by
her.  Tons of controversy here,  but I also swear by raw food diets if you
can swing it.  Others will disagree

We never know how long we have with them.


On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:56 PM, <dlgegg at windstream.net> wrote:

> lI think those are the two most important things we can do for them, lots
> of love and keep the stress down.  Stress as in humans, causes so many
> things.  My Anney never tested positive with her 1st owner, just after
> Katy's death and being shuffled from here to there and have no real love
> and attention during Kathy's illness.  She is still having trouble
> adjusting to NOT being the only cat in the house and takes a lot of loving.
>
>
> ---- Amy <awilkins23 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > First of all,  I'm so sorry about your loss of Yang.  I've been through
> it so many times and it NEVER gets any easier.
>
> The good news is that I have two adults, 10 and 11, that have had leukemia
> since I got them, almost 10 years ago.  They have been healthy all along.
>  I've had my share of ones that made it less than 2 years and some that
> made it 4 or 5 years.  You never really know.  Just take it one day at a
> time and cherish every minute.
>
> We don't do anything special here.  We tried lots of stuff at the
> beginning but it never seemed to help for us.  I just try to keep stress
> levels low and love them and that seems to work :)
>
> Best of luck.  Hope you have many years with Merlot.
>
> Amy
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Maya D'Alessio <mdelow at gmail.com>
> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:12 PM
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> My cat Merlot, just tested positive for FeLV yesterday afternoon.  We had
> him tested, because my three year old cat Yang (female) started acting ill
> at the end of June, the next morning I took her in to the vets and we
> discovered she was anemic, jaundiced and had a high fever.  They checked
> her blood levels and found she was anemic (about 13, vs 26 in a healthy
> cat).  She stayed at the vet during the day  and her blood levels didn't
> get any worse, and our vet was optimistic.  They transferred her over to
> the emergency clinic which was open all evening and in to the weekend.
>  They monitored her overnight and her red blood cells decreased, her fever
> lowered but she went past normal to too cold.  That morning the blood tests
> came back and she was positive for FeLV.  We were shocked.  Even worse was
> that her detailed blood work showed no uptick in blood cell production,
> where she should have increased production, she actually had almost no
> >  production.  We then got to see her before we had to put her down.
>  That was the hardest day of my life.
>
> Now, with Merlot testing positive I am terrified of losing him so quickly,
> and I am still grieving for Yang.  I know the statistics are not great for
> long term prognosis, but he is currently healthy (just a tiny bit of
> gingivitis - we are going to start brushing his teeth).  What can I do to
> keep him healthy?  How do I live with him everyday without starting to
> grieve him already?  I know we all are going to die someday, but this just
> feels like it is going to hang over me.  I am still doing reading on the
> disease and newer treatments and such, but do these all start after the cat
> becomes noticeably ill, or are there things I can be doing now to help keep
> him healthy?  Are probiotics helpful in this case?
>
> For those who have or have had a healthy FeLV cat, how long did they stay
> healthy for?
>
>
> --
>
> Maya D'Alessio
>
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