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[Kelley S]

Sorry, I meant to say if the kitty had ANEMIA the bloodwork wouldn't come
back right...

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Kelley S <moonvine at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, but anemia is a condition  It isn't necessarily caused by FELV.  I've
> had cats with anemia who didn't have FELV, and if her kitty had FELV the
> bloodwork would not have come back right, unless her kitty wasn't tested
> for anemia, but anemia is one of the things all my vets have always checked
> on with bloodwork.   I guess anemia isn't an infection, and neither is
> cancer, so I completely misstated that, but I still believe cats don't die
> OF FELV, they die of something else.  As for the other kitty being pos, I
> just remembered that even cats who have tested pos and been housed with
> other pos cats can turn neg, it happens every once in a while.  So
> definitely not good to assume the other kitty is pos.
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Kelley
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t think that is necessarily accurate. When FeLV acts to shut down
>> the bone marrow, the cats usually die from severe anemia and/or internal
>> bleeding (very low platelets) etc. While I agree that the depression of
>> white cell production may allow for the introduction of opportunistic
>> infections, I don’t think that is necessarily the cause of death. With my
>> Zander, he wasn’t suffering from anything other than a profound lack of red
>> cells that meant that (a) his blood couldn’t circulate oxygen properly; (b)
>> he felt horrible and wouldn’t eat; (c) he was extremely fatigued by the
>> profound anemia.
>>
>>
>>
>> Amani
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Kelley S
>> *Sent:* June-09-16 5:01 PM
>> *To:* felvtalk
>> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd look into a different vet, for starters.  Cats don't die of FELV,
>> they die of opportunistic infections due to compromised immune systems.  If
>> the blood tests were good, what specifically was being treated?  Chances
>> are very good Dolce does NOT have FELV.  Many people here mix positive and
>> negative, as do I with my vet's approval, although my negative cats are
>> vaccinated against FELV.  I think it is just nutty to say not to even test
>> him.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Mary Muzyka <mary.muzyka at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been following everyone's comments, which have been very
>> informative.  I recently lost my 3 year old girl, Fiona, to feline
>> leukemia.  She was gone within two weeks.  She went from a very active and
>> healthy girl to barely walking and shaking in a two week period.  I first
>> noticed that she wasn't jumping on my bed or anything else for that
>> matter.  I took her to the vet and they did blood work and called me within
>> an hour of leaving their office telling me she tested positive.  They then
>> sent her blood out for other various tests and the results were all good
>> for her not having any other problems.  Each day she got a little less
>> active and then stopped eating and drinking.  I used a syringe to feed
>> and give her water for a couple days and then took her back to the vet.
>> She injected fluids under her skin and when I got home, she began eating
>> and drinking immediately.  They also gave me a couple pills to give her
>> to stimulate her appetite - they only worked once.  She was shutting down
>> and looked so sad.  The morning she could barely walk and was shaking told
>> me it was time to put her down.  It broke my heart.  I rescued her from the
>> streets and when I had her fixed at one year old, they tested for HIV &
>> leukemia and she was negative.  She has been living with my four year old
>> boy, Dolce, for two years sharing food bowls and litter boxes.  My vet
>> tells me there is a 99% chance that Dolce was infected.  He is in perfect
>> health right now.  The vet basically said she wouldn't bother testing him
>> because she is certain he would have it.  From what I've been reading from
>> the posts here, there is a change he might not be infected.  They used to
>> run and play together, but never did I see her bight him.  I want to add
>> that since I rescued her, she never was outside again.  From what I've been
>> reading, no one has lost a cat this quickly to the disease.  Makes me think
>> she had something else.  I don't have much faith in vets from my experience
>> over the years.  I'd be interested in your thoughts.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mary Muzyka
>>
>>
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