From skgodschalk61 at gmail.com  Wed Feb 12 11:55:51 2020
From: skgodschalk61 at gmail.com (Sherri Godschalk)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:55:51 -0500
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress
Message-ID: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>

Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when 
my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough 
go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and 
I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I 
have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a 
bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl.

Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of 
Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also 
treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These 
dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she 
was only barely 5 pounds initially.

When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels 
were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really 
thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind 
of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low 
side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the 
Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that 
needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the 
winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.

So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to 
save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that 
I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as 
sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet 
that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other 
healthy cats that need homes".

Best to all.

Sherri & Bogey




From dlgegg at windstream.net  Wed Feb 12 12:34:27 2020
From: dlgegg at windstream.net (dlgegg at windstream.net)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:34:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress
In-Reply-To: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
References: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1954229060.56343384.1581532467948.JavaMail.zimbra@windstream.net>

Thank you for sticking with her and giving her a chance to live.  We need to educate vets that all deserve a chance to live.  
----- Original Message -----
From: Sherri Godschalk <skgodschalk61 at gmail.com>
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:55:51 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress

Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when 
my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough 
go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and 
I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I 
have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a 
bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl.

Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of 
Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also 
treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These 
dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she 
was only barely 5 pounds initially.

When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels 
were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really 
thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind 
of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low 
side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the 
Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that 
needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the 
winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.

So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to 
save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that 
I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as 
sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet 
that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other 
healthy cats that need homes".

Best to all.

Sherri & Bogey



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From thyme2sail at gmail.com  Wed Feb 12 12:46:00 2020
From: thyme2sail at gmail.com (Pam Doore)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:46:00 -0500
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress
In-Reply-To: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
References: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+-nMsuhm7w2t5OCPyqZDceEQNWEuEfXBmyXah_CBd93GA+8RQ@mail.gmail.com>

That is wonderful news!!

It is hard to hear anyone ignore the small picture for the big picture;
thinking it will stop  the problem for the pets in need while we try to
save the one.

Hugs and kisses to Bogey!

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 12:56 PM Sherri Godschalk <skgodschalk61 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when
> my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough
> go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and
> I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I
> have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a
> bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl.
>
> Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of
> Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also
> treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These
> dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she
> was only barely 5 pounds initially.
>
> When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels
> were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really
> thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind
> of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low
> side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the
> Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that
> needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the
> winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.
>
> So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to
> save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that
> I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as
> sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet
> that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other
> healthy cats that need homes".
>
> Best to all.
>
> Sherri & Bogey
>
>
>
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From swacht1946 at comcast.net  Wed Feb 12 19:19:16 2020
From: swacht1946 at comcast.net (Sandra Wachtstetter)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:19:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress
In-Reply-To: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
References: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1447577260.225137.1581556757622@connect.xfinity.com>

Sherri, I can't find the words to describe how your great news makes me feel. Thankfully, your vet was willing to try and not just write her off. Goodspeed to you and Bogey,
Sandy W

> On February 12, 2020 at 12:55 PM Sherri Godschalk <skgodschalk61 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when 
> my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough 
> go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and 
> I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I 
> have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a 
> bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl.
> 
> Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of 
> Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also 
> treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These 
> dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she 
> was only barely 5 pounds initially.
> 
> When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels 
> were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really 
> thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind 
> of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low 
> side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the 
> Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that 
> needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the 
> winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.
> 
> So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to 
> save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that 
> I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as 
> sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet 
> that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other 
> healthy cats that need homes".
> 
> Best to all.
> 
> Sherri & Bogey
> 
> 
> 
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From ardyr at centurytel.net  Wed Feb 12 21:44:06 2020
From: ardyr at centurytel.net (Ardy Robertson)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:44:06 -0600
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress
In-Reply-To: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
References: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001601d5e21f$d8d9beb0$8a8d3c10$@centurytel.net>

Sooooo happy to hear this Sherri. Very hard to take some of those vet
comments so it must have felt wonderful to send a healthy picture and good
report. Continued Best for you and Bogey!!  She's lucky she has you! At the
moment, all my strays are healthy and FELV-free, and I still miss my Tigger
who passed from FELV in 2016. Had I been able to get going on the Winstrol,
Prednisolone, Doxy regimen sooner, I'm convinced he would still be with us.

Ardy Robertson

-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org> On Behalf Of Sherri
Godschalk
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:56 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress

Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when my
new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough go of
it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and I can't
thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I have become ill
myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a bit but I wanted to
take a moment to let you know about my girl.

Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of
Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also
treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These
dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she was
only barely 5 pounds initially.

When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels were
completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really thrived.
She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind of
treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low side of
normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the Winstrol 4
times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that needs to be
increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the winter
months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.

So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to save
her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that I know
she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as sending her
blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet that said she
should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other healthy cats that
need homes".

Best to all.

Sherri & Bogey



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From aoakley at oakleylegal.com  Wed Feb 12 22:29:59 2020
From: aoakley at oakleylegal.com (Amani Oakley)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 04:29:59 +0000
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress
In-Reply-To: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
References: <33301852-d968-4b59-3dc9-c59223ab1674@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c516f9d16c3a4a80b51ef2aff0c87f33@OAKSERVER.oakley.local>

Hi Sherri

I am beyond thrilled that the Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxy combination has helped with Bogey, particularly given the extremely poor shape that Bogey was in when you started the treatment. I am surprised at the low doses, but whatever works for you is wonderful. You are doing it just right, checking her blood levels and adjusting the dosage thereafter.

Good luck to you and to Bogey, and thank you for working so hard to give Bogey a fighting chance.

Amani

-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org> On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: February 12, 2020 12:56 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress

Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl.

Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she was only barely 5 pounds initially.

When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.

So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other healthy cats that need homes".

Best to all.

Sherri & Bogey



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