<p dir="ltr">The studies I read indicate that only 15% of adult cats challenged with felv will succumb to the disease and become long term positive.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2014 2:24 PM, "Grant, Mary A." <<a href="mailto:mgrant@mofo.com">mgrant@mofo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It is so good to hear some FeLV success stories. Thank you. We trapped our Sundae last year. She was living in our yard and we brought her in at about 12
weeks. She has been on interferon for about a year now, and so far she’s good. I take her for a wellness check up every three months. I am hopeful that her immune system is built up enough for her to stay strong. We also have 3 cats who are not FeLV+
we vaccinated them after they were exposed to Sundae (long story) but we had them tested twice and they are healthy. My fur kids mean the world to my husband and I. It’s so nice to hear of other cats living reasonably long lives.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mary<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Felvtalk [mailto:<a href="mailto:felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>grace mifsud<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Felvtalk] introduction<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Welcome to the group Sandy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Grace<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Felvtalk [<a href="mailto:felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">mailto:felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sandy Noneofyourbusiness<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 October 2014 17:19<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Felvtalk] introduction<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Hi everyone! I am new here so if I do something wrong, let me know. This kind of group is set up different than what I am used to.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">My male friend moved back to Wisconsin, from Tucson, AZ back in 2012. He brought with him ‘9’ of his cats. ALL had FeLV. Shortly after he moved here, 5 of his cats
died.(stress and fleas) A friend of his had to have brought them over with him when he was visiting.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We were friends back in the mid 70’s, and we ended up dating and now we have been living together for about a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1 1/2 yrs. I had a FeLV free cat and 2 dogs. It was a HARD decision but all I could do is vaccinate my cat for FeLV and pray he does not get it.(it is about 75% effective?)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Anyway, what I was going to say, that cats having FeLV is not a death sentence, so do not count on them to be dying early. One cat of my boyfriend’s,(Clyde) was 13
yrs. old before he died. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Right now we have Oliver(4 years 4 mos.), Diamond(9 yrs. 10 months),Dora Jean(10 yrs. 4 mos.),Sheila(4 yrs.) and Wilma(3 yrs. 6 mos.). I also have 2 dogs, Ryder(8
yrs. 6 mos.) and last but not least, Ozzie(12 yrs. 8 mos.). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">ALL cats are healthy and always have been, so far. Diamond does have a tumor in his throat(ear) area that just doing surgery would most likely kill him from stress.(it
is not FeLV related) So as long as he eats and has no pain and no other issues, we will keep him alive. He is a very happy cat.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">My oldest dog,Ozzie, might have blastomycosis.(2nd dog of mine that has had it) The vet should be letting me know today/tomorrow. Since he is so old, I will not treat
him and just put him to sleep.(UGH!) He also has an enlarged heart. So I may have to make that tough decision that we ALL hate.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Sorry this is so long, just wanted to do an intro.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Sandy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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