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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi, welcome to the group! First off,
don't panic. If they appear to be otherwise healthy, the most
important things are a low stress environment and a high quality
diet. My Harley & Milkdud each lived 4.5 years after I
adopted them, in generally good health until the virus changed to
its active form. Brock only lived a year and a half (but he was
probably close to 5 when he died). All were doing great until 10
days to 3 months before they died. Harley did have a severe upper
respiratory infection (10 days in the hospital) 2 months before he
got cancer, but those 2 months between, he was a happy boy, his
usual rambunctious self, causing all kinds of mischief. All 3 got
cancer in the end - 2 lymphoma, and Harley's was an inoperable
tumor that started in the middle ear and spread down to his jaw.
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Brock had a heart condition and was on 5 prescription meds plus 2
supplements for that. I gave lysine when Harley got his upper
respiratory infection, but I'm not sure it did much. I think I
gave it to Brock also. He lived with Harley, but never got the
infection. I will always wonder if Brock might have been the
source. But it was 2-3 months between the time I adopted Brock
and Harley got the URI. Mice would get in sometimes, and a week
or two before Harley got sick, he caught a chipmunk in the
garage. <br>
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Some lucky FeLV+ cats live 10-12 years. I have had 2 vets say
they see an average survival of 2.5 years, with a range from 6
months to 10+ years. <br>
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Marsha<br>
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On 6/5/2016 7:51 PM, Realissa Dekraunti wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px">Hi
everybody. Thank you for accepting me in this group. I am
just too devastated to think straight. I rescued two cats in
October and I found out two days ago that they are both Felv
positive. We did an Elisa test on Thursday, and it came back
positive, and an IFA that confirmed the positive results. I
live in LA and I don't know what to do, where to go, if there
is alternative medicine. I love these two cats more than I
could ever imagine and it is breaking my heart. Any input,
help, direction you could give me, would be incredibly
appreciated. They are FIV negative but FELV positive. I have
heard there is a medicine called LTCI but that it is very
expensive. I am also heard of Virbagen Omega, L Lysin,
Interfone. There is so much info that I am overwhelmed. </span>
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style="font-family:inherit">to add some information.</span></span></div>
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<div><span
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style="font-family:inherit"> Date of birth: May 7, 2015</span><br>
<span style="font-family:inherit">ELISA "snap" test at
Animal Wellness Center: June 25, 2015 (age: 7 weeks).
Results: weak positive for FeLV</span><br>
<span style="font-family:inherit">IFA confirming test at
Animal Wellness Center: June 30, 2015 (age: 7 weeks, 5
days). Results</span></span><span
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style="font-family:inherit">: negative</span><br>
<span style="font-family:inherit">ELISA "snap" test at
Animal Wellness Center: August 1, 2015 (age: 12 weeks, 2
days). Results: weak positive for FeLV</span><br>
<span style="font-family:inherit">ELISA in-lab test at
Animal Wellness Center (sent to IDEXX): August 13, 2015
(age: 14 weeks). Results: negative </span></span></span></div>
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<div><span
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style="font-family:inherit"><span
style="font-family:inherit">June 1, 2016 ELISA test both
came positive </span></span></span></div>
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<div><span
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style="font-family:inherit"><span
style="font-family:inherit">June 2, 2016 IFA both came
Felv positive FIV negative</span></span></span><br>
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style="font-family:inherit">Thanks a lot</span></span></span></div>
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