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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Realissa,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I am sorry to hear about your babies, the diagnosis is a real heartbreaker, I know. If you are interested in a holistic approach to keep them healthy there is a really good book called The Nature of Animal Healing by Dr. Marin Goldstein. He is known as one of the best integrative vets in the world, integrative meaning he uses conventional and holistic remedies for his patients. He has cured animals that owners were told were not curable or that conventional medicine alone did not work for. Which I think is the best kind of vet. His clinic is based out of New York, if I lived there and had known about him that is where I would have gone for my baby right from the get go, no doubt. He has a section in his book on what he has done for FELV kitties to keep them healthy and from developing the bad things that can come along for FELV cats. I think the biggest thing I have learned about FELV is that we should probably not vaccinate them, especially if they are indoor cats. Vaccinations do a number on even a healthy animals immune system. He does have suggestions on how to keep them strong if they must endure vaccinations due to state laws, and suggests that if you do vaccines that you should not do them all at once or in combo doses as this is too much for the immune system to handle at one time. There is a very real reason they have now<i> finally</i> started doing 3 year vaccinations instead of yearly, even though Veterinarians have been pushing for it since the 90s. The side effects, the sick animals, the cancer that they have caused… it is all very scary and with a FELV or immune compromised cats and dogs even more so. I hope you can push past the fear, come up with a solid game plan to do the best you can for them and then just enjoy them and put Felv on the back burner and go on as normal. This is what you have to do, and you will, and you will come to terms with the situation and move forward. I will pray that your babies stay healthy and happy for many, many years to come. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rachel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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">felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Realissa Dekraunti<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 05, 2016 8:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org">felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Felvtalk] both of my cats are FELV positive. What to do now?</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1d2129">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></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9">to add some information.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9"> Date of birth: May 7, 2015</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9"><br></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9">ELISA "snap" test at Animal Wellness Center: June 25, 2015 (age: 7 weeks). Results: weak positive for FeLV</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9"><br></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9">IFA confirming test at Animal Wellness Center: June 30, 2015 (age: 7 weeks, 5 days). Results: negative<br>ELISA "snap" test at Animal Wellness Center: August 1, 2015 (age: 12 weeks, 2 days). Results: weak positive for FeLV<br>ELISA in-lab test at Animal Wellness Center (sent to IDEXX): August 13, 2015 (age: 14 weeks). Results: negative </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9">June 1, 2016 ELISA test both came positive </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9">June 2, 2016 IFA both came Felv positive FIV negative</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#1d2129;background:#f6f7f9">Thanks a lot</span></p></div></div></div></body></html>