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<div>Good for you for not listening to the euthanasia nonsense. Doxycycline is used in case the anemia is being caused by <span class="st">Hemobartonellosis</span> (Hemobart for short). But you said there was a piece of floss in his stool. Floss can do all kinds of nasty stuff to a kitty's intestines. He could have lost blood because of that. Testing positive for FeLV is unfortunate, because now vets can focus on this instead of looking at the complete picture. Some kitties can live for several years after testing positive, so do not give up hope. How long have the 2 cats been best friends? If the other cat has tested negative, it may very well be that she has a strong enough immune system. Separating them now may only cause undue stress, which you don't want to do. Concentrate on increasing the immune system, keeping them well fed & happy. We never really know how long we have with them - whether they test positive or not... I'm sure others will chime in here too.</div>
<div>Kat (Mew Jersey)</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 1:39 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Liz McCarty" <emccarty44@gmail.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> [Felvtalk] My baby recently diagnosed with FeLV</div>
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>Looking for support, suggestions, and information. I've never had a cat with FeLV. We took our 1 year old, Hodor, to the vet because he seemed lethargic and in his stool there was a piece of floss that was red. At the vet things escalated and they told us he was severely anemic and would need a transfusion that day. I took off work and rushed him to a specialist. The vet there told us she would run an FeLV test before doing anything in case we wanted to avoid the extra tests and procedures. She told us he was FeLV positive and persistently talked to me and my fiance about euthanizing him which was out of the question for us. I took him to the vet thinking it was going to be minor and then she's talking to me about killing him! We went forward with the blood transfusion. It's been almost 3 weeks now. They had him on doxycycline in case there was a bacterial cause, and prednisone. Last week he started interferon... Does anyone have experience with that and know if it was effective? I also started him on Pet Tinic. Any other suggestions? Any insight into whether you think he will be able to pull through? He doesn't have cancer, they ran the tests but don't know if it's in the bone marrow. I'm scared. We have another one year old, unrelated, and they are best friends. It breaks my heart to think they might be separated. She's not FeLV positive.</p>
<p>Additionally I have set up a go fund me to help with the costs we incurred, and I want to donate half to FeLV research if anyone is interested. <br/>
<a href="http://www.gofundme.com/2mzdpgk" target="_blank">http://www.gofundme.com/2mzdpgk</a></p>
<p>Mainly looking for support and advice. Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438</p>
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