Feline Luekemia

What was/is your experience with Fel Luek?

I lost Leo in April to this and it was horrible.

He was 3.5 years old, he had so much life to do.

How old is your FL cat? When was he/she diagnosed?

How did you know? What treatment do you do?

For those who lost yours, what was your experience?

How sick was your cat?

What did you do to make things easier on your cat?

Hi Katiemae! Thank you for you post and a big thank you for doing what you do for the kitties that many would never think to care for.

YOU ARE MY HERO !!!!!!

What is Scrip food? I am thinking it is a bit icky? What does it do? Maintain healthy ammume system etc?

Hi Momofmany - Yes, I am still very sad and miss Leo very much, every day to be exact. I asked my questions because chances are my other 3 cats will come down with it at some point. 2 Girls are Leo's sisters (who were all tested as babies, are indoor cats and Leo came down with it later anyway) and I have a tiger cat that was Leo's playmate, he is a "brother from another mother"

Leo got sick all in a 2 week span. Went to the vet every other day for 2 weeks, tons of anti-biotics, I even gave Bayrol (sp?) injections which I think eventually wore down his kidneys, out of no where he was extreamly animic, he turned yellow, started panting and crying, horrible really.

I wanted to hear other people's experiences because I cannot fathom going through it again. If their symptoms are all different that's one thing but if they all go through what Leo went through well then OMG, I don't know how Katie handles it.

It is comforting to know the older the cat the better chance of more of a "normal' life they will get when diagnosed.

I think I am using this topic as my own therapy/healing and what better place to do it then with a bunch of you here who love our cats all the same. I feel like if I knew he was positive from the start I would have done things differently for him as far as different foods etc.

He had BAD gingivitis which I occasionally would give him antibiotics for but when it cleared up I stopped and then started again in bad times. I was told by my vet that gingivitis is a sign of FL... but why didn't he tell me that the numerous times before?

I think I am just sad. Leo Gump was one of those cats you don't come across often. He was found with his sisters in an abandoned barn at 5 weeks old. I am thankful to have loved and lost then to never love at all. He would have been dead at 5 weeks old if I didn't trap him and his family.

Thanks everyone for listening!