Is late stage FIV a death sentence?

My family and I are opening our home to another cat. I dream of adopting the so-called "unadoptable" cats, and in this case our new adoptee, Parker, is FIV+.

It seems as though Parker is in the late stages of FIV, he has a chronic upper respiratory infection and had anaemia (which I believe was just solved by the rescue). The RI could be due to the fact that Parker was abondoned in a fire and inhaled a lot of smoke, but this is just a thought.

My main question is, can Parker still live for years? We lost a rescue in November, and I can't handle another unexpected death.

Is there any advice anyone can give me about caring for FIV+ cats?

I'm so sorry for your recent loss.  It's always heartbreaking whenever we lose one of our little furry friends.

Unfortunately, I would say it's absolutely impossible to tell how long this little guy might live.  It could be he lives a very long life still, or he could die tomorrow, as could we all.  And it could be that something else takes him, not the FIV.  That happened with us...our little girl had kidney disease that we managed for 3 years, and then she ended up dying of something else

In Parker's case, just love him and give him the best possible life you can until he's gone.  It's just great that you and your family adopted an "unadoptable"  Thank you for that