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Hi,
I adoped 2 cats from a shelter just over 18 months ago, they were 7 months old at the time. Both tested positive for FeLV.
One of them, Luna, recently had dificulty breathing, and lost her appatite, so I took her to the vet. She has lymphoma, probably high status mediastinal lymphoma (I'll have to check as I live in Japan, and my Japanese isn't fluent, and my vet doesn't speak English).
My vet recommended COP, but reading about it, FeLV positive cats seem to have a very poor prognosis, in the region of 3 months, even with agressive chemo.
She's home on steriods now, and although her appitite is back, she's nowhrere near as active as she was.
I wondering if it's really worth it to put her through chemo for what could be literally a couple of extra weeks?
Also, it's hard to put a monatary value on my cats life, but COP is really expensive, and you can't get pet insurance for FeLV positive cats. I can afford it, but I don't know if it's the correct thing to do.
I understand that it's a choice I have to make, but any advice/information would be welcome.
Thank you.
I adoped 2 cats from a shelter just over 18 months ago, they were 7 months old at the time. Both tested positive for FeLV.
One of them, Luna, recently had dificulty breathing, and lost her appatite, so I took her to the vet. She has lymphoma, probably high status mediastinal lymphoma (I'll have to check as I live in Japan, and my Japanese isn't fluent, and my vet doesn't speak English).
My vet recommended COP, but reading about it, FeLV positive cats seem to have a very poor prognosis, in the region of 3 months, even with agressive chemo.
She's home on steriods now, and although her appitite is back, she's nowhrere near as active as she was.
I wondering if it's really worth it to put her through chemo for what could be literally a couple of extra weeks?
Also, it's hard to put a monatary value on my cats life, but COP is really expensive, and you can't get pet insurance for FeLV positive cats. I can afford it, but I don't know if it's the correct thing to do.
I understand that it's a choice I have to make, but any advice/information would be welcome.
Thank you.