Susie's Diary

Susie has been diagnosed with FIP (Dry form). This diary notes her progress and shares pics of her :)

Background
view guestbook | sign guestbook
November 3rd -10th
November 15th-23rd
November 24th- 30th
December 1st - 8th
December 9th and 10th and update from August 2003.
Links - more information

Discussion and Support Area Email me at this address.

• Yahoo Groups - two FIP discussion groups.
• Pet Loss - contains online candle ceremony for pets who have passed over or who are ill,
  along with a message board, chat room, and some wonderful people. Also contains the Rainbow Bridge story.
• Pet Care forum at VIN - site geared towards Vets, but has useful information and message boards, some of which have vets to reply to queries.
  
• Lightning Strike - Support for people grieivng the loss of a pet.
  

FIP Information

• Dr Addie - A Doctor with 13 years of research into this disease.
• Cat Fanciers Association - FIP info
• Long Beach Animal Hospital - Overview which includes symptoms and diagnosis procedures.
• Winn Feline Foundation - FIP updates.
• Cornell Feline Health Centre - FIP overview.
• Vetinfo.com - Useful page which contains questions with answers from vets on all manner of FIP related issues, including whether to isolate a sick cat, tests for FIP, fevers and symptoms and transmission of FIP. You have to subscribe to ask a question but access to read the pages is free.
  
• Orion Foundation - Also contains a memorial section.
  
• 21 Cats - you can obtain a copy of the medical records of Taz from here. Taz is truely a miracle survivor of FIP and his story provides a ray of hope for those of us with FIP kitties.
  
• Taz's Battle and Win Over FIP - the direct link to his story.
  

Offline Support for Pet Loss

• Support in the UK - A free phone number which will find your local telephone contact.
• Support in the US List of phone numbers and places offering counselling.

Other links of interest

• Park Vets - Read their section on air gun's.

When reading the links about life expectancy etc, always remember that the blood test alone is not enough to confirm diagnosis. Accurate diagnosis needs to be made through a combination of things - biopsy or examining fluid often help. I have heard of many vets who simply say that nothing can be done - yes this is a incurable disease, but never have a cat put to sleep based on the results of the FIP blood test alone.