Yes indeed. :)

I wonder how many vets just read from the manual?  Cat has FIV, page 327
says put it down.  It was my vet that told me there was no need to put Buddy
down.  She said at the time he was more in danger from his liver problem.
And she said that as long as Buddy was not subjected to stress, as long as
he and my other cats did not fight or otherwise bite or scratch each other,
that he could live for a long time and not put the others at risk.

And she was right.  But she is by no means typical.  Everything I read from
vets on the subject just seem to be a hopeless diagnosis with immediate
euthanasia.  I know many years ago my then neighbor had her 14 year old cat
diagnosed with FeLV and he was put down the next day.  She was quite
devastated.  He was last seen snoozing in the sun and not looking the least
bit sick.  I wish she had my vet instead of the one she did.  He very likely
could have lived out the remainder of his natural life.

Paul

Purrs for Buddy's comfort as long as he lives.   MLB

How refreshingly honest, & candidly true too.

That was a brilliant bit to share with us all, & a wonderful way of
describing the truth of the matter. You have offered a loving home to
an old chap who would now have been a long time dead had you not taken
him in & offered him the unconditional love that he needed to get
through the hardships that both he & you have obviously endured.
Well done & I am so pleased to hear a brilliant happy story for a
change.

There are so many people that turn up here asking you a question, that
quite obviously only a vet would be able to diagnose. It is so clear
that you have gone with the flow & completely understand his problems.
So many others don't, & sadly even *Won't* even bother to try coping
with them.

Congratulations on both of your achievement's. & make the most of all
of the time that you still have to share. It is stories like this that
make you see how lucky you really are. I would offer you a scritch
behind the ears, but you probably wouldn't appreciate it as much as
your feline family member, Buddy?!!
So, if you wouldn't mind, please could you give him a second one on
our behalf too?
Many thanks,

Sheelagh >"o"<

Just to clarify - does you cat have FIP or did it test positive for the
Corona Virus? As far as I know there is no test that will test positive just
for a corona virus that has mutated to the FIP form and can only indicate
the presence of some form of Corona.

W