Heee. No, you're not a jerk. It was kind of funny, though -- as I was reading it (and more so as I was rewriting it here), all of those terms kept popping up from high school biology and anatomy classes. I was like, "Okay, I remember that word and that word and that word and..."
And there are strains of FeLV and FIV that are sequestered to the bone marrow, which is why they don't show up on the regular blood tests. I do remember reading about the ELISA test at some point, so... yeah.
It sucks, though, because the doc tried ruling out FeLV and FIV right from the start with the basic blood test. If it turns out to be either of those, then I'm pretty much convinced she got it in utero from her mom, and that Kisa is more than likely a carrier, since she's not showing any symptoms. Of course, she may show symptoms later, in which case, if she starts losing weight for no apparent reason, we'll know to jump straight to the FeLV tests.
But, yeah. It'll be good to have a plan. That's exactly it.
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Date: 2006-10-31 08:37 pm (UTC)And there are strains of FeLV and FIV that are sequestered to the bone marrow, which is why they don't show up on the regular blood tests. I do remember reading about the ELISA test at some point, so... yeah.
It sucks, though, because the doc tried ruling out FeLV and FIV right from the start with the basic blood test. If it turns out to be either of those, then I'm pretty much convinced she got it in utero from her mom, and that Kisa is more than likely a carrier, since she's not showing any symptoms. Of course, she may show symptoms later, in which case, if she starts losing weight for no apparent reason, we'll know to jump straight to the FeLV tests.
But, yeah. It'll be good to have a plan. That's exactly it.