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@missy! I’m so hopeful! This is really good news! I understand wanting to wait another week..but it’s looking good! I have all my fingers and toes crossed! I get not wanting to give them any more Itrafungol..It makes sense...but this has been the RW case of the
year. I even mentioned it to my vet. She said RW sometimes goes away without treatment. Little Oliver..for such a little fella..sure had a potent case. One more week and you guys can be in the clear. I think I’ll cry as silly as that is. Hang in there...You guys are the best parents to your furries..
Thank you Joanne! Yes we are hopeful too but definitely cautiously so. More on that below. RW can go away without treatment but that is generally not recommended as it is so contagious and persistent in the environment and on the cats. And in a multi cat household it is almost impossible to get rid of without aggressive treatment. Plus 70% of the time humans in these households get infected. It is not something to take lightly and does need to be treated for a long time as you can see with our experience. Even with all our aggressive treatment the cats kept getting new spots for at least 8-10 weeks IIRC. And now we are in week 16 now. Crazy.
And thank you for your tears of joy. I cannot wait to get to that point for sure. Not quite there yet. Fingers and toes and everything crossed this next round of cultures is negative for all 4 of the cats again. And hopefully this first round of cultures remains negative.
I'm so glad you guys got through this latest hurdle,
@missy ! I hope you continue to get good news here on out.
Thank you
@JPie, from your mouth to the universe's ears. I so appreciate your support all these months.
Can't comment. Holding my breath too tightly. Seriously.
Hugs to you all.
oxo
Thanks
@mrs-b you and me both. I feel like I won't be able to take a full and deep breath til we know for sure in another month that they are RW clear. This whole experience has and continues to be surreal in every way. (((Hugs))) to you too. And I cannot wait to catch up with you...I am excited for your bling projects that are in progress. Please keep me posted. I am so happy for you and cannot wait to hear and see more.
A cautious yaaaay!!!! Hopefully they will test clear again!!!
Thank you
@arkieb1 and for all your input and support over the past number of months I so appreciate all of your help. I have 2 new Malaseb bottles coming and still have one and a half left LOL. Not going to run out of that again. It is still on backorder but last 2 bottles are supposed to arrive here within the week I think. We plan on continuing shampooing them til we get the second round of negative cultures hopefully in 4 weeks or so. Though we will stop shampooing them a few days before cultures next week as the vet doesn't want us to shampoo them right before the cultures as to not get false negatives. I am still unclear as to why she wants us to continue the Itrafungol right up to the next cultures though as it is the same principle. My brain isn't working well these days but that is another issue.
That is the best news and I am so happy for you all and hopeful that this is finally the end. Waiting with baited breath for the next negative!
Good luck with filling your meds too!
Thank you dear
@Slick1 so much for all your support and comfort and being a wonderful friend to me. As for my meds that is definitely not happening any time soon. I hate the insurance companies with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. But that is a story for another day and another thread. Sadly I know you get that experience all too well. Thank you for everything.
Haha yassss so true Sharon. My heart breaks for them with all we have and continue to put them through. Just gave them that awful Itrafungol (darn vet insisting we continue with that week 16-record breaking amount of Itrafungol that they have all received to this point) and soon we will be turning the house upside down cleaning and vacuuming and mopping and that is stressful for the cats as well. I cannot wait for RW gate to be over and done. And then Greg can get his much delayed knee replacement surgery finally. Fingers and toes and knees crossed lol. And I also am looking forward to the day we can let Oliver join his brothers as this isolation has to be so tough on him. The little rascal woke me at 3AM by putting his paw on my eye again and then nuzzling right up to my face. He is precious and devilish at the same time.

That is pretty exciting to hear and I am sending mega dust they test negative again. Big hugs to you, Greg and the sweet kitties.
Thank you dear Marcy for being here for me every step of the way. Hugs.
my fingers and toes are perimantly crossed for your kitties
i hope this is the start of more good news to come
its all just so complicated i can't always get my head around it but im going to take 5 min and be really excitted and happy
hopefully the corner has been turned and this dreadful RW and all this washing will be behind you before you know it
Thanks Nicky and yes that is
exactly how we felt yesterday. She called us when we were at Costco shopping and it was hard to hear her at first. Greg picked up the call and I saw by his face he was very serious so right away I thought it's the vet. He had some trouble hearing her and then he said I am giving you to the boss. LOL and uh oh.
I had no clue what I was about to hear from her when Greg handed me the phone (in the noisy Costco) and then the vet said the magic words:
they are all negative. But then she said I want to do another culture at least because technically one needs 3 negative cultures but two will usually suffice. So I said OK and we hung up after I double checked that yes Fred's culture was also negative.
10 minutes later she called back changing her mind about the Itrafungol. First call she said we can discontinue it and then she called back saying no we should continue it until the next culture. Oy. Unfortunately, despite the fact she wanted to culture them ASAP (supposed to have a few weeks between the cultures I think) I couldn't get an appt for all 4 til next Wed at 3PM which is not ideal. However, the veterinarian office is still short a few vets (one quit) and they are running at full steam so no openings til next week for 4 cultures.
Anyway when we first got the news Greg was just standing there by the ski helmets (I got one in white but I digress) and said to me he just has to process all this and I felt the same. On one hand we wanted to jump and up and down but it didn't feel like time to celebrate just yet. We know we still have this hurdle to get through with the cultures and hoping and praying it is the very last hurdle concerning RW. Nothing is for sure yet and we realize that.
Leaving you with Oliver at the moment who is sleeping peacefully next to me on the bed as I write this post. Unbelievable. Wakes us at 3AM and then promptly falls back to sleep.
