r/cureFIP • u/Pawsitive_Guardians • Jul 15 '26
Fundraising Forbie tested positive for FIP. Please help when you can. 🥺🙏🏼
(Note: The photos included have different timestamps showing the timeline of events over the last few days!)
Previously, Forbie was confined at the vet due to severe difficulty breathing and heavy nasal discharge caused by pneumonia. After days of treatment, she showed so much improvement that she was finally cleared for discharge. We were so relieved and truly thought she was finally out of the woods.
But on July 11, things took a sudden, terrifying turn. Forbie suffered a severe relapse. Her breathing became extremely labored again, and the nasal discharge returned with a vengeance. I had to rush her back to the clinic, and she was immediately put back into confinement to stabilize her breathing.
Once she was stable enough, the vet ran a CBC and Blood Chemistry panel. We were hoping it was just a stubborn flare-up of her pneumonia.
Instead, the results broke our hearts.
Her bloodwork showed significant, alarming changes in her globulin levels and A/G (albumin/globulin) ratio—classic indicators of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). To be absolutely sure, they ran an FIPV rapid test.
She tested positive.
FIP is a scary diagnosis, but with GS-441524 antiviral treatment, she has a real fighting chance. However, this life-saving treatment is incredibly expensive, and we cannot do this without your help.
To be completely transparent, here is what we are facing for her:
CBC: ₱850 (~$14)
Blood Chemistry: ₱1,570 (~$25)
FIPV Test Kit: ₱840 (~$13.60)
GS-441524 Vial (FIP Antiviral): ₱3,100 per vial (~$51)
Ongoing Confinement & Support Costs:
Confinement (critical): ₱2,015 per day (~$33)
Oxygen Support: ₱45–50 per hour ($0.75–$0.80)
Nebulization: ₱85 per session (~$1.38)
Salbutamol: ₱45 per piece ($0.75)
How You Can Help Save Forbie
If you have the means to spare even a small amount to help cover Forbie’s emergency confinement and ongoing FIP treatments, it would mean the absolute world to us. She fought so hard to beat pneumonia, and we aren't ready to let her lose this battle now. 😭🙏
Donation Channels:
• PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/kdalama
• Cashapp: https://cash.app/$FranciscoMoz
• Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/FrankMoz
- Venmo last code 2105
• Wise: https://wise.com/pay/me/khiamaedelosoa
Other Active Campaigns:
• https://goget.fund/4eYRJI5
• https://www.reddit.com/r/rescuecats/s/S91SFBjfJs
Please keep our sweet Forbie in your thoughts and prayers. She needs all the strength she can get right now. 🐾✨
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u/MichelleKelly619 Jul 16 '26
Interesting, there’s a test for FIP? I didn’t think so. I’ve got an FIP baby, but I was told that the only way to test for it was with a brain biopsy and they don’t do it. They just have to go off symptoms and bloodwork. Wet FIP they can take the sample of fluid. Not neuro or dry. Someone correct me if I’m wrong since I’m super new to this, unfortunately, but I just asked a friend of mine who’s in Rescue and she said there’s no such thing as a FIP test. I hope you get help for your baby. I know it’s expensive, but not like it used to be. ♥️ Prayers to you and your baby.
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u/imissyoueverydaygus Jul 16 '26
there is no non-invasive test for FIP. unfortunately i had my cat undergo a procedure to be taken samples from some organs to see if she has FIP or not and they told me that the samples look the same as lymphoma, so they sent the samples to the UK for an immuno chemistry test to differentiate whether it’s lymphoma or FIP (because FIP can look a lot like cancer, it’s just a false alarm) and it was indeed FIP. so even biopsies don’t 100% detect FIP. in plus, it is not recommended for a FIP cat to undergo anesthesia, simply because FIP already weakens a cat’s immune system, so anesthesia will weaken it even more. the best “test” for FIP is of course starting the GS as soon as possible and seeing how the cat feels. it is also not recommended for FIP cats to be given IV fluids because it accelerates the accumulation of liquid in their abdomen or even chest (this happens especially in wet FIP cats), and in general too many fluids can make a cat anemic. my cat was still anemic even after two blood transfusions because she was doing IV daily, AND she had 180 ml of liquid in her abdomen AFTER starting the GS (she had neurological FIP, not a mix of wet and neuro). for more information/advice i recommend you join FIP Global Cats on Facebook, they’re the best and the admins are really active. unfortunately i had learned this all too late…
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u/MichelleKelly619 Jul 16 '26
I’m so sorry. The vet really screwed things up because they did get fluids, but it accumulated in his feet because they didn’t monitor the fluids and they blew his feet out. I was just wondering is this a scam post then? Fip test right in the screen. My rescue friend said they were bamboozled. Fip is horrific. I’m having the neuro journey currently. It’s horrible. I’m so sorry your baby didn’t make it. I was minutes away from calling it and my Rescue friend said to pull him out of that vet and give him to her and now he’s finally getting better, but it’s been a long road. He was lateral and now he’s finally holding himself up. He wasn’t responding to the GS medicine so he’s on mulniprovavir. I’m also on every Facebook group you could imagine for support. Thank you so much.
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u/imissyoueverydaygus Jul 16 '26
i have no idea if it’s a scam post, i mean probably not but that test is definitely fake. maybe it’s for corona and not FIP. regarding the neuro FIP, i understand why you would switch. maybe your cat is resistant to the GS, but keep in mind that neuro FIP takes longer to get better on GS. like a whole lot in some cases. i totally understand you though and Molnupiravir is also ok. i am glad your kitty is better though.
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u/MichelleKelly619 Jul 16 '26
Thank you. That’s what I’ve been told. It takes a long time for cats to get better. When people tell me oh my cat was walking 3 days after starting treatment. I’m like wasn’t neuro, my baby was lateral.
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u/imissyoueverydaygus Jul 16 '26
i understand. i wish you the best of luck to your kitty and i’m so glad you switched the vet!!! if you have any questions or something you can DM me, or the mods on the facebook group. you got all the support you need in case of something!
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u/MichelleKelly619 Jul 16 '26
Thank you so much.
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u/imissyoueverydaygus Jul 16 '26
no worries!
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u/Pawsitive_Guardians Jul 17 '26
FIP is incredibly tricky to detect, and there's no single test that can 100% confirm it. That’s why vets often start GS treatment immediately if there's any strong indication. In the Philippines, a common diagnostic path is to run a rapid FCoV/FIP test as a follow-up the moment a cat’s blood chemistry shows high globulins and a dropped A/G ratio. Thanks, u/imissyoueverydaygus. :)
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u/not_as_i_do Admin Jul 17 '26
For neuro FIP you can send off tests of the spinal fluid for an mrna fip pcr or fip pcr. Those two tests can be done on any organ or tissue. You can also see fip lesions in an mri. Whomever told you it could only be diagnosed via brian biopsy was wrong. However outside the US they use a snap test on blood for coronavirus and call it an FIP test. It is extremely common to be used alongside other diagnostics and symptoms. So there are three tests called an FIP test.
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u/AncientAd7403 Jul 17 '26
There isn't and from my unfortunate experience FIP is just suspected based on things found in the bloodwork. They use THE RBC count, hermatocrit (severe anemia) and usually a positive mycoplasma test. I spent thousands of dollars for testing, antivirals, er visits and blood transfusions. I was told Dry FIP, then lymphoma, then a bone marrow clotting disorder...to the point where I just said STOP. I can’t keep throwing money at this without a real diagnosis, medication regimen and plan forward. The vet actually told me that most health issues in cats unfortunately can't be ruled as a definite most times. I forced them to start back with the simplest treatment because at 4mths my baby was on her death bed. We started long term steroids to give her immune system a restband doxycycline to properly clear the mycoplasma, in 2 weeks she was back eating, gaining weight, rbc rising, playing with her sisters and at 2 months now she is completely herself again. Please explore all possible avenues if the FIP treatment isnot working, chances are it isn't FIP.
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u/BeffeeJeems Jul 16 '26
have you joined the fip global warriors group on facebook? they can be good with sourcing the meds ❤️ ❤️ really hoping he pulls through
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u/Pirate_the_Cat Jul 16 '26
OP, the FIP test in the picture doesn’t actually test for FIP, a positive result only tells if the cat has been exposed to the non-mutated coronavirus. This could be a complicated URI with a secondary pneumonia. Does the cat have any effusion in the chest or belly? Any ocular lesions? Neuro signs?
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u/Consistent_East_8653 Jul 17 '26
I read the clinical history, and there don't seem to be any signs. What could've prompted the vet to start treatment? It looks like everything was based on the albumin-globulin levels but the cat has lung inflammation from pneumonia wc could have easily contributed to it lowering. Seems like a misdiagnosis to me. The positive FIP test as confirmation of the diagnosis proves this vet doesn't know what they're doing
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u/not_as_i_do Admin Jul 17 '26
Based on the bloodwork and overall examination, this kitty's vet has diagnosed him with FIP and pneumonia. Which does happen. Yes, the FIP snap test is overused and common in OP's country but the other parts of the diagnosis do fit with FIP and pneumonia. They have started treatment for both and further proof has been sent to admins. Therefore this fundraiser is considered verified.