If you want to learn more about FIP, please go to Cornell University's page about it (they're pretty fantastic) www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-...

FIP was a killer, and now it's treatable. Hooray Science! Hooray Vet Med! Hooray Shelter Med! And Thank you to all the vets, scientists, and pet parents out there who are making this journey with WindWave and me (and my family). We're making medical history and that's pretty awesome!

Since it became available here in the US the shelter I work for has treated 5 kittens for FIP:
Two hit the adoption floor today! They're ready for their forever homes.
Two were "staff kitties", so we're celebrating our own personal kitties making it
One just started her meds-- and doing great! 🧵

However, the amazing scientists at several vet schools here and around the world made a miracle! An antiviral called GS-441524 has been found to work to treat FIP. It became legal in the US in June 2024.
This anti-viral works very quickly, and in 3 days we saw inprovement in WindWave. Three. Days!🧵

Until very recently, FIP has been a death sentence. Often a diagnosis of elimination, you got the dx and then were left with "how soon should you schedule the injection and say goodbye?" It was that serious and that deadly. Cats simply did not make it, there was no cure, no real treatment. 🧵

FIP, Feline Infectious Peritonitis is a viral disease caused by some strains/mutations of feline corona virus. Most cats have FCV, it's as ubiquitous as corona viruses are in humans. Ever catch a cold? You'd had exposure to a virus in that family! Kittens are often exposed to FCV in utero 🧵