You also might want to read the article on Immuno-Regulin on the
felineleukemia.org website and ask your vet about it.
Michelle
In a message dated 2/14/05 4:11:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Michelle,
She hasn't had another blood test since
her
transfusion and we didn't plan on asking for one until
after this
first amount of Epogen is gone (next
Thursday). We weren't even sure
if she'd live through
the weekend so we didn't have plans to re-check
her!
Her nose seems to slowly be getting more pale so I'm
not
convinced her hematocrit will stay normal and
Epogen apparently takes a
while to work and is also
not normally indicated for the type of anemia
that she
has (per the vet) so we are really going by the "it
may not
work but it can't hurt to try" theory right
now. We have briefly
discussed and agreed that we
probably won't do another blood transfusion
unless the
vet really recommends it.
We have the inital idea to
finish out this Epogen and
if she is still looking good (or the same,
remember
she is definitely not back to "normal") then we'd like
to do
another blood panel and buy another 2 weeks of
Epogen, maybe get another
dex injection depending on
bloodwork.
I'll keep you
posted.
Jill
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