Jill, thanks so much for that. I hope I won't have to refer to it, but I'm filing it, just in case....Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jill Poe Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:34 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Gary's anemia treatment Michelle, here is the progression of Gary's anemia treatment: A couple months ago her blood panel showed an HCT of 31. 2-3 weeks ago she developed a fever and was eating less and less. She was treated for the fever but was weak and lethargic and her nose got ghostly pale - that's when she was re-tested with an HCT of 9. Because of this, we thought we'd be lucky to have her a couple days. After that test, this is what happened: IV fluids overnight in hospital blood transfusion (whole blood of her type) She came home with: Doxycycline Cyproheptadine (as appetite stimulant) Hi-Vite vitamin serum 2x/day Interferon every day (no off days) Epogen 300 units 3x/week by injection Prednisone (half tablet 2x/day) Lysine B-12 she's only eating chicken and turkey baby food right now 2 days later we took her in for: 150 units of sub-q fluids 1 dexamethasone shot Michelle, I can tell you without a doubt that she would have died over the weekend had she not had the blood transfusion. It perked her right up and she was jumping around like usual that night. She was not moving much at all before that and wanted to be by herself all the time. She's still taking everything above. She's only getting 1 dose of appetite stimulant per day instead of 2 now. What I'd like to do is get her back on regular cat food and go back to 7 on/7 off with the Interferon. And obviously, she can't be on pred forever but she's supposed to taper down in a couple days to 1x/day. Since she responded to this treatment, I'd would now like to get her in with the homeopathic vet and try some of the anemia maintanence formulas everyone suggested. I think we'll have to wait another paycheck or 2 for that. :) Jill __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
