Jen,
SO glad to hear Ewok is still doing well!! Simon responded
very well to the CCNU also. After that he got Adriamycin, which he did not
respond well to, and I wished I had asked the oncologist to give him more CCNU
instead. I think the oncologist was afraid that without switching the drugs each
time he would become resistant. But I think they take longer to become
resistant to CCNU.
As for the steroids, is he still getting pred pills? The
Depo shot is instead of the pred pills, or should be I think. The oncologist
should know when the right time is to give another Depo shot if Ewok keeps
looking good and does not seem to need it badly.
Patches is feeling better from antibiotics and
prednisone and is scheduled to have her two canines and possibly (but hopefully
not) other teeth pulled next Wednesday morning. So please say a prayer or
thought or whatever strikes you best for her! Lucy is tapering off the
pred herself and seems to be doing ok-- fairly solid stool, though still not
entirely normal.
As for feeding raw meat, I am actually about to
start feeding mine, or at least Lucy and maybe Patches, a raw diet. It is
recommended for cats with chronic loose stools, on the feline IBD list serve. I
ordered a supplement mix to put in with ground raw meat and organs. Being a
vegan this is all very difficult for me (I had a nightmare last night that I had
to have Lucy killed to be fed to an animal who needed to eat her to be healthy,
which I think is my guild and discomfort at buying a dead turkey to help
Lucy). But I think raw is ok, and maybe better, for them. The liver shake
uses raw liver in it, and most people on this list feed that to cats when they
are sick. All that said, I am totally nervous about starting the raw diet
because I have read in some places that it is not good for immune-compromised
cats. But I figure neither is inflamed intestines or struvite crystals, which
raw is supposed to fix in many cats.
Thanks for the update, and may he keep going strong!
Michelle
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