Dear Belinda, I am in dilemma between whether I should start epogen right now or I should wait -- if his kidney condition gets better from fluid therapy, I wonder if his HCT will go up on its own, then I thought I should wait as I understand that I can't stop using epogen once start using - do you think I am making a bad decision?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sauro Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:24 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT:send healing energy for my Hannibal, please! Hideyo, Bailey has been on the epogen now for 4 full weeks and his HCT has gone from it's lowest of 15% to 27%, it actually got lower after he started the epogen and this happens very frequently that the HCT goes lower and then starts to rise. It generally takes about 3 weeks to see a positive increase, Bailey's was going up after about 2 and a half weeks. When Bailey was first at 21%, we got the epogen and he had in the meantime gone down to 19%, after starting epogen he went to 18% and then 15%. Then he went to 23%, held at 23%, and then in week 4 and a half it went to 27%, tomorrow will be the start of week 5. To me it is definitely worth it. -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web design) http://HostDesign4U.com ----------- BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) http://bmk.bemikitties.com
