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Pekoe is still doing fairly well - good appetite, going
to the litter box, playing a little. His nose, gums, and pads are still
fairly pink - occasionally get a little pale, but return to pink. I took
him to the vet a few days ago for a recheck of his blood work. Only got a
couple of numbers to report at the moment though. There was a problem with
the fax machines between our vet clinic and the Animal Health Lab that ran the
tests, so our vet called them to get a verbal report. She only told me the
numbers that she was still concerned about. (His WBC has come up from 2
weeks ago (it had been slowly declining the past month) - was 6.9 and is
now 7.3 (Normal Range = 4.2 - 13).
RBC - was 6.0 - now 5.0 (Normal Range = 6.2 - 10.6)
PCV - was 36% - now 29% (NR = 28 - 49%)
Platelets - was 11 - now 18 - 20 (NR = 93 - 514)
They also did a Reticulocyte Count - 4.98 (Normal =
<60). The vet said that the "Normal" of <60 is for a healthy
non-anemic cat, and that in an anemic cat, she would ideally like to see
that count at >60? (Not quite sure I totally understand that.)
The vet is still waiting to hear from an Internal
Medicine guy for input on Pekoe's case. That's the problem with living in
a rural area without ready access to such specialists. Our vet is
doing everything she can in that department - daily phone calls, etc.
He's still on the Prednisone 5mg. twice/day. Hubby
and I were a little "let down" with his latest blood results, because he seemed
to be improving - although from the beginning, he never really was outwardly
"sick" other than licking the concrete. I know from reading all the posts
that there are others who are not as fortunate as we seem to be with our
furbaby, so for now we're just counting our blessings each day - and trying to
take it one day at a time.
Marlene
Pekoe & Angel Digby
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