Bailey's bloodwork is very good, his anemia is pretty much resolved, his
HCT went from his lowest of 15% up to now 40%, so he is no longer anemic.
Physically however he is not improving, he is still not really gaining
any significant weight (from 8.4 to 8.9.5 in a little over a month), he
is still bony and very lethargic and inactive. She feels his muscle
wasting is getting a little better, I can't really tell, sometimes I
think it is sometimes I'm not so sure. My vet is stumped, I really feel
we have cancer somewhere and just haven't found it, my vet did say he is
touchy when she checks his kidney's and I am going to get an ultrasound
done on his organs to see if we are missing something with his kidney's
(his urinalysis was normal) or intestines (she say's they feel fine, but
I want to check everything). He was diagnosed with arthritis in his
back about a year ago and I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't
something going on with his spine (he is weak on his backend sometimes
when walking, he'll titl or sway to one side, just for a second but it
is there). The tender spine area and kidney's are about in the same
vicinity and my vet said it may be his spine but she feels it is his
kidney ... He had a urinalysis that came back normal, he doesn't appear
to be dehydrated.
I do have a friend that said she had a cat that would get very lethargic
and sleep ALOT when she was on prednisolone and when they took her off
she would be her normal self, could the pred be part of his lethargy
problem? Even if that is part of the problem, I know there is more
going on because of the muscle wasting and boniness, I have only seen
this happen in cancer kitties, has anyone seen this with other disease
processes?
Sometimes he will also get up, head for the bathroom, or just take a few
steps, and then he will back up and layback down. He'll do this several
times and almost always take a poop at some point wherever he happens to
be. I have looked at his face when he is doing this and sometimes he
appears to be kind of spacey looking???? So I wonder if there is
something neurological or something with his brain going on?
Sean does any of this strike a chord with you? Remember Bailey is FeLV+
and was diagnosed by the pathologist who looked at his bone marrow
aspirate, at antech labs as being preleukemic & myliod dyplastic.
My vet say's by all accounts being that his bloodwork is so good, all of
his blood counts are normal, some where low before, they are all normal
now. She feels the FeLV virus is dormant again and not replicating in
his bone marrow and he should be feeling good and acting normal. It is
so frustrating to not know why he is not doing better!!
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