Re: Deanne: ImmunoRegulin for Chelsea?

[Lernermichelle]

Deanne,      While I respect and believe the opinions of the folks you talked to, I am glad that I gave Simon his transfusions as he would have died months earlier without them giving him the chance to respond to chemo, and I believe Belinda gave Bailey a transfusion and his hematocrit came up to 40, so I assume she is glad she did it as well.  The whole thing takes about 4 hours.  The only stressful parts are getting the catheter in and the fact that they have to be in a cage for about 4 hours.    Michelle   In a message dated 4/17/2006 10:44:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks Wendy.   I've talked to others locally who have had their felv+ cats transfused, none of them said that they would do it again.  They all seemed to think that it was a lot to put their cats though in order to buy a little more time.  I tend to agree.  I had hoped that we'd caught Chelsea's anemia in time for the immunoregulin to take effect.  I still have a small amount of hope that she may turn around but the reality of what her blood work shows is hard to ignore.   Chelsea had her blood drawn during an in-home visit by my vet Saturday.  He was originally scheduled to visit to perform a euthanasia on another of my felv+ kitties MeCa who had developed lymphosarcoma.  MeCa crossed over very peacefully, I hope for the same for Chelsea.  Short of a miracle, I intend to make her last days as easy on her as possible and will continue with the immunoregulin, interferon and supplements.   Thank you for your help and thoughts.  Deanne