Thanks Deanne, I'm archiving the info and sent a forward to Sally. She
lost her sweet baby Chrissy this afternoon, but the other kitty in
trouble seems to be improving. I sent her the IR I had in my fridge and
I'll let you know what happens if she decides to try it. I'm hoping
that the success that Cindy had with administering it subq is not a
fluke and that it will work for other kitties that stress out at the
vet's office. Maybe that would work for your "less-than-cooperative"
guys when/if the need arises.
Nina
ACALA PET ISSUES wrote:
Chelsea received 1/2 ml I-V injections of immunoregulin aprox every
4 days for about 3 1/2 weeks for a total of 6 doses. We're now
cutting back to once a week injections for another 3 weeks, at which
time we'll do blood work to determine how her anemia is doing. If
she's in the normal range, we'll probably continue with once a month
immunoregulin injections for a few more months. If Chelsea is still
anemia, we'll stay on once a week immunoregulin for a while longer.
Though she was diagnosed with severe, non to poorly regenerative
anemia, she's clearly been making red blood cells which I don't
believe would have happened without the IR treatments.
Really as anemic as Chelsea was, I was doubtful that she would respond
to the treatment at all but she seems to be doing very well and is
certainly enjoying life. We were lucky, Chelsea is a good patient and
is very sweet by nature. It isn't easy to give I-V injections to a
cat due to their small veins and it certainly isn't particularly easy
on the cat either. I have several other felv+ rescue kitties, a
couple of which will not be good candidates for IR treatment when they
become symptomatic due to their less-than-cooperative personalities.
We'll continue to give Chelsea other immune supportive supplements in
addition to Immunoregulin and will hope for her continual improvement.
Thanks for all your help, Deanne
