I don't think you imagined it at all - you know your baby, Valley more than anything else probably, and I am sure that she was feeling better - but not sure if it was the epogen that caused - and it's possible - if your kitty's BP is very low, and epogen will very quickly increase BP and it might be related to that??
I just did not want Michelle to expect to see the immediate response from epogen, as she may be discourage if it did not, but wanted her to know it's okay if she did not see any immediate response, but rather wanted her to warn about high BP causing blindness --:-) _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Loesch Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:36 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Lucy--what to do? Hideyo - you are way more knowledgeable about epogen than I am -- I thought my Valley perked up within a day of having it; I guess that isn't physiologically possible -- do you think I just imagined it? Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have used epogen on 5 cats so far, but I did not see any immediate response - for anemia case, it takes up to one to three weeks to take an effect - and the main think you need to watch is to keep an eye on BP as it will increase BP and cat can become blind due to high BP, and could cause seizures - the both of these things happened to my baby Hannibal whom I was treating his anemia due to CRF - but when anemia happens due to CRF, you really don't have much choice but to use epogen as otherwise you would lose a cat from anemia.. my Ayumi is on epogen.. it does not make her feel better directly, but her PCV is slowly going up because of it. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Loesch Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:18 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Lucy--what to do? He seemed to perk up within 24 hours. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How soon did the cat feel better from epogen? In a message dated 1/19/2007 11:07:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow Michelle - that is a hard one. My gut feeling is that there is no reason not to start the interferon, for sure. I don't know anything about the kind of reactions you get with epogen, but the times I have used the cat has seemed to feel better. Will be interested in seeing what the really experienced folks suggest. Good luck. Prayers for you and Lucy.
