You and Lucy are both in my prayers, Michelle. As with all of us on the list, breaks my heart to see you go through this. Please don't give up hope--I know it's hard, but while your little trooper Lucy still fights this illness, I would think she needs to know you're right there fighting with her (God, yes, I know how hard *that* is). Miracle turnarounds can and do happen. One thing for sure, she couldn't want for a more loving, caring, supportive mom. Along with everyone else I'll be thinking of you this afternoon, and continuing to send prayers and healing vibes for Lucy. Kerry M. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:05 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: taking Lucy to get fluid drained
I am taking her in half an hour. I am really nervous about it. The vet agreed to do the shot of 1/2 cc dexamethasone into the abdominal cavity after draining, which apparently sometimes helps slow the refill time. I think she is even more anemic than on sat when her pcv was 15-- the parts of her gums that were a little pink then are now completely white. She got her fourth dose of Epogen yesterday, but it clearly is not working yet if it is going to work at all. She gets up to use the litterbox, and looks alert if she hears a mouse in the wall, and purrs to be pet sometimes, but other than that just sleeps. I am going to ask the vet to try leukeran, just in case this is from her ibd or she has developed intestinal small cell lymphoma, since the abx are clearly not helping her so I doubt she has toxo (unless the steroids have been keeping the abx from working or something). I fear that she does not have long left. I am not getting any work done or going anywhere; I have pretty much been researching possibilities of what is happening to her and caring for her/staring at her full-time since the weekend. She is my baby, and I think I am losing her, and I was not ready for this. I really thought she just had a URI when she spiked a fever two weeks ago today. I think it is probably FIP (I just realized that they never actually tested her albumin level, so perhaps it is low after all), but even if it is something else I am losing hope that she will get any better. I want to see if the leukeran will do something. If not, I will try to do the dex/depo shots for comfort. Please keep Lucy in your prayers. I know that this should not be a shock to me at this point, having lost 4 FeLV+ cats and knowing that her age, at least 5.5 years old, is not young for a positive cat. But I love her so much, and can not stand to see her going through this. I also can not imagine this house without her in it. She just started dreaming-- her ear is twitching. I really love this cat. Michelle IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayers should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
