Amy,
Our cat Gray Kitty is losing ounces just about weekly. He had two bone marrow
aspirations, the first one came out negative and the second came out positive.
It seems since it has gone to his bone marrow, that he is losing weight slowly.
We were told by one set of doctors that he has weeks to live and that is
almost 4 weeks ago. We do believe the LTCI injections are helping, so we are
continuing those weekly along with his homeopathic meds. We know we do not
have too much longer with him, but are still hoping for a miricle.> Date: Fri,
21 Nov 2008 15:40:36 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: [Felvtalk] Weight loss with no other
symptoms> > I have an approximately 6-year-old cat that has been positive for
leukemia since I took him in several years ago. Over the past couple years he
has gradually been losing weight. My population (5 leuk pos cats) has remained
stable over this time and no new cats have been introduced. I took him to the
vet today and he is down 2 pounds from last year (currently weighs 11.8 lbs).
The vet said he is not skinny and would now be considered ideal body weight but
she was a bit concerned about the weight loss. > > We did a full blood work-up
as we do every year and everything looks fine. She also tested for thyroid
problems since his pulse was a bit fast and we wanted to rule it out. She said
his tummy feels fine and she sees nothing to be concerned about at this time.
This is good news but I'm still worried about the weight loss as none of my
cats tend to be on the small size. Has anybody seen this sort of weight loss in
cats with leukemia or do people think that this is a sign that he is starting
to go downhill? Thoughts?> > Amy> > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Laurieskatz <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > From: Laurieskatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Subject: Re:
[Felvtalk] High Fever> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Date: Friday,
November 21, 2008, 2:04 PM> > Yes, Isabella had a high fever when we first
rescued her. As> > I recall, we> > used antibiotics. I couldn't find my notes
quickly....I> > do know her fever> > finally came down. Eventually she was on
maintenance> > prednisilone and a pain> > killer. And now she is only on
interferon and has gone from> > 8-12 lbs. She> > looks and feels great!> > Good
luck and if I find more on Bella's treatment, I> > will forward it.> > Laurie >
> > > -----Original Message-----> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of> > Christy Buchin> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008
12:53 PM> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Subject: [Felvtalk] High Fever>
> > > > > My cat Gray Kitty, was diagnosed with FeLV on his first> > birthday,
9/6/08.> > He and his two brothers were born in our home to a stray we> > took
into our> > home. She had tested negative for the virus. His two> > brothers
have also> > continue to test negative for the virus. His two brothers> > are
also type A> > blood and he is the only one that is type B. He has had 1> >
transfusion, due> > to his anemic condition. Since then, the virus has gone to>
> his bone marrow.> > He receives weekly injections of the Imulan LTCI and is
on> > holistic> > medication as well. Since diagnosed, he continues to run a> >
fever between> > 103 and 105. Antibiotics do not seem to relieve this> >
either. We know each> > day is precious that we have with him. Does anyone
else> > battle with the> > high fevers too?> >
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