Yes. They told me that moisture or oxygen will deplete dry food of
those
vitamins. Another person took their cat in when I took Coco (we
went over to
Ames teaching school). Her cat could not walk at all and did not
survive.
It's a rare condition and can also be caused by toxins or the
disease passed
via bird droppings (I forget the name right now...toxoplasmosis,
maybe).
Anyway, it was frightening and I am so grateful to have my kitty.
They had
to take biopsies of her muscles and send them to Texas to be
analyzed.
Laurie
-----Original Message-----
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Rosenfeldt, Diane
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:49 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hello- new to the list
Wow, Laurie, I had never heard of that.... So I'm guessing that dry
food
should be kept, say, in its bag with the top rolled so there's no
extra
air? Wacky!
Diane R.
-----Original Message-----
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Laurieskatz
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:38 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hello- new to the list
Coco lost weight, couldn't jump up, her tongue would come out of her
mouth
and her legs weren't working right. Not FeLV+but she was diagnosed
with
myonecrosis. A change in food (from dry to canned) reversed her
issues.
The
vets tested for all the usual causes and she was negative so they
assumed
nutritional. I would dump all the dry (Wellness) into a tupperware
container. Vets said that exposed the food to too much air which
depleted
the food of vitamin D and Selenium and caused muscle death. For what
it's
worth....
Laurie
-----Original Message-----
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amy
Ackerman
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:17 PM
To: Felv talk
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hello- new to the list
I appreciate everyones concern & thoughts. Looking back at what I've
written so far, I can see that I haven't been very clear about what
was/is
going on with Grrr. I've been a little emotional these last few
days!
I
took him in monday morning because he had been having a very
difficult
time
doing normal cat stuff- jumping, running, etc- saturday night &
sunday,
and
it was getting progressively worse as hours passed. I had consulted
with my
vet on Sunday about possibly taking him to emergency, but because
he was
not
displaying any very dramatic symptoms of stroke, seizure, obvious
distress
or pain, we decided to save him the trip and bring him in first thing
Monday
morning. He had been losing weight, and it seemed likely that his
weakness
was a symptom of whatever was causing the weight loss- hence the
blood
tests
that led to the leukemia diagnosis. The vet believes it likely
that the
weakness & instability are a result of a spinal tumor caused by
lymphosarcoma, and I believe that yesterday's dramatic neurological
symptoms
were simply a progression from what had been going on all weekend,
exacerbated by the stressful hospitalization & long car rides- he
doesn't
travel well either. Grrr doesn't do anything easily except look
handsome &
growl. The cortisol shot was administered as an effort at pain
management,
to see if it helped him get around easier. Just got him home and
he's
looking OK- a bit better than yesterday, and he sure seems happy to
be
home.
We have a very long term relationship with this doctor, and do trust
him-
obviously, mistakes can be made, but I am comfortable with the
treatment
Grrr has been given and the plans we have discussed for his future. I
am, as
has been suggested, throwing out the calender- my cat seems happy,
if a
bit
awkward physically, and that makes me happy! Amy
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