Laura, bravo for finding a different vet! And a huge HOORAY for Miss Charlotte!!!!
Debbie (COL) "The time is always right to do what is right" - Martin Luther King > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:02:26 -0700 > From: hingebacktorto...@yahoo.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] Update on Charlotte > > > I brought Charlotte back to the vet yesterday. She still wasn't doing well, > just nibbling at her food and appearing very lethargic. Since I wasn't > especially happy with my vet's response to her, I tried another clinic that > I'd heard good things about, just to get a second opinion. Dr. Ray took more > blood and told me that Charlotte was indeed very anemic - her PCV was 9% > versus about 40% for a healthy young adult cat. So I was a little ticked off > that my regular vet didn't tell me just how anemic she was, and a week had > gone by when something else could have been done. The vet was concerned about > tumors but X-rays showed nothing. He recommended that a blood transfusion be > done immediately, so he packed up his 22 pound donor cat and I brought both > cats to North Fulton emergency center since they were just down the road & Dr > Ray's office was closing for the day. > I picked Charlotte up at 11:30 last night (lots of coffee was needed since it > was an hour and a half drive) and she was so hungry! She started chowing down > right away. She now has doxycycline and Prednisilone twice a day. Now we just > have to wait for the rest of the test results to come back. I'll keep you all > updated. > Thank goodness for Visa....it was almost $900 yesterday. My mom asked me, > "Why didn't you just put her down?" but I couldn't. She doesn't want to die. > She's purring and rolling over to be petted and even yesterday when she > didn't feel good she was going up to everybody and looking for attention. > Laura > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/events.aspx _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
