***Sorry about my lengthy email*** Hello MaryChristine & sorry about my late response :-)
I don't know how to read the blood test results, but here is what I have... What's on the left of arrow is the results of first blood test taken on 1/9/2009, and what's on the right of arrow is the resulst of second test taken on 3/28/2009. I didn't know which values indicate what, so I wrote down the items indicating abnormal values (High & Low) from the first blood test results... AST (SGOT) 121 (H) -> 32 ALT (SGPT) 145 (H) -> 52 Cholesterol Total 235 (H) -> 304 (still High) Phosphorous 3.0 (L) -> 4.1 (still Low) CA/PHOS Ratio 2.7 (H) -> 2.2 Total Protein 15.8 (H) -> 7.6 Albumin 5.2 (H) -> 3.2 Globulin 10.6 (H) -> 4.4 LDH 1141 (H) -> 434 RBC 3.2 (L) -> 7.4 HGB 5.2 (L) -> 11.1 HCT 18 (L) -> 39 MCV 58 (H) -> 53 MCHC 28.2 (L) -> 29.1 Lymphs 17 (L) -> 62 (H) Lymph/Absolute 935 (L) -> 2728 Platelet Count 58 (L) -> 253 FELV (ELISA) Positive -> Negative 1/9/2009 - I took my cat, Puma to the vet for bladder infection (I thought that was the only problem then). Since it was the first time, the vet did the blood test. Looking at the test results, he told me that Puma was FeLV+ and had severe anemia. (I don't know what kind...) The vet gave Puma LCTI on 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 (once a week for 3 weeks) 2/28, 3/14 (every other week). On 3/28 which is two weeks after his 5th shots, the vet did the 2nd blood test which you can see the results above. Looking at the 2nd test results, the vet told me that Puma no longer has anemia; however, I asked the vet to continue the LCTI treatment. The vet gave Puma LCTI on 4/11, 5/9, 6/6, and 7/4 (Once a month). I'm planning to ask the vet to do another blood test on 9/5 which will be two month from the last treatment. Only other thing that I did was to make sure that Puma gets nutritious food. When the treatment started, I switched from dry food (Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care) to can food (Natural Balance Ultra Formula) (I'm back to dry food (Wellness) now though....) I also gave him Hi-Vite drop daily (and I still do...) Let me know if I missed anything that you asked. Hiromi :-) > From: twelvehousec...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:08:36 -0400 > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Wolfie Update > > hiromi, i'd be very interested in learning about the blood values your > cat showed, what kind of anemia it had, what other things you tried, > how long it was on the lcti, etc. > > -- > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > MaryChristine > Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org) > Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
