Thanks so much for the encouragement and information, Laurie. This is a heartbreaking situation for us, as all of you know too well.
Sally Jewell > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk- > boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Laurieskatz > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject) for Sally > > Sally, that is so encouraging that he WANTS the food. That is > great. Please > check out the link suggested in earlier emails today with subject > "assisted > feeding". It is important for Lukey to get the same amount of food > via > syringe that he ate before getting sick. You want to avoid liver > failure. > Please keep us posted. Lukey is lucky to have you. > Laurie > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of S. > Jewell > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:56 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject) > > Thank you very much, Jane. I appreciate your concern and > suggestions. I heard from Jenny via e-mail after she called > and I wasn't home. At her suggestion, I bought some A/D and > Gatorade and have begun to force feed Lukey. He took right > to the food like he was grateful to have it and I will be > giving him some Gatorade later tonight and then feeding > again even later. I got about 1/3 of a can of A/D down him > via syringe, which I thought was pretty good for a first > effort. He is getting thinner and weaker while we wait on > the shot to kick in but on Saturday he was not yet severely > anemic, so hopefully I have some time. We'll know tomorrow > when I take him back to the vet, which he will certainly > hate. At least she can rehydrate him and maybe check him > again for lymphocyte and RBC count. > > Anyway, God bless you and all of the others who post here in > an effort to help others. I appreciate it very much. > > Sally Jewell > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk- > > boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Jane Lyons > > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:13 PM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject) > > > > Sally > > I hope Jenny sees this post. You might send another post > with > > Jenny/ > > Autumn in the > > subject. I also hope that you can get your boy through > this scary > > time until your vet opens on Tuesday. > > > > I hope you can get help for him. > > > > Jaane > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 6, 2009, at 1:37 PM, S. Jewell wrote: > > > > > Hi, All, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm new to this and not exactly sure how it works, but I > > > desperately need to speak personally to Jenny, who > recently > > > posted about her FeLV kitty Autumn and her improvement > with > > > the transfusion, Ambrotose and the Imulan injection (I > > > presume that's what it was). I am treating one of my > FeLV > > > boys right now who is not eating and has been > hospitalized > > > for a few days with low lymphocyte count and mild > anemia. > > > He came home yesterday after being on fluids for his > fever > > > for several days at the vet. He got his first LTCI > > > injection yesterday before he came home and he's a bit > > > feverish again and not eating. My vet doesn't open > again > > > until Tuesday and I am worried. I am preparing to buy > the > > > Acemannan, which I presume is a similar product to > > > Ambrotose, but I would really love to speak with Jenny > about > > > the transfusion process and what Autumn's state was > before > > > the transfusion and how she responded. > > > > > > > > > > > > I apologize if this is the wrong way to go about this > but > > > again, this is all new to me. My Lukey boy is my first > FeLV > > > cat to become sick and it came up so suddenly that it > has > > > thrown us for a loop. We are beyond heart sick and > > > desperate to help me in any additional ways such as > > > transfusion, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sally Jewell > > > > > > 502-363-1002 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele > ukemia.o > > rg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele > ukemia.o > > rg > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele ukemia.o > rg > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele ukemia.o > rg _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org