I'm so sorry for your loss! Sent from my iPhone.
On Oct 15, 2012, at 18:07, <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: > My Nitnoy crossed over today at 12:45. She had been with me since 2008, > survived a raccoon biting of her tail and being FELV +. There was nothing to > idicate whaat was going on. During the holidays, she was not doing well so > took her to ER. They did x-rays and complete bloodwork. I had told them she > was FELV+ but they did not seem upset that she was just 1 point low on red > and white cells. After the holiday, I took her to my vet as she was not > improving, had not passed urine or stool. First thing he did was look at her > anal glands. They were impacted and infected. He cleaned them out and gave > her Covina and we brought home Orbax to be given once daily. Everything was > much better, she was back to her self. Then Friday, she began hiding, not > eating or drinking so took her to vet on Saturday. ONE THING SHE DID THAT > STRUCK ME ODD - SHE TRIED TO EAT THE FIRBARK THAT MY ORCHIDS ARE PLANTED IN. > Sat when we got to vet, my dr was not there, but his wife (also a vet) was. > She said her lymph glands were slightly enlarged and gums very pale. We did > another blood panel. Her white cells were .98 and her red blood cells were > 3.2. Kidney and liver functions were normal as were creatine and bun. We > thought about going to ER for transfusion, but she would have to stay over > the weekend in a cage and we decided the stress would outweigh any good it > might do plus her body might just kill the new blood and we would be right > back where we started plus stress. Again, gave Covina shot and started again > on Orbax. I wanted to try a tonic that has worked wonders on cancers, etc. > Vet said ok but keep a record of what I did in case it worked. She actually > seemed to improve. I was feeding with an eye dropper aruond 50 ml every hour > (i can ad mixed with 3 cans hot water so she could swallow and also to egt > fluids into her. She got around 50ml of tonic also. She took a turn for the > worse this am at 3:30, but then seemed to get better. She was breathing > easier, heart was strong and she responded to my voice and touch. By 12:45, > she had gone completely the opposite direction. I was holding her aganst me > as she seemed to like the body warmth when she gasped 3 or 4 times and the > light in her eyes went out. I knew she was going and I told her it was all > right. She held on with her claws, gave a sigh and that was all. > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
