PS. Bailey was diagnosed at 5 months old, he was 11 years old when I
lost him.
On 2/27/2015 12:21 PM, Katherine K. wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM, N. E. Juskowich <nej...@gmail.com
<mailto:nej...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Time is of the essence for us and I need to know if there's
something else that can be done for my sweet little
just-turned-one-year-old boy. He had a PCV of 12% and received a
blood transfusion, his PCV went up a little, then back down, then
up to 17% over the course of 24 hours. He was put on 7.5 mg.
prednisone, 25 mg. mycophenolate, 18.75 mg. plavix (to prevent
clots from the pred/mycophenolate combo), 25 mg. doxycycline (in
case of mycoplasma infection), and 5 mg. famotidine to prevent GI
issues from the pred.
His anemia is currently non-regenerative with two most likely
potential causes: he was agglutination positive, a sign of immune
mediated red blood cell destruction; he may have leukemia in the
marrow. We did not do a bone marrow aspirate because cancer would
be too advanced at this stage, the severe anemia indicating this
to be the case. The doctor said it could take a few days of
immunosuppressant therapy for the bone marrow to respond.
Two days after the PCV of 17% we had a recheck and it is now down
to 14%. He is going to receive another transfusion.
I need to know as quickly as possible: Is there anything else that
can be done at this stage? I was looking into treatment with
TCyte (LTCI), but my vet said it would be a waste of time and
money. I'd read on a forum that a severely anemic felv kitty
responded very well to the drug and I would've been willing to
give it a shot. My vet is of the opinion that I should not have
bothered with this second transfusion (he had to go to emergency
hospital for it) and the TCyte is "hogwash". I'm sitting here
feeling hopeless and wondering if this really is the end and what
do I do now if he doesn't respond to the transfusion.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. No sugar coating
necessary, but please be gentle. If nothing can be done, what can
I do for him to keep him happy and comfortable? Will he need
euthanized or will he pass peacefully?
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