My cat Yang had a pcv of 13 and it does over night and she had a fever then her temp dropped below normal, she was jaundiced. she was dying and was felv + so we put her down while we held her. I hope yours has a better outcome. On Feb 27, 2015 3:42 PM, "Belinda" <ma...@bemikitties.com> wrote:
> 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> > 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? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing > listFelvtalk@felineleukemia.orghttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > -- > > Belinda > happiness is being owned by cats and Emma > ...http://MyFundit.com/sitehttp://FreeAnimalRescueWebsite.orghttp://HostDesign4U.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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