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Today's Topics:
1. Re: RIP little girl Coco (Sherri Godschalk)
2. Re: RIP little girl Coco (Ardy Robertson)
3. Re: Bogey's checkup today - bad results (Sherri Godschalk)
4. Re: Bogey's checkup today - bad results (Amani Oakley)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:04:22 -0400
From: Sherri Godschalk To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl
Coco
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So sorry about Coco. Sounds like it was peaceful for her. Thanks for
loving
and taking care of her. Peace to you
Sherri
From: Felvtalk on behalf of Kelley S
Reply-To: Date: Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 2:49 PM
To: felvtalk Subject: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco
Lost my little Coco last night. It was sudden - she was playing and
running
around before I went to sleep and when I woke up she was gone.
Probably
better for her that way as she didn't have to suffer through a long
protracted illness. Sure does hurt though.
Kelley
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:47:21 -0500
From: "Ardy Robertson" To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl
Coco
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Hi Kelley,
I?m so sorry for the loss of little Coco. When my Tigger babe lost his
battle at 5-1/2 years, I was devastated. Someone from this FeLV chat
group sent me this poem called Lend Me A Kitten, and I still read it a
lot. It give me a little solace??I hope it helps you and all the
others who have given such good care and still had to go through the
loss.
Lend Me a Kitten
I will lend you a kitten for awhile, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and should his stay be brief
You'll always have his memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn.
I've looked the whole world over, in search of teachers true.
And from the folks that crowd life's land, I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love, not think the labor vain?
Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again?
I fancied that I heard them say 'Dear Lord Thy Will Be Done'.
For all the joys this kitten brings, the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may.
And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay.
But should you call him back, much sooner than we planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
If, by our love we've managed your wishes to achieve,
Then in memory of him whom we loved, please help us while we grieve.
When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife,
Please send yet another needing soul for us to love all his life.
Author Unknown
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
Of Kelley S
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 1:49 PM
To: felvtalk Subject: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco
Lost my little Coco last night. It was sudden - she was playing and
running around before I went to sleep and when I woke up she was gone.
Probably better for her that way as she didn't have to suffer through
a long protracted illness. Sure does hurt though.
Kelley
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:33:11 -0400
From: Sherri Godschalk To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup
today - bad results
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Armani,
I tried the KFC today, she loved it. So does her mom so that was
dinner
for both of us.
The only other information on the results print out they give me is a
?smear? on the bottom. Says ?Fluorescence? under it. Mentions rbc,
retics,
plt, rbc flags and wbc,in a legend of sorts. I am sure that means
something.
Bogey is actually playing with her Qtips this evening. She brought one
in
to show me. So she is still having fun. Today has been a good day.
Sherri
On 10/26/16, 6:40 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"
wrote:
Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is
eating,
you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low platelet
count
but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming right now. Were
there
clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count? See if your results
have
anything at the bottom about the recheck they did for the low
platelets.
Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or
tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried
Chicken
for her (without the covering!).
You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't
giving up, and neither should you or Bogey.
I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly,
though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is
willing
to try it now.
Amani
-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
Of
Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the
fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made
him
think we needed to add something. He is going to look into Interferon
for
her and I am going to research that this evening as I have only seen
it
mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I am awfully glad
about
that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't think Bogey is ready
either.
Sherri
On 10/26/16, 1:59 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"
wrote:
Hi Sherri
Yes, some of the results are worse (especially the platelets) but
the
retic count is actually up a bit. I hope that adding the Doxycycline
might help. The haematocrit and red cells are down, but nowhere as
low
as I have seen them in cats with FeLV, so there is a lot of cushion
still there. The best piece of news is that she is eating and
drinking
and gaining weight.
Amani
-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On
Behalf
Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-26-16 12:59 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
Just a bit of information regarding Bogey?s last lab results. She
had
been sleeping a lot and not as active so this really didn?t surprise
me.
Everything has taken a down turn.
Range 26-Oct 30-Sep
RBC 6.54 12.2 2.54 2.9
HCT 30.3 52.3 14.8 17.9
HGB 9.8 16.2 5.2 6.2
MCV 35.9 53.1 58.3 61.7
MCH 11.8 17.3 20.5 21.4
MCHC 28.1 35.8 35.1 34.6
RDW 15 27 24.5 25.2
RETIC 3 50 89.9 82.1
WBC 2.87 17.02 13.05 12.01
NEU 1.48 1.029 3.97 3.96
LYM 0.92 6.88 7.8 6.81
MONO 0.05 0.67 1.16 1.17
EOS 0.17 1.57 0.11 0.06
BASO 0.01 0.26 0.01 0.01
PLT 151 800 28 53
The only bit of good news is the doc did start her on Doxycycline
twice
a day. So she is going to be on that and Prednisolone and Stanzolol.
I
also give her Petinic twice a day and am going to add Lysine. I hope
that the Doxy isn?t arriving too late to help.
Bogey is not suffering. She is eating, drinking and gaining weight,
although just a little, playing once in awhile. She is hiding now
which
she never did before. My heart hurts today.
Thanks for listening.
Sherri
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 02:38:34 +0000
From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: Re:
[Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
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Yes - it's the smear I was asking about. If you let me know what they
found when they looked at the smear, it will probably say whether or
not the platelets were visually confirmed to be low or whether there
was blood clotting.
I am thrilled Bogey liked the KFC. I had one cat, a few years ago,
with cancer, and I kept her eating long after the vets felt she should
have survived, by feeding her KFC. My husband and I certainly had our
fill of KFC, since we had to eat it something like 3 times a week. Up
here in Canada, we have Swiss Chalet, which also seems to work wonders
on my babies.
One day at a time, Sherri. She's eating and playing. Let's keep our
fingers crossed that the Doxycycline will help.
Amani
-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-27-16 10:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
Armani,
I tried the KFC today, she loved it. So does her mom so that was
dinner for both of us.
The only other information on the results print out they give me is a
"smear" on the bottom. Says "Fluorescence" under it. Mentions rbc,
retics, plt, rbc flags and wbc,in a legend of sorts. I am sure that
means something.
Bogey is actually playing with her Qtips this evening. She brought one
in to show me. So she is still having fun. Today has been a good day.
Sherri
On 10/26/16, 6:40 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"
wrote:
Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is
eating, you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low
platelet count but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming
right now. Were there clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count?
See if your results have anything at the bottom about the recheck
they did for the low platelets.
Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or
tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried
Chicken for her (without the covering!).
You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't
giving up, and neither should you or Bogey.
I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly,
though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is
willing to try it now.
Amani
-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the
fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made
him think we needed to add something. He is going to look into
Interferon for her and I am going to research that this evening as I
have only seen it mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I
am awfully glad about that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't
think Bogey is ready either.
Sherri
On 10/26/16, 1:59 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"
