I HAVEN'T GOTTEN MUCH MAIL, BUT HAVE BEEN BUSY PREPARING FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY AND MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARE FOR THE CATS AND MY GARDEN. MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ARE GOING TO HELP ME WHEN I COME HOME FROM SURGERY AND THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I CAN FEED, WATER AND CLEAN BOXES AND FIX MY OWN MEALS LIKE SALADS.
---- ROBERT CHAPEL <bcha...@optonline.net> wrote: > Things have been very quiet on the group lately...OR... I am once again > not getting group mail.... > Has there been activity I've missed?? > My Hospice Boy ( Gilbert) is doing quite well for the moment but ( as we > all know with such things it could change any minute...so I'll just > enjoy it while it's happening).... Wondering if any of you have > experience with Higher dose Prednisolone administered chronically ( say > above 7.5 mg QD)... When I agreed to Foster Gilbert it came with the > proviso that I would follow their directions ( Which I will hold to > unless I feel they are killing him unnecessarily quickly) His Tumor > does not appear to have gotten any larger and his pain appears to be > pretty well controlled.... Just wish I knew specifically what is helping > the most so I could cut down on superfluous drugs....currently he's on > Gabapentin( .4 cc BID if pain is up.. QD if doing OK).. for pain, > prednisolone ( 10 mg QD administered via syringe dissolved in milk, > Venus Fly Trap SubQ BID ( interesting substance... bears closer > scrutiny... supposed to have anti tumor activity) Two other " > alternative " medications which I have suspended only because the poor > boy screams bloody murder every time I have to give him something..... > with a tumor invading his oral cavity I want to keep anything PO to a > minimum.... > Seems that the cats I've had that are _ supposed_ to ( clincally) die > don't and the ones that that aren't ..do > Hope everyones buddies are doing reasonably well ( as reasonably well as > FeLV Kitties can do)... Gilbert, as I mentioned, had a traumatic brain > injury which has left him with poor balance... but lately he's been > insistent on expanding his range and even tried running this AM... > Wasn't in anything resembling a straight line but the spirit in this guy > is enough to make you weep... Guess that's part of why I am such a fan > of animals.... they simply do what they have to and do it without > complaint ( Sure glad they can't speak...perhaps I'd like them less if > their inner thoughts were more like ( Why ME?? I'm a more thoughtful > caring cat than Mittens over there; why did _ I_ have to get hit by a > car and THEN get cancer!!... and there's that jerk Mittens running > around all carefree and happy...where's the Justice I ask you!!!!)... > Bob > Bob > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org