Re: More info on Joey
Hi Hideyo, I will be picking her up today and ask the vet about fatty liver. The kittens also have really bad diarrhea and are on albon. I am going to ask him if I can give them some pedialyte to prevent dehydration. Could I give Kitty pedialyte? I don't know if she has dehydration though - she drinks ALOT - which is why they are thinking diabetes. Kelley On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Kelley - she vomits because she feels nauseated when the food is put in her mouth and she is nauseated because of her liver problem and it's a common sytmpoms for liver problems. Liver has a great recoupbability to recover, however, early treatment is very critical.. once a cat becomes jaundiced, you will risk losing the kitty.. that's how I lost mine. Again, IV is critical right now -- you cannot afford her to be dehydrated.. and IV will help flush toxins and bile out from the liver and will make her feel better - there are pepcid injection that you can give her from feeling nauseated -- but please please ask you vet to give her IV -- as Wendy says it's a very serious condition. I will be praying for Joey and Kitty's recovery. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Not yet. She is at the vet tonight. They could not get urine today. So they are going to get urine, and they syringe fed her for today. I do syringe feed her, but she vomits it up about half the time. I think if she does not have diabetes, then they will run a thyroid. He is ruling out one thing at a time. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's her liver -- is she on IV? I would ask the vet to give her IV and flush it out and it's very very important to you syringe feed her --it might be the beginning of fatty liver disease as she was a pretty good size kitty before she lost weight.. Get SAMe from the health food store right away and give 100 mg or so to her every day and also milk thisle (herb) - I use non alcohol tincture type .. TBIL is also high normal range -that means she has a bit of bile duct problem.. thought it's not that bad right now.. IV will really help her - I lost more than a couple of kitties to liver disease as I did not notice the problem right away.. but kitty's liver function is not that bad according to blood -- did they not run thyroid test to rule out any thyroid problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43
Re: More info on Joey
Hi Wendy, He has it written down on Kitty's bloodwork (sorry, there was a pair of senior owner surrenders turned in to me at the same time. Both are now pretty gravely ill). I am thinking of not taking in any more seniors. They do not do well in my home. It is really hard, but young cats seem to adjust much better and with much less stress. I am trying to find a foster w/fewer cats so that she could have less stress, but no one who does rescue has few cats. When all my dreams come true and I have a full-fledged sanctuary/adoption center, perhaps I can dedicate a room to seniors and adjust it to their special needs. Though I did get Caroline fully adjusted to my home...it took 5 months..and she is only 5.5 years.. On 4/11/07, wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lipidosis is the same thing as fatty liver disease, if I'm not mistaken. Is the vet saying Joey has this??? This is very serious if so; it's related to the lack of food. I hope Joey is ok Kelley. :) Wendy --- Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came
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Kelly, I hope your dreams come true! I can only hope to be independently wealthy someday so I can have a beautiful shelter! Good luck with your seniors! Yes, we'll have to have old folks wings on our shelters! Good idea! Best wishes! Melissa -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Wendy, He has it written down on Kitty's bloodwork (sorry, there was a pair of senior owner surrenders turned in to me at the same time. Both are now pretty gravely ill). I am thinking of not taking in any more seniors. They do not do well in my home. It is really hard, but young cats seem to adjust much better and with much less stress. I am trying to find a foster w/fewer cats so that she could have less stress, but no one who does rescue has few cats. When all my dreams come true and I have a full-fledged sanctuary/adoption center, perhaps I can dedicate a room to seniors and adjust it to their special needs. Though I did get Caroline fully adjusted to my home...it took 5 months..and she is only 5.5 years.. On 4/11/07, wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lipidosis is the same thing as fatty liver disease, if I'm not mistaken. Is the vet saying Joey has this??? This is very serious if so; it's related to the lack of food. I hope Joey is ok Kelley. :) Wendy --- Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e
RE: More info on Joey
A kitty with liver disease (in the beginning stage) also drinks lots of water, or at least mine did.. I don't know why they still think it's diabetes when the blood work shows it's not - do you know? You might want to ask them. You could give kitty pedilyte - but it will be better if you can give them subq- with a syringe as they dehydrate so quickly and giving them orally sometimes is not enough water to compensate the loss-- and hydration becomes critical for a kitten more than so for a adult kitty. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, I will be picking her up today and ask the vet about fatty liver. The kittens also have really bad diarrhea and are on albon. I am going to ask him if I can give them some pedialyte to prevent dehydration. Could I give Kitty pedialyte? I don't know if she has dehydration though - she drinks ALOT - which is why they are thinking diabetes. Kelley On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Kelley - she vomits because she feels nauseated when the food is put in her mouth and she is nauseated because of her liver problem and it's a common sytmpoms for liver problems. Liver has a great recoupbability to recover, however, early treatment is very critical.. once a cat becomes jaundiced, you will risk losing the kitty.. that's how I lost mine. Again, IV is critical right now -- you cannot afford her to be dehydrated.. and IV will help flush toxins and bile out from the liver and will make her feel better - there are pepcid injection that you can give her from feeling nauseated -- but please please ask you vet to give her IV -- as Wendy says it's a very serious condition. I will be praying for Joey and Kitty's recovery. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Not yet. She is at the vet tonight. They could not get urine today. So they are going to get urine, and they syringe fed her for today. I do syringe feed her, but she vomits it up about half the time. I think if she does not have diabetes, then they will run a thyroid. He is ruling out one thing at a time. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's her liver -- is she on IV? I would ask the vet to give her IV and flush it out and it's very very important to you syringe feed her --it might be the beginning of fatty liver disease as she was a pretty good size kitty before she lost weight.. Get SAMe from the health food store right away and give 100 mg or so to her every day and also milk thisle (herb) - I use non alcohol tincture type .. TBIL is also high normal range -that means she has a bit of bile duct problem.. thought it's not that bad right now.. IV will really help her - I lost more than a couple of kitties to liver disease as I did not notice the problem right away.. but kitty's liver function is not that bad according to blood -- did they not run thyroid test to rule out any thyroid problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL
RE: More info on Joey
Kelley, if they are ruling out one thing at a time, if there's even a suspicion of fatty liver, they should be checking for it FIRST because time is so very important! My Luc had it a little over a year ago, possibly brought on by pancreatitis (although by the time we noticed he was off and got treatment, that was the secondary issue!), and we forced subq fluids and A/D, and when that was too much of an ordeal for all of us, we had an esophageal tube implanted. Within 2 weeks he was back to his old self, although it was another month or so before we could have the tube removed. But without the forcing, we would have lost him for sure! Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties.
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I agree completely -- I feel that you may want to find another vet as I just don't know if he knows completely what he is doing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenfeldt, Diane Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Kelley, if they are ruling out one thing at a time, if there's even a suspicion of fatty liver, they should be checking for it FIRST because time is so very important! My Luc had it a little over a year ago, possibly brought on by pancreatitis (although by the time we noticed he was off and got treatment, that was the secondary issue!), and we forced subq fluids and A/D, and when that was too much of an ordeal for all of us, we had an esophageal tube implanted. Within 2 weeks he was back to his old self, although it was another month or so before we could have the tube removed. But without the forcing, we would have lost him for sure! Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties.
Re: More info on Joey
Ok, well, I talked to the vet and she still has not urinated (which has me concerned) but he has come to the conclusion that she is just one of those cats that wants attention all the time. She has FINALLY started eating on her own (first time she has done this) but he says she will watch to see if you are there and if you leave she will stop eating. She will only eat if you are actively watching her. This is going to be an issue for me because there is no way I can pay any one cat that much individual attention. It just physically isn't possible. On 4/12/07, Rosenfeldt, Diane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelley, if they are ruling out one thing at a time, if there's even a suspicion of fatty liver, they should be checking for it FIRST because time is so very important! My Luc had it a little over a year ago, possibly brought on by pancreatitis (although by the time we noticed he was off and got treatment, that was the secondary issue!), and we forced subq fluids and A/D, and when that was too much of an ordeal for all of us, we had an esophageal tube implanted. Within 2 weeks he was back to his old self, although it was another month or so before we could have the tube removed. But without the forcing, we would have lost him for sure! Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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Kelley - I hate to say that but your kitty is not urinating because she does not want not because she cannot -- there is someone on a different list brought her cat to her vet and kept their two days until he urinated as he was a CRF kitty -- and I asked her to bring him home right away, it was his decision as he did not feel comfortable or safe to pee as a cat will hold to pee more than a day or two -- and as soon as she brought him home he started peeing like there is no tomorrow -- unless they are doing anything like IV, please bring her home you are only stressing her keeping there and it's not good for her for whatever she is dealing with. I understand it's overwhelming -- I can relate as I have tons of cats to take care of lots of have certain medical needs and I have a full time job - but just do what you can-- please don't' think that if you can't do everything you are supposed to.. it might well as do nothing.. just do what I can .. I have three kitties right now that I have to assist feed every day.. and 4 kitties who needs sub q fluid on a daily basis, and about a dozen that needs different medications (diabetic, CRF, liver.. and etc..) and it does not always happen the way it's supposed to.. but it's okay,, just do what I can. You might be more overwhelmed by a thought of doing 'everything - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, well, I talked to the vet and she still has not urinated (which has me concerned) but he has come to the conclusion that she is just one of those cats that wants attention all the time. She has FINALLY started eating on her own (first time she has done this) but he says she will watch to see if you are there and if you leave she will stop eating. She will only eat if you are actively watching her. This is going to be an issue for me because there is no way I can pay any one cat that much individual attention. It just physically isn't possible. On 4/12/07, Rosenfeldt, Diane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelley, if they are ruling out one thing at a time, if there's even a suspicion of fatty liver, they should be checking for it FIRST because time is so very important! My Luc had it a little over a year ago, possibly brought on by pancreatitis (although by the time we noticed he was off and got treatment, that was the secondary issue!), and we forced subq fluids and A/D, and when that was too much of an ordeal for all of us, we had an esophageal tube implanted. Within 2 weeks he was back to his old self, although it was another month or so before we could have the tube removed. But without the forcing, we would have lost him for sure! Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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Thanks for the info Kelley! I should look into that, and ask my financial advisor, well, my cousin, for some help with setting one up. Melissa -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hey Melissa, We are going to be getting off the topic a bit, but I don't think we need to be independently wealthy to have shelters. That's why I started a 501(c)(3) so that I can take donations.:) (If I had to wait until I was independently wealthy I'd never make it!) Kelley On 4/12/07, Melissa Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelly, I hope your dreams come true! I can only hope to be independently wealthy someday so I can have a beautiful shelter! Good luck with your seniors! Yes, we'll have to have old folks wings on our shelters! Good idea! Best wishes! Melissa -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Wendy, He has it written down on Kitty's bloodwork (sorry, there was a pair of senior owner surrenders turned in to me at the same time. Both are now pretty gravely ill). I am thinking of not taking in any more seniors. They do not do well in my home. It is really hard, but young cats seem to adjust much better and with much less stress. I am trying to find a foster w/fewer cats so that she could have less stress, but no one who does rescue has few cats. When all my dreams come true and I have a full-fledged sanctuary/adoption center, perhaps I can dedicate a room to seniors and adjust it to their special needs. Though I did get Caroline fully adjusted to my home...it took 5 months..and she is only 5.5 years.. On 4/11/07, wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lipidosis is the same thing as fatty liver disease, if I'm not mistaken. Is the vet saying Joey has this??? This is very serious if so; it's related to the lack of food. I hope Joey is ok Kelley. :) Wendy --- Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see
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Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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Kelley -- the weight he lost is not that much -- I actually weigh some of my kitties every single day for different reasons.. but they do fractuate throughout the day and throughout the week even if there is nothing wrong -- I would really suggest before you going to extreme measurement of diagnosis like biopsy which can be very stressful for the body, do the total body function work to find out how each organ is working.. sometimes, we diagnosis our animals to death so that we can find out what's going on, but stress can damage them the meantime as well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:05 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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I will send the values from the other blood test when I get home. The X-ray is showing a suspicious mass in his tummy, but that would not cause issues with his mouth would it? On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelley -- the weight he lost is not that much -- I actually weigh some of my kitties every single day for different reasons.. but they do fractuate throughout the day and throughout the week even if there is nothing wrong -- I would really suggest before you going to extreme measurement of diagnosis like biopsy which can be very stressful for the body, do the total body function work to find out how each organ is working.. sometimes, we diagnosis our animals to death so that we can find out what's going on, but stress can damage them the meantime as well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:05 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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No, the mass in the tummy itself wouldn't -- whatever is causing the mass could cause ulcers if again it's viral related, I think.. how about ultrasound - it's less invasive than biopsy and you can stay with him while they do and it only takes 15 mins or so and no anesthesia is necessary and it will tell a lot more about the mass -- is that what you meant, Kelley? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I will send the values from the other blood test when I get home. The X-ray is showing a suspicious mass in his tummy, but that would not cause issues with his mouth would it? On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelley -- the weight he lost is not that much -- I actually weigh some of my kitties every single day for different reasons.. but they do fractuate throughout the day and throughout the week even if there is nothing wrong -- I would really suggest before you going to extreme measurement of diagnosis like biopsy which can be very stressful for the body, do the total body function work to find out how each organ is working.. sometimes, we diagnosis our animals to death so that we can find out what's going on, but stress can damage them the meantime as well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:05 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also – if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight – how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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No, the biopsy was for his tongue. He needs an ultrasound for his tummy, but I don't have the money. Ultrasounds are very expensive. On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also – if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight – how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
Re: More info on Joey
awwwhe's such a sweetie. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also – if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight – how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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Elizabeth..doesn't he look fineI don't understand how he can have all this wrong with him and still seem ok... On 4/11/07, elizabeth trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: awwwhe's such a sweetie. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also – if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight – how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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I am not understanding -- what make you think that he can have all this wrong -- as all I see is low RBC and high WBC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:29 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Elizabeth..doesn't he look fineI don't understand how he can have all this wrong with him and still seem ok... On 4/11/07, elizabeth trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: awwwhe's such a sweetie. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
RE: More info on Joey
He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
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Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
RE: More info on Joey
I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:03 AM To: felvtalk Subject: More info on Joey Joey has lost 3 ounces of the 7 ounces he previously regained. The vet says for me to not syringe feed him because if I force him to eat when he doesn't want to it will just make him throw up and make him sickly. So do yall have any suggestions for convincing him to eat? He seems to like all food equally. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http
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Kelley, I just got a new appetite stimulant from the vets, Fred has lost a pound in 2 weeks. He is eating but not nearly enough, he is getting another feeding tube tenatively on Friday. But she asked me to try this appetite stimulant first, it is dosed an 1/8 to a 1/4 pill every 3 days. She wanted me to start Fred with a 1/4 but after reading some of the side effects I decided to try a 1/8 first. Within 20 minutes Fred was looking at me and trying to lead me into the kitchen, I put food down and he ate pretty good, better than he has in quite a while. I am still going to get the feeding tube because he is horrendous with getting meds and there are a few he HAS TO HAVE, most importantly hisw blood pressure meds and potassium and binders. He is just impossible to pill and we are at war when it comes to giving him meds so he has only been getting the BP and antibiotic for the last 2 weeks. The appetite stimulant is called Mirtazapine, here is one page where I read some things about it. I hope it doesn't hurt him to have it the one time, once he gets the feeding tube I won't need it. It's about 30 dollars for a 36 day supply at 1/4 pill every 3 days or a 72 day supply at an 1/8 of a pill every 3 days. This is what I paid the vet. http://www.felinecrf.org/persuading_cat_to_eat.htm#mirtazapine -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting web design] http://HostDesign4U.com BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com
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Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he not eating at all? What is his eating habit right now? Not all cats will throw up, you really have to evaluate it individually as none of my cat I syringed fed never never threw up (some did not like me doing it..) -Original Message- From
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You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating some, but not as much as last week. The doctor says the lesion on his tongue could be from FELV? or it could be from me giving him the pills..if they are staying on his tongue too long... He says it is not an infection. If it does not go away he wants to biopsy it. I am thinking maybe when he eats it hurts his tongue, so he doesn't want to eat as much. I'm very disappointed he lost weight as he was steadily regaining
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Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey I bet you are exactly right about why he isn't eating as much. Is he drinking plenty of water? Maybe he would like some of the fancy feast that is just in the plain 'pate' form?...or maybe some baby food? Bless his little heart. Please pat him on the head for me. elizabeth On 4/11/07, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is eating
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Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey His spinal cord. He does not look so skinny, though. Here is his picture from 2 nights ago: http://rescuties.rescuegroups.org/images/dynapage/s689dpi7.jpg On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree also - if he is dehydrated, it will also impact the weight - how is he losing weight? What portion does he look skinny? On the spinal cord area? Or all over? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elizabeth trent Sent
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I think it's her liver -- is she on IV? I would ask the vet to give her IV and flush it out and it's very very important to you syringe feed her --it might be the beginning of fatty liver disease as she was a pretty good size kitty before she lost weight.. Get SAMe from the health food store right away and give 100 mg or so to her every day and also milk thisle (herb) - I use non alcohol tincture type .. TBIL is also high normal range -that means she has a bit of bile duct problem.. thought it's not that bad right now.. IV will really help her - I lost more than a couple of kitties to liver disease as I did not notice the problem right away.. but kitty's liver function is not that bad according to blood -- did they not run thyroid test to rule out any thyroid problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know
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Not yet. She is at the vet tonight. They could not get urine today. So they are going to get urine, and they syringe fed her for today. I do syringe feed her, but she vomits it up about half the time. I think if she does not have diabetes, then they will run a thyroid. He is ruling out one thing at a time. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's her liver -- is she on IV? I would ask the vet to give her IV and flush it out and it's very very important to you syringe feed her --it might be the beginning of fatty liver disease as she was a pretty good size kitty before she lost weight.. Get SAMe from the health food store right away and give 100 mg or so to her every day and also milk thisle (herb) - I use non alcohol tincture type .. TBIL is also high normal range -that means she has a bit of bile duct problem.. thought it's not that bad right now.. IV will really help her - I lost more than a couple of kitties to liver disease as I did not notice the problem right away.. but kitty's liver function is not that bad according to blood -- did they not run thyroid test to rule out any thyroid problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram
RE: More info on Joey
Kelley - she does not have diabete - her gloucose is not high at all -- you need to bring her home -- many cats do not pee when stressed and it's really bad for a kitty with liver problem. They can easily stick a needle to get sterile urine sample if you need to.. and she is not going to pee there - I think you may need to get another vet as I don't know why you vet is not seeing the problem of the liver -- liver problem is very serious and need to do something right away and they should not she does not have diabete from the blood work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:56 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Not yet. She is at the vet tonight. They could not get urine today. So they are going to get urine, and they syringe fed her for today. I do syringe feed her, but she vomits it up about half the time. I think if she does not have diabetes, then they will run a thyroid. He is ruling out one thing at a time. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's her liver -- is she on IV? I would ask the vet to give her IV and flush it out and it's very very important to you syringe feed her --it might be the beginning of fatty liver disease as she was a pretty good size kitty before she lost weight.. Get SAMe from the health food store right away and give 100 mg or so to her every day and also milk thisle (herb) - I use non alcohol tincture type .. TBIL is also high normal range -that means she has a bit of bile duct problem.. thought it's not that bad right now.. IV will really help her - I lost more than a couple of kitties to liver disease as I did not notice the problem right away.. but kitty's liver function is not that bad according to blood -- did they not run thyroid test to rule out any thyroid problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening
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Hey Kelley, Just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you and Joey. I'm just south of your neck of the woods in San Antonio for a conference this week. I hope you find out soon what's going on with Joey. I was only able to read a few emails today so I'm not sure all that's going on with Joey today. Prayers going out to both of you. :) Wendy --- Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
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Kelley - now I am looking at Kitty's bloodwork, I am pretty sure that you meant TBIL and not TFIL for Joey's blood work. IF so, I am worried that there is a chance that he may have FIP... here's the blood work you emailed to me earlier .. Elevated AMYL, GLOUB, TBL and low RBC - is there anyway that you can get access to FOI -- even it's FIP, there is a chance that he will recover as he is older .. but I really suggest you have them run corona titer test to -- I lost 8 kitties to FIP and have seen their blood work and symptoms and am worried that there is something that we can do to help him but your vet is not seeing it. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2
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There is someone on FIP list who has FIP and her kitty died and wanted to sell it to someone, if you are interested in, I can ask her - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:00 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Kelley - now I am looking at Kitty's bloodwork, I am pretty sure that you meant TBIL and not TFIL for Joey's blood work. IF so, I am worried that there is a chance that he may have FIP... here's the blood work you emailed to me earlier .. Elevated AMYL, GLOUB, TBL and low RBC - is there anyway that you can get access to FOI -- even it's FIP, there is a chance that he will recover as he is older .. but I really suggest you have them run corona titer test to -- I lost 8 kitties to FIP and have seen their blood work and symptoms and am worried that there is something that we can do to help him but your vet is not seeing it. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has
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Lipidosis is the same thing as fatty liver disease, if I'm not mistaken. Is the vet saying Joey has this??? This is very serious if so; it's related to the lack of food. I hope Joey is ok Kelley. :) Wendy --- Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my household is always lots of kaos, my standard is probably off -- Lots of my kitties have had anemia problems and it can be a life threatening, I lost 6 kitties to anemia during the past several months already, so I know that it's not to be taken light.. but I also wanted you to remember his clinical behavioral conditions as it's most important thing of all to consider. I really do suggest thought, Kelley, have the blood work done for everything, and also female buddy kitty to run all the blood work as well -- urine samples will tell lots of stuff, but not as much as the blood work can tell and to what degree (i.e. kidney problems.. etc) -- please keep me posted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey Hi Hideyo, He for sure has anemia. He may have cancer - we cant' tell until I save $ for sonogram. He has an ulcerated area on his tongue that has my vet concerned. He is worried about the possibility of FELV.That is a lot of stuff for one cat to have wrong. The female buddy he came in with may have diabetes. He is keeping her overnight to get a urine sample. She is not eating at all. Most of her blood values are WNL. She's very sick, I know that. She's lost 7 lb in 2 month out of 17.2 lbs. She had URI so I treated that and she got better from that..but she kept not eating. I syringe her but sometimes she throws it back up. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He looks so cute!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: More info on Joey
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Hi, Kelley - she vomits because she feels nauseated when the food is put in her mouth and she is nauseated because of her liver problem and it's a common sytmpoms for liver problems. Liver has a great recoupbability to recover, however, early treatment is very critical.. once a cat becomes jaundiced, you will risk losing the kitty.. that's how I lost mine. Again, IV is critical right now -- you cannot afford her to be dehydrated.. and IV will help flush toxins and bile out from the liver and will make her feel better - there are pepcid injection that you can give her from feeling nauseated -- but please please ask you vet to give her IV -- as Wendy says it's a very serious condition. I will be praying for Joey and Kitty's recovery. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Not yet. She is at the vet tonight. They could not get urine today. So they are going to get urine, and they syringe fed her for today. I do syringe feed her, but she vomits it up about half the time. I think if she does not have diabetes, then they will run a thyroid. He is ruling out one thing at a time. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's her liver -- is she on IV? I would ask the vet to give her IV and flush it out and it's very very important to you syringe feed her --it might be the beginning of fatty liver disease as she was a pretty good size kitty before she lost weight.. Get SAMe from the health food store right away and give 100 mg or so to her every day and also milk thisle (herb) - I use non alcohol tincture type .. TBIL is also high normal range -that means she has a bit of bile duct problem.. thought it's not that bad right now.. IV will really help her - I lost more than a couple of kitties to liver disease as I did not notice the problem right away.. but kitty's liver function is not that bad according to blood -- did they not run thyroid test to rule out any thyroid problem? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Yes, Kitty's bloodwork (they called her Kitty for 12 years so who am I to change it). ALB 3.0 ALKP 294 ALT 78 AMYL 849 BUN 39 CA 10.6 CHOL 155 CREA 1.1 GLOB 6.0 GLU 171 PHOS 5.6 TBIL 0.3 TP 9.0 He has written hypothyroidism, chronic hepatitis, lipiodosis, and some other stuf I can't read. WBC 16.09 LYM 0.93 MONO 2.39 NEU 12.28 EOS 0.40 BASO 0.10 HCT 35.4 RBC 7.43 HGB 14.7 HGH 14.7 RETIC 26.9 MCV 47.6 RDW 20.1 MCH 19.79 PLT 517 MPV 11.26 PCT 0.6 PDW 23.0 On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you post your female kitty's blood work anyway? Your vet may not have much experience with FIP if he did not say anything about it by looking at the blood work - and lots of vets don't know how to look at the blood result for FIP illness. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey You might also want to start giving him a sub Q fluid (may be every other day - like 100 cc??) as some of his kidney values are high normal range - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: More info on Joey Do you have bilburin values? Did THL mean TBL? His TP/Gloub is very high? Did he get tested for the corona virus titers? I am a bit concerned that this mimics some of the blood work from the kitties I lost to FIP (anemia, high globulin and low ALB and high AMYL), but he is not a young kitty -but I would ask for the corona virus titer just to see what it is though there is no definitive answers on it either -- I have lots of kitties with high corona titer who don't have FIP, and lower titer and have had FIP.. but trying to eliminate what we can eliminate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More info on Joey Ok, here is his other bloodwork. ALB 2.5 ALKP 25 ALT 43 AMYL 1743 BUN 48 CA 9.8 CHOL 209 CREA 1.5 GLOB 7.5 GLU 146 PHOS 5.4 THL 0.7 TP 10.1 I had Blood Chemistry and CBC on his female buddy done...I have the result in the car but they are inconclusive. So we are waiting for urine to see if it is diabetes or not. On 4/11/07, Hideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry, I did not minimize your concerns by any means --- since my
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We are all under a death sentence from the day we are born. No one knows when she is going to leave this world. The trick is to enjoy every moment you have with Samantha. To hold her and love her and give her every treat she wants and every cuddle she wants. Neither you nor she nor the doctors know how long she will be around (refer to the email I sent earlier about the 15 months The Royal Princess Kitty Katt lived when she was expected to live 2-3 months). Do not rush Samantha's leaving. Kitty made it very plain that she wanted to leave this world all by herself. Watching her do that was extremely painful for me but, despite how weak she was, it was not painful for her and it gave her time with the person (my Mom) she chose to live with---and gave Mom time with Kitty. I learned a lot from Kitty Katt. And I am still learning. Every time I tell her story I realize I have learned so much from her. Take what I can tell you and try hard to apply it to your relationship with Samantha. Enjoy the present. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: Julia Hagstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:25 AM Subject: More info Nina and Belinda, I took my kitty to the Cancer Center today, and yes, she saw a specialist, a Dr. who was filling in for Dr. Harris while she's on vacation, and really knows her stuff. :) She made sure that the problem is lymphoma, and said it is hiding in her lymph nodes, which is why she couldn't see the mass clearly on the X-ray we brought from my regular vet (the vet I've been taking her to since I got her). Unfortunately, when a tumor gets into the lymph nodes and then the bones, it is a death sentence. I know this because it's also what happened to my husband; he died of bladder cancer, when the second tumor was in his body cavity, and surgery wasn't an option. While he was trying to decide whether to take more aggressive chemo for it, after having the tumor shrunk to the size of a golfball by chemo and radiation, the tumor grew back very fast, and got into his lymph nodes and bones. His Dr.s knew that it was the end for him, and he was dead within a week's time after that. That's why I know that, no matter what I do, Samantha will die, and I just don't see the point of doing the chemo and radiation when it will only prolong her life by a few months, not a very long time at all. If it were longer, I would consider it, but I haven't got a job, right now, and so money has to be a very big consideration, whether I want it to be or not. It would cost about $1500.00 for just the radiation treatments, because that was the estimate they gave me today, on top of the cost of her visit and treatment today. She has been given a short-term chemo injection, and will receive 3 more of these, but they won't last very long, and they will make her comfortable. She is also on Children's Benadryl, to prevent an allergic reaction to the second injection, and Prednisone. I want her to be comfortable for as long as possible, but she isn't very strong, and I don't know how long she'll last. I want to do right by her, but this is all I can do. I won't prolong her life just for my own selfish ends, and I won't keep her with me, if she is suffering greatly; I'll let her go, and set her free. Thanks for all the advice, I really appreciate it. I've received quite an education from all the Emails I've read from y'all, and will continue to look forward to them. Julia -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 6/16/2006
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Julia, I think you are making the right decision for Samantha. I want to reiterate asking your local vet about the depo/dex shots for Samantha to keep her comfortable as her health fails. Unfortunately, sometimes money is a deciding factor in the treatment for our furbabies, which can really hurt. I had the same problem when my Cricket was sick, deciding whether or not to give him a 300-400$ transfusion just to prolong his life for a few weeks, when he would most likely go right back to suffering. If I had had the money, I would have transfused, but as it was, we already had spent about $800. So I totally know how you feel about this, and you should not feel guilty. Whether we like it or not, money IS an issue. Bless your heart. Losing your husband and now your Samantha is sick too. I am sorry you and Samantha are going through this. You have the right, selfless attitude about letting her go when it's time. If you need anything at all, or just need to talk/vent, please post. We're here for you. :) Wendy --- Julia Hagstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nina and Belinda, I took my kitty to the Cancer Center today, and yes, she saw a specialist, a Dr. who was filling in for Dr. Harris while she's on vacation, and really knows her stuff. :) She made sure that the problem is lymphoma, and said it is hiding in her lymph nodes, which is why she couldn't see the mass clearly on the X-ray we brought from my regular vet (the vet I've been taking her to since I got her). Unfortunately, when a tumor gets into the lymph nodes and then the bones, it is a death sentence. I know this because it's also what happened to my husband; he died of bladder cancer, when the second tumor was in his body cavity, and surgery wasn't an option. While he was trying to decide whether to take more aggressive chemo for it, after having the tumor shrunk to the size of a golfball by chemo and radiation, the tumor grew back very fast, and got into his lymph nodes and bones. His Dr.s knew that it was the end for him, and he was dead within a week's time after that. That's why I know that, no matter what I do, Samantha will die, and I just don't see the point of doing the chemo and radiation when it will only prolong her life by a few months, not a very long time at all. If it were longer, I would consider it, but I haven't got a job, right now, and so money has to be a very big consideration, whether I want it to be or not. It would cost about $1500.00 for just the radiation treatments, because that was the estimate they gave me today, on top of the cost of her visit and treatment today. She has been given a short-term chemo injection, and will receive 3 more of these, but they won't last very long, and they will make her comfortable. She is also on Children's Benadryl, to prevent an allergic reaction to the second injection, and Prednisone. I want her to be comfortable for as long as possible, but she isn't very strong, and I don't know how long she'll last. I want to do right by her, but this is all I can do. I won't prolong her life just for my own selfish ends, and I won't keep her with me, if she is suffering greatly; I'll let her go, and set her free. Thanks for all the advice, I really appreciate it. I've received quite an education from all the Emails I've read from y'all, and will continue to look forward to them. Julia __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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The depo/dex shots, besides making them more comfortable, actually does shrink lymphoma. The vet who taught me the regimen said that she sometimes saw cats with lymphoma go 6 months on these shots alone. When my Simon came out of remission from chemo and was too sick to get more chemo, these shots shrunk the lymphoma enough for him to get better enough to getmore chemo again. So it is a (gentle) form of chemo in itself. Michelle In a message dated 6/20/2006 5:45:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I want to reiterate asking your local vetabout the depo/dex shots for Samantha to keep hercomfortable as her health fails.
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Julia, Don't ever say 'this is all I can do'--what you're doing is wonderful! Samantha is loved and well cared for. That's more than so many kitties have... Make her as comfortable as you can, give her lots of hugs--that's what she needs right now. Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Hagstrom Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: More info Nina and Belinda, I took my kitty to the Cancer Center today, and yes, she saw a specialist, a Dr. who was filling in for Dr. Harris while she's on vacation, and really knows her stuff. :) She made sure that the problem is lymphoma, and said it is hiding in her lymph nodes, which is why she couldn't see the mass clearly on the X-ray we brought from my regular vet (the vet I've been taking her to since I got her). Unfortunately, when a tumor gets into the lymph nodes and then the bones, it is a death sentence. I know this because it's also what happened to my husband; he died of bladder cancer, when the second tumor was in his body cavity, and surgery wasn't an option. While he was trying to decide whether to take more aggressive chemo for it, after having the tumor shrunk to the size of a golfball by chemo and radiation, the tumor grew back very fast, and got into his lymph nodes and bones. His Dr.s knew that it was the end for him, and he was dead within a week's time after that. That's why I know that, no matter what I do, Samantha will die, and I just don't see the point of doing the chemo and radiation when it will only prolong her life by a few months, not a very long time at all. If it were longer, I would consider it, but I haven't got a job, right now, and so money has to be a very big consideration, whether I want it to be or not. It would cost about $1500.00 for just the radiation treatments, because that was the estimate they gave me today, on top of the cost of her visit and treatment today. She has been given a short-term chemo injection, and will receive 3 more of these, but they won't last very long, and they will make her comfortable. She is also on Children's Benadryl, to prevent an allergic reaction to the second injection, and Prednisone. I want her to be comfortable for as long as possible, but she isn't very strong, and I don't know how long she'll last. I want to do right by her, but this is all I can do. I won't prolong her life just for my own selfish ends, and I won't keep her with me, if she is suffering greatly; I'll let her go, and set her free. Thanks for all the advice, I really appreciate it. I've received quite an education from all the Emails I've read from y'all, and will continue to look forward to them. Julia
