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Re: re Foxy/ bad news

Sally Davis
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:56:05 -0700

I think you meant this for Kathy. Junior lived 1.5 years his HCT after the
immunoregulin was 30.

Sally

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Sally,
>  If it is al all possible find another vet who is more knowledgable in
> treating FeLV this vet is pretty clueless.  An HCT of 10 is when a
> transfusion would be seriously considered not ruled out, that alone tells me
> this vet doesn't have the knowledge to help you.
>
> Bailey started with an HCT of 20% at which point we ordered the epogen, by
> the time I got it his HCT had gone down to 18%, after two weeks of being on
> the epogen it was at 15%, it often takes epogen 3 weeks or even longer to
> kick in.  By week 3 his HCT was back up to 18% and went up from there.  When
> he passed of pancreatic cancer his HCT was a very healthy 33%, so he never
> became anemic after that.  The prednisolone may help but in order to build
> new red cells she needs vitb, iron and folic acid, all are needed to build
> new red cells.  Nutrived ahs all 3 and is fairly cheap, you can order it
> here:
>
> http://www.calvetsupply.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=33
>
> I order it for Fred my CRF furkid.  I have not found it cheaper anywhere
> else.
>
> How is the baby today?
>
>
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