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[Kim Thomas]

I took Cole to the vet this afternoon and I think it confirmed my worries. He 
has lost almost 2 lbs since June 24th. The vet did a complete blood count to 
see what his status is and his anemia is worsening at a very fast rate and if 
it does not increase his body will give out soon. His hemoglobin level was at a 
critical level of 11% this afternoon, where as a month and a half ago it was 
20% and in May it was 31%. She said by the look of his blood work, his bone 
marrow has been greatly affected by the leukemia and his body is not making 
very many red blood cells anymore, if any. There was some concern that he might 
be developing a mass of some kind in his abdomen, but thankfully at this time 
nothing showed up on the xray. We are going to try to give him a little longer 
to get better by giving him Epogen shots which should increase his red blood 
cell production. At this time though it is unclear if his bonemarrow is to 
damaged to even make more red blood cells, but we will see. At this time he is 
still very weak and does not move around much, but he still purrs non stop and 
its as lovable as ever...which makes it that much harder to think of the end. I 
know that the shots will only improve the length of time he lives and will 
never cure him, but I am hoping it at least gives him enough energy to have a 
happy life. The vet said that if he lives through this week, then hopefully he 
can show a little bit of improvement. Thank you all for you support and words 
of advice. I am still terrified of knowing that I will lose my best friend 
sometime in the near future, but at least I get to spend time with him now. 
Here is a picture of my angel. Please pray for him. All of your kitties are in 
my thoughts and prayers and I am glad to know there are other people with 
hearts filled with enough love to take care of these wonderful kitties.  Kim 
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