Thanks, Tonya! We took in a cat from another town, the the vet had
it on immunoregulan. We use interferon, but haven't used the immuno-
regulan before. I'll have to read up on it.
Gloria
On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:16 PM, catatonya wrote:
We used it with CC years ago. She got better, but we were also
using interferon and on a lot of herbs and supplements from a
holistic doctor as well. I can't say for sure what got her 'over
the hump' from being at death's doorstep to doing better........
There were no side effects or anything like that.
t
Gloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anybody else have experience with immuno-regulan?
On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Chris wrote:
> He gave her a series of shots. She had no side effects and I think
> the
> shots were once a week or once every other week--can't remember
> right now.
> As far as other things, well she's had a couple of UTI problems...
>
> Its tough finding a good vet. My first vet, who is the one who
> picked up on
> FELV status, readily admitted to me that he had almost no
> experience but was
> willing to work with a NYC med center. That would have been a
> little tough
> in terms of transport back and forth and I found a vet who was
> closer to me
> who does treat FELV+ cats. He never batted an eyelash about
> treating Tucson
> and at least had some experience. I do not have her or Big Boy (my
> other
> FELV) on Interferon but that was more of a judgment call on my part
> based on
> their personalities and overall situation.
>
> One of the ideas for finding more helpful vet is to try to contact
> local
> rescue groups, particularly anyone who takes FELV+. Also, when I was
> changing, I called a number of them to find somebody who was
currently
> treating FELV cats...
>
> Chris
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cindy
> reasoner
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:12 AM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: RE: Smokey
>
> Did your vet give your Tucson the immuno-regulin in a
> shot or through an IV? Did she have to stay at the
> vet or get to go home? I might need to go to another
> vet because my conversation today the vet seemed like
> we had done all we could do for Smokey. The fever is
> the big thing with him. He keeps getting a fever
> every 3 or 4 days. I had talked to another vet when I
> first found out Smokey was + because one of the vets
> where I take my pets gave me the option of finding
> Smokey another home or euthanasia. The other vet I
> spoke to told me not to let them put me in a corner
> about having Smokey euthanized. He said they have a
> few patients that are +. I don't want to see Smokey
> suffer but I don't know if he is right now.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Chris wrote:
>
>> My Tucson has had two episodes of low white blood
>> count. Vet gave her a
>> series of immuno-regulin shots; brought it back up.
>> Just a thought...
>>
>> Chris
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of cindy reasoner
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:19 AM
>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>> Subject: Re: Smokey
>>
>> The bloodwork showed he was anemic, red and white
>> blood cell count low. The white blood cell count was
>> at the border of low & normal. He had been on
>> Baytril
>> for awhile and the vet said she would of thought it
>> would not have been at that level after being on
>> antibiotics. His platelets were low too. I just
>> talked to the vet and he didn't seem very hopeful
>> for
>> Smokey. I will take him back to vet today to see if
>> his temp. has spiked again. After the vet gets his
>> temp. down he goes about 3 or 4 days and it spikes
>> again. I know when I go down there if he has a
>> fever
>> the vet will recomend euthanasia. What should I do?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Cindy
>> --- Barb Moermond wrote:
>>
>>> Why does your vet say that there's an infection
>>> somewhere? Does the bloodwork indicate it? I
>> know
>>> that there have been a few people on-list who have
>>> had FeLV+ kitties with unexplained/idiopathic
>>> fevers. How very frustrating for you and your
>>> family! Am sending strength and calm for all of
>>> you.
>>>
>>>
>>> Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
>>>
>>> "My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he
>> should
>>> impress. Merely living his life, doing what
>> pleases
>>> him, and making me smile."
>>> - Anonymous
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