Amanda, have you ever heard of L form bacteria? I read about it a couple years ago. When I asked my vet about it he'd never heard of it. Google it if you have time. Marcia
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Amanda Vollaro <avoll...@optonline.net> wrote: > In reply to both dlgegg and Beth: > Yes, Hemobartonella in combination with his FeLV was what brought him down. > It became impossible to fight the problem when his spleen and liver failed > due to blood waste buildup. We tried and tried to get electrolytes and blood > sugar in balance, but every time we thought we had it, he'd level out for an > hour and then something dropped or spiked. > > What I understand having spoken to the vet is that a more thorough approach > (taking care of what might be an upper respiratory with the clavamox, which > was suspected also) and the hemobartonella with azithro was what the vet was > trying to do, before zapping him with the doxy, which they thought would be > too much for his already taxed little system. > > As for the 24-hour Emergency Hospital, although they have specialists coming > out of their ears, they failed to diagnose the same for my first case of this > horrible combo. As I was walking out the door after putting down "Bog", (a > precious little female) they asked me if I wanted more tests to see what the > problems with her blood were. She did not have sickle-cell, they said. They > described it as "irregularities, on the cell walls, some looking like they > had exploded, others looking fuzzy". I had to grimace when I heard that. > Finally, they had taken a closer look at her blood, after she had been in > their care for three days. > After seeing an internist, a cardiologst, etc., they offered a transfusion, > as a last resort, saying: "we can try it but it'll probably kill her". So > that was the last choice they gave me: let her pass in peace or die while > getting a cath put in for a transfusion. I knew it was too late for her. If > they had come to a diagnosis two days earlier it would have saved her life. > > Sometimes I wonder about these specialists: they seem to be less aquainted > with FeLVand its complications than we are, and we're not vets. > > I am going to try to get an audience with the vet I used to go to. She's a > country doctor who kept my first cat alive to 22 years old. When he was > diagnosed with hyperthyroid she put her hands on him and said, "Oh. I know > what this is. No problem. I'll get you the medication right way. He'll be > fine." > I said..."What? No test?" "No, no need. Unless you want an expensive > confirmation." I said of course not. Total for visit: $35 for the medication. > No emergency exam fee. > He was right as rain in a week, and I got the pills compounded into vaseline > with could be administered in his ear. He lived 5 more years completely > symptom-free. > Her name is Jaqueline Perkins and is the best vet on Long Island (and > possibly in all of NY), and she does things the old fashioned way. Problem is > she does mostly surgery (semi retired) and I'm going to have a devil of a > time trying to get to see her. But I'm going to try. > > Amanda Vollaro > avoll...@optonline.net > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth" <create_me_...@yahoo.com> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Urgent Advice Needed > > >> So sorry to hear about Kiss. Poor baby. >> Are sure he had Hemobartonella? Doxy would have been the treament. I had a >> non FeLV cat who had it. >> So sad. >> Beth >> >> dlg...@windstream.net wrote: >> >>> If you have any question about the antibotic and cannot get a reasonable >>> answer from him soon, I would go for a 2nd opinion. Do yo have a 24 hour >>> emergency vet near you? I can get to one i about 1 hour and they have a >>> very up to date set up with ultrasound and the works. >>> ---- Amanda Vollaro <avoll...@optonline.net> wrote: >>>> I am sad to say that Kiss (FeLV + Blood parasite boy) did not make it. He >>>> hung on for three days and fought like the dickens but could not shake it. >>>> >>>> What I need to know is why my vet prescribed azithromyicin and clavamox >>>> for the parasite when doxycycline is the only proven treatment. I cannot >>>> get him on the phone as he is in surgery, and I have another cat who has >>>> stopped eating and is lethargic. I need her to get the appropriate >>>> treatment quickly, she is the mother of most of our brood and is very >>>> special to us. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Amanda Vollaro >>>> avoll...@optonline.net >>>> 516-350-0131 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Felvtalk mailing list >>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
