Re: [Felvtalk] Merlot status update

[Margo]

Hi Maya,             Just my experience, but during Gribble's first crash (which brought his diagnosis) his fever went above 107. The only thing that brought it down was Ketoprofen. He got it daily for about a week. Many Vets don't use it for some reason (probably because of concerns about using NSAIDs in cats), but I have always had it available. My Vet had offered Metacam (which _I_ don't use) and she agreed to try the Ketoprofen. Something worked, but I can't swear what. I'm glad he's feeling better, that's always a good thing :) All the best, Margo -----Original Message----- From: Maya D'Alessio Sent: Oct 19, 2015 11:19 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Merlot status update So we can say relatively conclusively at this point that this is the FeLV, as his blood cell counts are going down and everything else has been ruled out.  His fever hasn't changed, which is good and bad. Good that it's not worse, bad that it's not responding to drugs. We got to take him home tonight and I've just got him settled in Phil's office, where I'll be sleeping with him for the night. He's definitely in better shape than this morning, more perky and like himself, but we are still on high alert. The vet says he has roughly a 40% chance of a good prognosis. She's seen cats come back from this with FeLV, and others don't. We are taking him in first thing tomorrow to see the vet again and get re-evaluated, and we will make some more decisions about drugs at that point. The vet has agreed to try Winstrol tomorrow if the fever hasn't come down (he's on two antibiotics right now, an anti-nauseant and she upped the prednisolone). -- Maya D'Alessio PhD student B1 377B, x32320 Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator Biology GSA Vice Chair GSA Director At-Large University of Waterloo

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