My vet is not supportive of winstrol treatment, does anyone know of any sources I could send him to change his mind? On Oct 20, 2015 11:34 AM, "Amani Oakley" <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> wrote:
> Hi Maya > > > > The fever is secondary to everything else going on. Keep him on the rest > of the stuff anyway, and just add the Winstrol. My experience is that the > fever will dissipate with the improvement of his blood counts, etc. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf > Of *Maya D'Alessio > *Sent:* October-20-15 8:03 AM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Merlot status update > > > > Does the winstrol work on the fever though? > > On Oct 20, 2015 3:21 AM, "Amani Oakley" <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> wrote: > > Maya > > > > No matter what the outcome is of the temperature, I would suggest you > start him on the Winstrol anyway. This is an omen of things to come. The > virus is in there and causing a problem. It is unlikely to go away on its > own. Don’t wait until he is doing badly to start the Winstrol. > > > > Again, with Zander, we saw very much the same course. Some abnormal > haematology results, some lack of appetite, temperature, licking concrete. > That was in June/July. We took him to the vets, he got some antibiotics and > seemed to improve. Then in September, a HUGE crash back into serious > illness and we almost didn’t get him back. > > > > If Merlot’s platelets dropped like that, the virus is affecting his bone > marrow. Don’t wait until the effects are far-reaching and difficult to > reverse. Athletes use Winstrol to build up their muscles and stamina and to > repair damages tissue. My suggestion is that you use it as a supportive > measure now and head off the very likely future crisis, even if it appears > that you have achieved a bit of a reprieve now. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf > Of *Maya D'Alessio > *Sent:* October-19-15 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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