That is wonderful news!! It is hard to hear anyone ignore the small picture for the big picture; thinking it will stop the problem for the pets in need while we try to save the one.
Hugs and kisses to Bogey! On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 12:56 PM Sherri Godschalk <skgodschal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when > my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough > go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and > I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I > have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a > bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl. > > Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of > Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also > treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These > dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she > was only barely 5 pounds initially. > > When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels > were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really > thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind > of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low > side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the > Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that > needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the > winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps. > > So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to > save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that > I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as > sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet > that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other > healthy cats that need homes". > > Best to all. > > Sherri & Bogey > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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