Re: [Felvtalk] (Fwd) Blood transfusion on Felv+ cat

2009-01-22 Thread Cougar Clan
My vets and I made the decision not to transfuse Dixie Louise for the reasons you gave. I am very grateful that my vets were very up front about the situation and, while they made it an option and assured me they would arrange it, they would not put their own cats thru it (given Dixie's

[Felvtalk] Thanks

2009-01-22 Thread Graca Azevedo
Dear All,   I thank you all for the existence of this group and specially to Gloria, Heather, Jenny and Sally for answering my questions.  Now, I have to read your e-mails very carefully and digest the information. Regards, Graça Azevedo Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo!

Re: [Felvtalk] (Fwd) Blood transfusion on Felv+ cat

2009-01-22 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
I am very sorry that you had such a bad experience, Jennifer. It's really unforgivable that a vet should be so unclear about what to expect from a transfusion for a kitty with nonregenerative anemia. I had my FeLV kitty, Flavia, given a transfusion after she was diagnosed with nonregenerative

Re: [Felvtalk] (Fwd) Blood transfusion on Felv+ cat

2009-01-22 Thread Belinda Sauro
Wow, that is an extremely high cost for a transfusion, they are rip offs, where do you live? I have gotten transfusions for under $200.00. You may ask your vet about trying epogen, procrit or arsnap all help with anemia. Bailey my positive was on epogen and prednisolone when he was

[Felvtalk] Post to List

2009-01-22 Thread Carol Tsai Begnoche
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Re: [Felvtalk] Anemia

2009-01-22 Thread Christy Buchin
Yes, the Hi Vites were recommended by our Vet for our anemic cat, which we give twice daily along with all his other meds. Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:26:27 -0500 From: furrygi...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Anemia Hi Vite drops are a good iron supplement,

Re: [Felvtalk] Anemia AZT

2009-01-22 Thread Christy Buchin
The leukemia has reach the bone marrow of our cat Gray Kitty as well. We were told in November by the University of California Davis that he had weeks to live. He is still fighting to live. We have him on Interferon, LTCI Injections weekly, high doses of Steroids as well. Date: Wed, 21 Jan

Re: [Felvtalk] (Fwd) Blood transfusion on Felv+ cat

2009-01-22 Thread Christy Buchin
We transfused our cat Gray Kitty twice now. The lowest his hematocrit ever went was 9. After each transfusion he went up to around 30-35 which is in the normal range, then dipped down to 18-20 where he remains. From: phaed...@charter.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Wed, 21 Jan

Re: [Felvtalk] Post to List

2009-01-22 Thread Belinda Sauro
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[Felvtalk] Anemia and copper?

2009-01-22 Thread Emily Hunter
Given the recent discussions about anemia and treatment, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with abnormal copper levels inducing anemia? From what I've read, both too much and too little copper absorbed by the cat can lead to anemia. Copper deficiency on it's own is