>>>>>> Epogen and injectable steroids may help but that takes time to kick in and you would probably have to give him a transfusion or two to buy enough time to see if that would help. <<<<<<< EPOGEN may ALSO help if the bone marrow is no longer producing enough RBC's as I have said time and time again, Jean Luc and cat with lymphoma, and crf got EPOGEN for over two years on and off as needed and his bone marrow went down from 13 to 11, they stared the epogen when it was 13, and it WAS non regenerative anemia. He WAS NOT FeLV positive so I don't know what that status would throw in the mix, and since nobody seems willing to try it before the cat is so sick it is probably beyond help I guess we'll never know. The only cat I know of that tried the epogen that was positive had a hemocrit of I believe 6 when it was started, and since epogen can take up to three weeks to really kick in I don't think it was started in time to have a chance to work. PS Jean Luc's lymphoma was diagnosed shortly after he was already getting the epogen for anemia, so it could be possible the lymphoma caused the anemia and it was the symptom that brought about checking for lymphoma. -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web design) http://HostDesign4U.com ----------- BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) http://bmk.bemikitties.com |
