I also know what a relief that can be :)
N
Nina wrote:
Sandy,
How wonderful that you and Cotton have found a good vet! I know what
a relieve that can be. It's great that they have an Internist in the
office. Hugs and headbutts to you and your babies,
Nina
Dudes wrote:
Cotton's much anticipated visit to the new vet was a great
experience.
This vet agreed with me that Cotton's immediate health was the first
concern. He got his fecal and his ears checked. He got his ears
cleaned, and he was found to be loaded with spirochites sp(?), and he
was given a course of Metranidazole.
She agreed that the next step was getting the IFA, and a baseline
cbc, and a basic metabolic panel to evaluate his general health.
I told her that since I started him on the L-Lysine (that Jen
suggested!-THANK YOU!) _his lymph nodes are actually smaller_. She
took this as a positive sign, and said that with good supportive
care, he may continue to fight off the FeLV, but wanted to make sure
we knew that his life expectancy was uncertain. She was happy to
prescribe Interferon, and even apologized for not mentioning it
before I did!
She told me she is going to discuss Cotton's case with her senior
vet, who is a cat internist, who is at a week long symposium, to make
sure that she isn't missing anything and to come up with a testing
schedule for my other cats. I learned too, that she herself has 6
cats of her own, and she felt like if she was presented with this
situation herself, she might be inclined to proceed as I have. I was
so put at ease by knowing that she thinks like this. I couldn't ask
for a better visit.
I feel so much better about our little Cotton-ball. :) We got him
out of there just as he was starting to eye the tops of the cabinets
over the sink. So naughty, but we love him so much. Thank you all
for being so helpful with advice.
Sandy
