Allie
On 11/24/05, carrie chance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
okay thanks to a few of your members and the hard work and knowledge
we have assumed it was toxoplasmosis and started her on the meds
AND TODAY AFTER 3 DOSES MY KITTEN IS UP PLAYING AND
ABLE TO WALK FURTHER THAN SHE HAS ALL MONTH! IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES
AND I CANT BELEIVE WHAT IM SEEING, so hopefully with continued use she will
be on her way
THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "carrie chance" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: New Member
> Okay here are the results
> this is long and took me forever to type
>
> ALK 30
> ALT 50
> AST 42
> ALBUMIN 3 3
> TOTAL PROTEIN 85
> GLOBULIN 5 2
> TOTAL BILIIRUBIN 0 1
> DIRECT BILIRUBIN 0 0
> BUN 18
> CREATININE 0 9
> CHOLESTEROL 168
> GLUCOSE 88
> CALCIUM 12.1
> PHOSPHORUS 8.0
> CHLORIDE 107
> POTASSIUM 5.8
> SODIUM 153
> A/G RATIO 06
> B/C RATIO 20 0
> INDIRECT BILIRUBIN 0 1
> NA/K RATIO 26
> HEMOLYSIS INDEX 25
> LIPEMIA INDEX 43
> WBC 15.6
> RBC 6.51
> HGB 10.2
> HCT 31.7
> MCV 49
> MCH 15.7
> MCHC 32.2
> NEUTROPHIL SEG 79
> LYMPHOCYTES 12
> MONOCYTES 6
> EOSINOPHIL 3
> AUTO PLATELET 276
> SLIDE REVIEWED MICROSCOPICALLY
> NO HEMOBARTONELLA (NOW CALLED MYCOPASMA) SEEN
> PLATELETS-CLUMPED
>
> ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHIL SEG 12324
> ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTE 1872 ABSOLUTE MONOCYTE 936
> ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL 468
>
> FIP ADD ON TEST: NO ANTIBODY PRESENT @ 1:100
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hideyo Yamamoto" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:03 AM
> Subject: RE: New Member
>
>
> You can send a blood work to Dr. Addie at University of Glasgow and they
> can do a profile test for FIP - it's the closest diagnostic tool around,
> she has dedicated her last two decades on treatment/diagnosis of FIP -
> every time, I suspect FIP on my kitties, I consider using them ---
>
> Again, we will see what the blood work say when you post it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of carrie chance
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:22 PM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: New Member
>
> I have her on pedialite, took her off antibiotics (they werent helping)
> and
> have taken her to 3 vets, one suspects FIP, the other say its not FIP,
> and the 3rd gave her the pennicilan shot that she had the reaction to. So
> no
> one knows whats wrong...its really weird
>
> I will let you know this blood work tomarrow I will get it. Also you
> asked about a fever, no fever, just warm
> and her tummy though it looks like an fip tummy, it is not, but it fools
>
> vets into thinking so, because its bloaty looking, but it has always
> looked like this, I think just a shubby baby, thats all
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:21 PM
> Subject: RE: New Member
>
>
>> Hi Carrie - Again, welcome to the list. That really is difficult, and
>
>> tugs at my heart. My Lancelot just died, and seemed like he never
>> thrived, poor baby. When he was sick, his 3rd eyelids would come out
> . He
>> was less than a year when I got him, and maybe going on 2 when he
> died.
>>
>> I agree with the suggestions about interferon, also might try Lysine
> for
>> the URI. 250 mg Lysine twice a day, with vitamin C mixed in. I use
>> powder, mixed with wet food, or sometimes mix with water and use oral
>> syringe to squirt it in the mouth.
>>
>> Sometimes the blood tests don't show much, or they don't get
> interpreted
>> fully. For example, kitties can have kidney problems but it doesn't
> show
>> up on the blood test.
>>
>> You might ask your vet about other kinds of antibiotics also - I've
> used
>> Zeniquin, and it's helped enormously in some cases. Someone suggested
>
>> Zithromax.
>>
>> I'd suggest being watchful when giving any drugs that kitty doesn't
> become
>> dehydrated, that plenty of water is consumed or given as sub-q fluids.
>>
>> Someone elsewhere also mentioned blood parasites, and there's a
> test(s)
>> for that.
>>
>> I really think about and wonder about these babies that just don't
> thrive,
>> that don't get meat on their bones, and would like to know more about
>> helping them thrive.
>>
>> Best of luck,
>>
>> Gloria
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 04:29 PM 11/22/2005, you wrote:
>>>It's on dr. addies' website, but interferon might be also depending on
>>>what the kitty has - I will be praying that your kitty would get
> better
>>>soon!
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>Hi, Carrie, welcome to the list, and I am so sorry that your baby
> kitty
>>>is having a difficult time. One thing I would like to ask is that,
>>>could you post the blood work on the post? I really would like to
> take
>>>a look at it myself and read it. Especially TP and A/G ratio. If TP
> is
>>>high, and A/G ration is less than 0.2 - I might want to talk to you
>>>about another viral disease. If you haven't done already, you might
>>>want to send it to IDexx fro corona virus titer to see what it shows.
>>>Your kitty's condition reminds me of Henry so very much. Henry died
>>>after I gave him a couple of dosages of antibiotics called Baytrill -
>>>baytril is considered to be one of the safest drug and you would never
>>>hear that a cat dies from it, but Henry unfortunately did from the
>>>reaction from it. Not that the drug killed him directly, but somehow
>>>his immune system was already weak (he was thin, had chronic URIs,
> rough
>>>coat), and it further suppressed his immune system and killed him
> within
>>>72 hours. They think he died of FIP which is considered to be very
>>>fatal.
>>>
>>>One thing I have to tell you is that, no matter what, please please be
>>>careful as to what drug you give to your kitty no matter what a vet
>>>says. You have to know the risks/benefits of each drug you give to
> your
>>>kitty no matter how safe they say it is. Otherwise you would be
> paying
>>>for it. A human could get a serious reaction from pennicilian so I am
>>>not surprised if your kitty has it, too.
>>>
>>>Does she have a fever? The only concern I have is that she may have
> dry
>>>form of FIP - I suggested that you also write to FIP yahoo group and
> ask
>>>for help. They have many many educated people also who is expert in
>>>symptoms of FIP, and they can tell you also what they think.
>>>
>>>Regardless, if your kitty is eating, and you feel that she is not in
>>>pain, don't listen to your vet to put her down. I recently had a
>>>situation where my kitty was very close to death, and did not give up
>>>and a miracle happened and he came back. Regardless whatever she has
>>>(whether it's FIP or not). Don't' ever give up a hope. Everyday is a
>>>gift you have with her. Please treasure and fight with her (looks
> like
>>>you have the attitude already - :) - at FIP yahoo list, there are
>>>hundreds of people who live with FIP cats and continue to fight with
>>>their furry babies. And, regardless whatever it is, we are here for
>>>you. I am hoping that it's not FIP. But I would really like to get a
>>>copy of the blood work. Ask your vet to fax to you. Also if the
> blood
>>>work was sent to idexx before, they can just make a phone call to add
>>>FIP/corona virus IFA titer test so that they won't have to draw
> another
>>>sample of blood. The meantime, I am forwarding the link to dr.
> addie's
>>>website http://www.dr-addie.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of hd cc
>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:53 PM
>>>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>>>Subject: New Member
>>>
>>>I have tested my kitty and no FIV or FELV or anything like that, but I
>>>was
>>>told you guys are the smartest people around when
>>>it comes to cats and kittens with problems. Heres mine!
>>>
>>>Sasha is 3 months old, she was fine, but then never really looked
> right,
>>>straggly and just not a healthy kitty, thin hair but did play and run
>>>and
>>>was alot of fun. Now she has URI, which is getting better and better,
>>>but
>>>since getting it she has really gone down hill, She is always warm,
> when
>>>you
>>>touch her she feels warm, and now sometimes her 3rd eyelids cover her
>>>eyes
>>>for a second or 2 and she acts like she is not there, and then comes
>>>back,
>>>and also her legs are giving out on her, they stiffen up and she cant
>>>move,
>>>and she is very twitchy, her whole body twitches/tremors, something is
>>>wrong, I did a blood panel and the vet said it was fine.
>>>a few weeks ago she was given a shot of pennicillian,. and had an
>>>allergic
>>>reaction to it, her head swelled up and when the vet noticed it gave
> her
>>>something to counter act it, i took her in originally cause she looked
>>>poor,
>>>sick and URI, could this shot have done it? Its almost like what ever
> is
>>>wrong its in the nervous system or in the brain. Anyone ever hear
>>>anything
>>>similar to this. the vet thinks in one manner to put her down, but I
>>>WONT,
>>>she is eating and she has a nice stool, just everything else is wrong.
> I
>>>love her so much, I just dont know what to do for her, she loves to
> come
>>>out
>>>and we walk up one side of the house and back, and thats it she
> stiffens
>>>up
>>>and goes down and cant walk anymore, i am in fear she may be in
>>>pain,,,,i
>>>just dont know what to do for her, she loves me and she loves to
>>>eat,,,,,anyone please tell me something......
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Sincerely
>>>Carrie
>>>
>>>www.arlingtonkittensandcats.petfinder.com
>>>www.alleycatangels.org
>>>www.adoptacat53.com
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:31 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Welcome Rebecca
>>>
>>>
>>> > LOL, yeah ask Michelle how gross opening a cat of meat based cat
> food
>>>or
>>>tuna is for
>>> > her! She's very descriptive about how much meat grosses her out.
> :-)~
>>> >
>>> > I used to be vegetarian for a while, but got lazy, and hamburg
> helper
>>>is
>>>about all we
>>> > eat these days unless it come in a microwavable carton. They don't
>>>make
>>>easy quick
>>> > vegetarian foods out of a box... which is too bad, because that
> makes
>>>me
>>>continue to
>>> > be a meat eater. If it involves more than one pot... I'm not
> cooking
>>>it.
>>> >
>>> > Anyways, we're all very tolerate of the vegans here, and try to
>>>understand
>>>their
>>> > point of view. I think you'll feel very welcomed here!
>>> >
>>> > Jenn
>>> > http://ucat.us
>>> > http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
>>> > Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue:
>>> > http://ucat.us/adopt.html
>>> > Adopt a FIV+ cat:
>>> > http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/
>>> > Adopt a FELV+ cat:
>>> > http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html
>>> > "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it
> will
>>>make
>>>a world of
>>> > difference for that one animal."
>>> >
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