Re: Bailey Update - pathologist report - Wendy

[Belinda Sauro]

Wendy, This is what the pathologist actually wrote on the bone marrow report, the other is wha Michele found while looking up preleukemia, a term my vet had not heard before or knew what the pathologist meant by it, that's why she needed to talk with him: Description: the slides are cellular with many megakaryocytes seen.  The erythyroid and myloid series are present and complete, however the erythyroid series reveals bot h a shift to rubricytic forms and megaloblastic rubricytes seen.  m:E ratio is -  1:2 9200 cell count).  Blast cells are  <10% Diagnosis: BONE MARROW CYTOLOGY REVEALS APPARENT INEFFECTIVE ERYTHROPOESIS WITH MEGOBLASTIC CHANGES RESULTS ARE COCNSISTENT WITH UNDERLYING MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME (PRELEUKEMIA) Comment: there is no evidence of of overt luekemia or neoplastic infiltration. --------------------------------------------------- In a nutshell he told her the FeLV virus is replicating in the bone marrow and is hindering enough of the red blood cells from maturing. The treatment according to my vet and the pathologist is high doses of prednisolone which interfers with the viruses replication.  If we're lucky it will put the virus into remission again for 6 months to a year according to the pathologist.  In some cases when the pred isn't doing a good enough job on it's own, leukeran (also known as chlorambucil a chemo drug) is adde also, it is a pill given at home. Of course being a firm believer in miracles we are aiming for a much longer remission!!!! -- 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