Hi Tonya & All,
He had diarrhea for 10 or 12 days, and I mean continuous diarrhea, it
was ozzing out involuntarily whenever & wherever. It has been under
control since this last Thursday so for the last 5 days he hasn't had
it. Since Friday he has lost 4 more ozs., and is getting bonier. She
did say that the steady diarrhea could definately have something to do
with it, but if you could see the difference in just the last wek you
would know why I feel something else is going on. His last bloodwork is
better, that what's so puzzling. He isn't dehydrated, I've been giving
him fluids every other day and each time we have gone to the vets, she
said he is not dehydrated. His blood pressure came up to normal (120),
it was at 80, so we just don't get it. She did say this is her first
case of this type of anemia and she really doesn't know what to expect
as far as symptoms and progression.
She has a call into Greg Ogilvie DVM, he is an oncologist and leukemia
related diseases specialist. He is out of town and should be back
tomorrow so hopefully he will have some answers. She said from all she
has read about this, it is usually seen in younger cats (2 to 4 yrs old,
and usually in cats that were either born with the virus or got it
shortly thereafter), so she is really surprised that Bailey has this
type of anemia. Bailey was positive at 5 months of age so he was young
when he was diagnosed and for all I know he may have been born with it
he was a stray that showed up at the Walmart I was working at. I know
we have been very lucky for 10 years but I'm greedy and want more ...
The bad thing is most chemos are not a good idea because of the fact
that his bone marrow is already sick and chemos will make that worse,
not to mention that chemo just hasn't been shown to be very effective
with this type of leukemia, but she said there is a new chemo being
tried for this that is in the trail stages and she is going to ask Dr
Ogilvie about that too. I told her we have nothing to lose and at this
point I am willing to try anything. We all know the out come here and
if there is anything that may give us a fighting chance I'm all for
trying it!!
What's strange too is there were no actual leukemia cells found, just
preleukemia cells. She did find some info though that say's some cats
can convert to active leukemia in a matter of months or even weeks, and
that is a possibility. Another bone marrow aspirate would confirm that
but I don't see any reason to do that since we would continue with the
same treatment course either way.
I got the winstrol (antolobic steroid) tonight and will start it
tomorrow, I sure hope it helps.
--
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