Hi Elysa,
I would go with the epogen first too, my Bailey is, or was anemic
about 2 months ago although his anemia is bone marrow related. His
lowest HCT was at 15% and this was AFTER starting the epogen, his HCT
actually went down, this is common so don't panic if it actually goes
lower. As long as it stays above 10% Stella should be OK but keep an
eye on her as all cats are individuals.
We got Bailey's HCT back up to 40% in about 8 weeks of epogen, his last
bloodwork wason March 6th and that is when his HCT was 40% and ALL of
his bloodwork is now normal again.
Giving a vitamin B complex and folic acid is also recommended for anemic
cats, looks like the only thing you may not be giving is the folic acid
unless it is in the b complex. Definately keep up the fluids, very
improtant in CRF cats, you may also want to look into changin her diet.
There are a couple CRF groups and an anemia group you may want to check
them out, I belong to the anemia one but not the CRF, Bailey's as far as
we know doesn't have kidney problems. Here are the addresses for them:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-CRF-Support/
[big group Members: 6652]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Caring-for-CRF-Felines/
[Members: 563]
I sure hope the epogen helps Stella as much as it has Bailey, I know he
wouldn't be alive today if we hadn't tried it.
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