I need to share the story of my
cat, Spaz, with all of you. Perhaps it will help someone out
there. Spaz was diagnosed at 8 years of age with leukemia. She was
an indoor-only cat, except for one summer when she was a kitten, from about
8-10 months of age. Her PCV was down around 7%, and my vet gave her an
injection of prednisolone. The response was almost immediate, and by the
next morning, I had a totally different cat on my hands! She was totally
fine for over two and half years, then had a mild bout with anemia
again. We dealt with that through pred. tablets. Six months after
that, she had another serious bout with anemia, and our new vet (we had
moved) gave her Depo-Medrol. It had zero effect. It's a rather
long story, but I could not remember the name 'prednisolone' at this time and
could not get my old vet's office to look up her records. We tried
Interferon and Winstrol, which did not help. I FINALLY got the info.
from my old vet, but was told by them and every vet I talked to that
Depo-Medrol and prednisolone will do the same thing. Fortunately, my vet
was willing to try anything I wanted, and we did, and it worked again!
So I feel it is of the utmost importance to let people know that they DO NOT
necessarily react the same when they supposedly should. As for Spaz, she
suffered some mild problems and a rough upper resp. infection after this, but
she now has been perfectly healthy for over two years again. She's
almost 14 now! I feel so tremendously fortunate, and I just hope I
can help someone else.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24
PM
Subject: Mini and Mowgli
We need prayers for these two sweet little babies,Mini has survived
through so much in her young life and has fought hard against this horrible
disease.She is having a hard time fighting it this time.Mowgli is having a
rough time right now too,prayers would be appreciated.Thank you.
Sherry
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