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