Re: Worried about Lucy

[Lernermichelle]

Thanks, Kerry.  Is Inky FeLV-?  And did you ever have to do 10 mg/day of pred for a while to get Inky back to feeling ok and having normal stool?   I would start the I-R as soon as your vet gets back. I know some people give it sub-q and it seems to work fine that way, but it is recommended that it be done IV, and even those who give it sub-q seem to start out with IV doses at first. So unless you can give an IV shot, I would wait until Wednesday and see if you can get your vet, or a tech, to administer it then.  I think the regimen is every 3 or 4 days for a couple of weeks, then less frequently. I have only used it for respiratory infections, and it worked after one or two doses each time, so I never continued on a full regimen.  But I think that if it is going to help you should see results within a week or two, so I would start with every 3 or 4 days, do a couple of doses on that schedule, and then revisit.  Dosing varies from 1/2 ml to 1 ml. I have used 1 ml myself, but since Ginger had temporary side effects from that dosing (high fever and chills for an hour), even though Patches did not get any side effects and no other cat I have heard of using it seems to get them, I still would recommend starting at 1/2 ml.  If he does fine with it, and no side effects, I might try upping the dose to 3/4 or 1 ml the second time. Or, if it seems to work well at 1/2 ml, leaving it at that.   Please let us know what happens.  I am almost positive that when I was first investigating I-R a few years ago someone, maybe even on this list, said that her FeLV+ cat had bad ringworm that would not go away and that I-R helped get rid of it. But I am not 100% sure that it was ringworm I am remembering about; I just really think it was. These days I archive emails like that so I can go back and check later (I have archived all of your emails about Bandy's regimen, for instance, for future reference, and have sent them to other people on this list who have cats with fevers and anemia), but I didn't then. Sorry!   Michelle   In a message dated 7/3/2006 11:32:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Glad to hear that she is eating good again..Maybe it is the IBD..I think sometimes we have to give them those supplements/meds to get them thru a hard time..Seems to be that way for me and we just never know when it is going to happen.. Bandy got over the bad leg soreness (front and rear, right side), but now seems to be favoring the left front..I don't know what he does to get like this cause he isn't jumping anymore, at least I haven't seen it..He went over 2 wks without a temp and that is a first since last June...The worst thing now though is the ringworm..It is taking him over..and I mean all over..I haven't been able to stop it...it goes away in one place just to start in another.  Last few days, it is really bad..I don't know what to do because the oral med is so bad for him...I won't use it...I have read too much bad things about it and it does say do not use in FIV kitties. and some places also says not for felv+ kitties either...Any thoughts on all this.. Should I go ahead and give him the immuno-regulin?  I have it now..but we haven't started it cause of the holiday.  My vet is gone til Wed.. It is once every 4 days for 3 or 4 doses, is that right?? Let me know what you think would be the best to start him on...as it might help the ringworm, too...since his immune system is so weak..I don't know what else to do.. I hope Lucy continues to improve. Kerry and Bandy