Nina, I am so sorry. But were you referring to my Simon? If so, he did not
have kidney failure. He had lymphoma in his liver and his spleen and bone
marrow. When he was dying the first time, or I thought he was, it was due to his
anemia from the lymphoma in his bone marrow. He had to stop chemo because his
liver values were too bad. But several shots of depomedrol and dexamethasone
brought his blood values almost to normal so he could continue chemo, and he
lived another month, most of it good, before he died of a hemolytic reaction to
his cancer or to the chemo (his blood count went from normal to under 10 in 2
days).
Michelle
In a message dated 9/4/2006 12:43:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Hi
Everyone, Spencer seemed to be doing better, but last night he took a turn
for the worse and I wasn't sure he'd be here this morning when I woke
up. He's lost a great deal of weight and his breathing is shallow
and fast. He cries now when I pick him up and he's not getting
around very well. His third eyelid is back up. I can't tell if
he's in pain, but he's obviously in distress. It doesn't look
good. He finished with his first 5 shots of feline interferon the
night before last. I had taken him off Clav after 7 days, (now I'm
wondering if that was a good idea), and he's going on, I think his 6th day
of Dox). I'm afraid it may be a tumor, or some sort of cancer.
He's reminding me of Simon when he was dying of kidney failure, but there
was no indication of that when we had blood work done Friday before
last. I called my vet's office, but of course it's a holiday and my
vets aren't there. I could bring him in as an emergency, but I don't
have a lot of faith in the vet on call, (nice guy, just not sure he'd be
able to help). Actually, I don't have a lot of faith that anyone
would be able to help him right now. He might be more comfortable
with oxygen, or with a pain reliever. I don't know if it's worth the
stress of bringing him into the vet.
I just can't believe he's gone
downhill so quickly. I've only had him for six months and he was in
such bad shape when he got here. I did suspect fiv, but not
felv. I figured if he had felv, he wouldn't have pulled through as
well as he did after arriving. He just blossomed here! He
turned into the best hugger and was so happy to have found someplace to
call home and feel safe, and best of all he was thrilled to find a source
of never ending food! I used to have to keep giving him a spoon of
food at a time when I was getting everyone's dinner ready, or he'd go and
eat everyone else's food as I put it down. I'm just in such
shock. It wasn't more than 2 weeks ago that he was scaling counters
at a single bound. He was such and incredible athlete, I've never
seen anyone move as fast or leap as high as Spence.
Thanks for
letting me ramble. You guys know how this goes... Please send
him healing, calming thoughts and prayers. I never stop hoping for
recovery, but he doesn't look good. Thanks for always being
there, Nina
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