Hi Kris,
I'm so sorry about Luna feeling so poorly right now. There is hope that
you can help him feel better and recover from his anemia. A blood
transfusion will help "buy him time", but you need to know what is
causing the anemia in order to treat it. From what I understand it is
not as necessary to make sure the blood donor is the same type the first
time a transfusion is performed. As for treatment... Different sources
of anemia require different treatments. Hemobartinella is a blood
parasite and is treated with antibiotics, (usually Doxycycline), Epogen
might be used for cancer related anemia, I've heard that Immuno Regulin
helps with some forms of anemia. You need to get to the bottom of
Luna's particular anemia in order to treat it properly. It's not just
because he's positive, that's the contributing factor in creating the
weakened immune condition in which secondary illness can take hold at
such a young age. You have to treat the diseases that take hold as
individual, just like you would any negative cat. I'm sending you a
word document of a bunch of "cut and pastes" from previous discussions
on anemia. It's not organized in any particular order, but there might
be something in there to help you in your fight.
Blessings to you and your family, we all know how difficult this time
for you can be. It sounds like you are in tune enough with him to know
he wants you to try and help him get better. Sometimes no matter what
we do, we lose them, but if we don't try the "what ifs" can haunt us.
Hell, they can haunt us anyway, so we have to make absolutely sure that
we are clear in our decisions. Just to let you know, my Gracie had
symptoms of anemia. She was in a terrible state when she first became
symptomatic. My vet was wise and experienced enough to suspect
Hemobart, even though she tested neg for it. I did finally lose her to
this terrible disease, but we were able to turn her anemia around and
give her a lot more time feeling very, very good.
Nina
Kris Kulak wrote:
Thank you sooooo much. THis makes me feel a little better. I'm taking
him into the emergency clinic right now. I'm going to get him the
transfusion and the medication.
I'll keep you all posted.
Thank you again.
