I know I feel bad for Sugar too. The poor baby. Cindy Reasoner
--- "Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeesh. Now you're making me feel sad for Sugar.... > Didn't that > arrangement seem, well, unconscionable? > > Diane R. > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jennifer > Phaewryn O'Gwynn > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PLease...need HELP - long, sorry > > > That kitten, I referred to earlier, it was a 7 > hemocrit, I guess I left > that out in the message. The vet was shocked it was > alive, and we did > rush a blood transfusion, luckily (for us, not for > poor Sugar), we did > keep a blood donor cat in the office. The kitten > went home the same day, > after I defleaed it using dish soap because it was > too young for flea > shampoo. > > Poor Sugar, I always wonder what became of him after > I left, he was the > blood donor cat, he lived his life in a 2x2x2 cage > in the kennel, except > for early mornings before we opened for about 1/2 > hour, and Sundays, > while I was there cleaning kennels. Beautiful long > haired solid white > deaf boy. > > Phaewryn > > Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! > http://ucat.us/adopt.html > Low cost Spay&Neuter services in VT, and Emergency > Financial Assistance > for cat owners: > http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html > Special Needs Cat Resources: > http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html > The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html > Find us on PETFINDER! > http://petfinder.com/shelters/VT44.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kelly <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:25 PM > Subject: Re: PLease...need HELP - long, sorry > > At 10:09 AM 11/6/2006, you wrote: > > I am not really familiar enough to know, I just > know that the > transfusion does buy you the time..and then you can > use some of these > other ideas, Right now Ido not thinkl you have the > luxury of waiting > around, Just my opinion. > Kelly > > > > > Thanks, Kelly. Have you ever had or heard of a > kitty > coming back from a 7 hematocrit? > > kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 09:47 AM 11/6/2006, you wrote: > > > > With a crit of 7 I think stress may be > secondary. I would do the transfusion and try to buy > a bit of time...go > from there. > > Kelly > > > > Does anybody have any ideas? Susan(who > wrote a message today) has a critical situation with > her FELV baby > Valley - a beautiful flame point Siamese. Didn't > want to miss out on > any suggestions, as it was a long message. Thanks - > Gloria > > > > On Nov 6, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Susan > Loesch wrote: > > ... > > > And now Valley - please put him on the > special needs list - I need prayers or meditation or > chanting or > whatever you believe in -- for a remission for the > feleuk crisis he is > in. He is another of my "library cats" who comes to > work with me. He > was a rescue from a kill shelter about 5 years ago - > he was 1 or 2 at > the time. Feleuk positive. Looked like death > warmed over but once > fattened up has been so healthy that I had him > retested last year to see > if he'd reverted to neg. > > > > He began losing weight about 2 weeks ago > - gums pale as snow. Blood work shows a hematocrit > of 7 - almost not > compatible with life. He is still somewhat active - > gets off the bed to > go to the litterbox and sometimes to the rest of the > house. Will eat if > I put food in front of him. His vet thought we > could get a remission > until the blood work came back. He is getting raw > liver, Clindamycin, > 5mg pred every day, PetTinic, interferon. I have > immunoregulin and > could try that. I asked about Epogen and the way > my vet explained it > is that with feline leukemia, where the bone marrow > is basically "dead" > and not going to produce red cells, to give Epogen > would be like > knocking on the door when nobody is home. We > decided against blood > transfusions due to the stress and the short term > result. 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