Hi Sue and Shane I was not expecting it to clear up, but it did. He had anemia and bleeding gums. The anemia had been treated with antibiotics by a different vet who wanted to euthanize Junior after testing positive and after he came back with a fever of 106.5. I only thank her that she did not suggest this action when the test was first done or I fear that is what would have happened to Junior. My bf already had been through FeLV with his cats many years ago and I don't think the end was a very pleasant experience for him. Junior is mostly his cat, and I am the caregiver for both of them lol.
His anemia has remained in check as well. The only problem we are experiencing is the ongoing upper respiratory this time accompanied by uveitis which seemed very painful to him. He is still not his usual self but the eye looks better and very few sneezing episodes. He does sleep a lot. He eats dry food when he wants drinks a lot of water and I fix him wet food baby food and sour cream for the diarrhea. He did not like the yogurt. He also gets L Lysine Pet Tabs with iron that I ordered by accident. I meant to get Pet Tinic. I just added CoQ10. I do believe the l Lysine helped the eye. It took me a week to get antibiotic drops for his eye as they were not initially prescribed. I did have some eye ointment left over from his accident in the spring. He is blind in this eye from nerve damage although it looks normal. I think the biggest thing going on with Junior is stress. I try not to act stressed around him but he knows when I am getting ready to take him to the vet or give him medicine. I had the feliway unit plugged into the wall in my room. I could not tell a difference so I just moved it to the living room where the other cats hang out. I replaced it with a glade chamomile and lavender air freshener. It had the cats sleeping ;ole babies. Well they pretty much do that anyway. At this point I am not going to do dentistry. His mouth is clear of any sores or bleeding. Oh yes with junior it was the mouth ulcer that first got him to the vet. I thought his jaw was not properly aligned. This was a couple months after it has been broken. This was the first hint of things to come. Sally and her 10 cats -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Tillman Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New member introduction/questions-Sally >On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:27:04 -0500 "Sally" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Junior's gingivitis cleared up with the immunoregulin treatments. I would > say within two weeks. > Sally Hi Sally, That sounds very encouraging! So, in Junior's case, the gingivitis cleared up strictly using the Immunoregulin and no dentistry was needed? I have a call in to my vet to find out if she's used Immunoregulin (or would be willing to try it). Thanks for your help! Sue and Shane Jerome, AZ
