I don't think you imagined it at all - you know your baby, Valley more
than anything else probably, and I am sure that she was feeling better -
but not sure if it was the epogen that caused - and it's possible - if
your kitty's BP is very low, and epogen will very quickly increase BP
and it might be related to that??

 

I just did not want Michelle to expect to see the immediate response
from epogen, as she may be discourage if it did not, but wanted her to
know it's okay if she did not see any immediate response, but rather
wanted her to warn about high BP causing blindness --:-)  

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Loesch
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:36 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: Lucy--what to do?

 

Hideyo - you are way more knowledgeable about epogen than I am -- I
thought my Valley perked up within a day of having it; I guess that
isn't physiologically possible -- do you think I just imagined it?   

Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

I have used epogen on 5 cats so far, but I did not see any immediate
response - for anemia case, it takes up to one to three weeks to take an
effect - and the main think you need to watch is to keep an eye on BP as
it will increase BP and cat can become blind due to high BP, and could
cause seizures - the both of these things happened to my baby Hannibal
whom I was treating his anemia due to CRF - but when anemia happens due
to CRF, you really don't have much choice but to use epogen as otherwise
you would lose a cat from anemia..  my Ayumi is on epogen.. it does not
make her feel better directly, but her PCV is slowly going up because of
it.

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Loesch
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:18 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Lucy--what to do?

 

He seemed to perk up within 24 hours.   

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 

How soon did the cat feel better from epogen?

 

In a message dated 1/19/2007 11:07:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

        Wow Michelle - that is a hard one.  My gut feeling is that there
is no reason not to start the interferon, for sure.  I don't know
anything about the kind of reactions you get with epogen, but the times
I have used the cat has seemed to feel better.   Will be interested in
seeing what the really experienced folks suggest.   Good luck.  Prayers
for you and Lucy.

 

 

 

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