Michelle, I am so sorry for all you and Lucy are going through. I've been keeping up with the discussion but haven't responded since I don't feel I have anything to add.
What I don't understand is how steroids would make her less likely to have fever. Corticosteroids make the body *less* able to fight off infection...and I know that in people they don't do anything to lower fever - I just wondered how that works...? I have a lot of experience with those drugs, unfortunately, since I have asthma...and an unfortunately also very familiar with their side-effects. I worry about so much steroid overtime because although cats can tolerate far more than dogs...there is still a point where they cannot help but begin to acquire the side-effects. I'm not advising -- just generally wanting to understand. My thoughts, prayers, and love are with you both, elizabeth On 1/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, she now feels hot, not warm. I have two ice packs against her and she actually climbed on top of a third on her own. If it is not down in 15 minutes I will give her fluids. What I don't understand is why she got another high fever all of a sudden, after so long. She got more steroids today than she probably has ever gotten, so she should be less-- much less- prone to getting a fever today. Does this mean the fip is getting worse? Could it somehow be because her fluid got drained today? she is still on a mega-dose (toxo dosing) of clindamycin, so it should not be that she got an infection of any kind from that. depressed and concerned, Michelle
