It seemed to help so much last time.
Yesterday morning she had such a spike in energy from getting extra steroids
the day before-- climbing a cat tree, going outside, walking around,
meowing, coming upstairs. But then she got feverish and was out of it for a
while.
Since last night, and this morning, she has seemed very comfortable--
purring, lays in comfortable positions, alert, still eating baby food though
perhaps
a little less (hard to tell). She gets up every once in a while and walks
to another room to pick a new spot to sleep in, or to go to the litterbox. She
moves slowly. I think her anemia is worse. But she is so calm, alert, and
purry, and her URI symptoms seem a bit better, perhaps since I lowered her
steroids a bit yesterday. I briefly thought about transfusion again, but she
seems so much more content than she has in a while, and is so calm and purry,
that I really don't want to put her through anything. So I will continue the
feline interferon and epogen, and her clindamycin and pred, and hope that
something kicks in. Please pray for her as much as you can-- it really seemed
to
help last time.
I did a phone consult with a vet at Cornell yesterday who said it is
possible she has toxo, though probably less likely than fip, but if it were him
he
would slowly try to lower her steroids rather than upping them to give her a
chance for the abx to work if it is toxo. So I may try to do that very slowly,
still not sure. But am holding off on steroid shots right now for that reason
and because, while the dex shot seemed to give her a few hours of a lot of
energy, she then got feverish for the first time in a week and her uri
symptoms came back for 2 days. Not sure if it was the steroids, but it could
have
been. So I think I will keep the shots in reserve for now and try to hold the
status quo.
thanks for all your support. It's strange, but even though I think she is
weaker, I feel calmer right now because she seems so calm and alert and
comfortable, and because she purrs and does not have that miserable far-of look
about her. I think when she gets that she is feverish. Anyway, I am a bit
calmer for the time being.
I will get new cytology report today with cell description and hopefully
albumin/globulin ratio. I got numbers yesterday and her protein levels in her
effusion went down from 64 to 41, but her wbc and rbc count in it also went
down
a lot. She had a ton more fluid this time, I think because of all the
sub-q's we were giving her, so the local vet just thinks her fluid was more
diluted
this time and that's why the protein levels went down. They are still high--
higher than the minimum considered compatible with fip. And her fluid was
light yellow when drawn. I still have not been able to get an answer as to
what toxo fluid looks like, though, or its likely cytology. But she is
meeting
a lot of the effusive fip criteria now. I still hope it's toxo.
thanks again,
michelle
