Michelle, I haven't been able to read many of the post lately but I am praying for you and precious Lucy. Have you thought about the IR to try to help with the fevers? I don't know it may not be something she needs.
Cindy Reasoner --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php
