i'm thinking that she might have been getting low-grade fevers for YEARS before any of this happened--i do, every night, tho i never realized it until i actually got sick with something and started monitoring it! at other times of the day, my body temperature drops down to 96 or lower..... i know you've been really aware of it since this started recently, but there might be a natural fluctuation that is being enhanced by whatever current processes are going on. and if fever hadn't been a part of this to start with, how many people would even CHECK to see if a shot of dex was affecting their cat's body temperature? usually when i'm giving dex, that's about the last thing i've ever thought about....
what i'm trying to say is that the fever might NOT be as huge a problem as some of the other things to consider at this point. On 2/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
no, I have been very attentive to her temperature since this whole thing started a few weeks ago, and she definitely has not been getting fevers in the past week at least except after getting dex. I specifically waited days between dex shots to monitor this, and she did not get feverish at all the night she did not get it. as for the other questions, I have no idea... thanks for responding, michelle In a message dated 2/2/2007 10:15:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the thing that's so crazy-making here is that there are SO many possible things going on, and so many medications involved, that it's really impossible to know what's causing what. in every creature--human included--some will have idiosyncratic responses to medications, no matter how many experts say it can't happen. on the other paw, for all you really know, the dex has nothing to do with her fevers--she may have been getting night-time low-grade fevers for years as part of her own body chemistry, and you just had no reason to notice it.... so hard to know what to do..... i personally prefer to go with dex usually, partially because my cats take injectibles much more gracefully than pills, and dex seems to be so quick-acting. but i guess you have to weigh WHICH option has the GREATEST chance of sucess--the interferon, or the epogen? is feeling better temporarily to be preferred over GETTING better? (would her healing be better served by letting her stay eating and purring and less active?) in other words, i only have more questions for you, no answers. continuing to send GLOW....
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