At 09:53 PM 3/22/2007, you wrote:
When my dog was diagnosed they did not do a
combs,,,there are places to get the meds cheaper
when it becomes necessary, My dog lived a year,
but part of that was because dogs do not do as
well on the steroids as cats do and she
developed thrombocytopenia which means even if
the hgb and hct were rising the platelets dropped
which caused bleeding or could lead to other
conditions like DIC,,,she also had two bad knees
and we so wanted to get her healthy enough for
surgery, but what finally got her was the last
blood test ,,,the leg became infected within
hours, i cannot blame the techs, she had no veins
left and the VERY high doses of steroids ,,much
stronger than just pred, really destroyed her
immune system. but as I mentioned, cats seem to
fare so much better, I had a cat with pemphigus
and was on Doxy and pred and made a complete recovery!!
All the very very best..
Kelly Lane
There is a liquid form of doxy which is easier to give him than pills.
How did they diagnosis AIHA for him?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia
He did a cbc. wbc 21.5, mono 1.85, neu 18.44,
hct 15.3, rbc 3.23, hgb 8.5, rdw 22.3, mch
26.36, plt 731, amyl 1743, bun 48, glob 7.5, tp 10.1
He did not do a coombs test.
This is soooo difficult for me, but his is a 10
year old rescue/foster cat with a
life-threatening disease. My bill today was
$244. I am going to treat him as aggressively
as I can, but this could easily cost me $2,000
without the coombs test. He goes back next
Monday for another CBC. I cannot spend all my
money on this one cat, because if a different
one becomes sick after this and I spend all my
money on Joey and he dies:( I wont' have any
money to treat the cat I could save.
He is on 20 mg of prednisolone a day and
doxycycline. He fought me hard to get the pills
down so maybe he will do better than I fear.
His prognosis is "guarded":(
On 3/21/07, Hideyo Yamamoto
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How did you confirm the diagnosis? Is it with coombs test?
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:48 PM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: Re: Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia
My beautiful Mai Mai had this awful
condition. Her vets were wonderful but the
steroids took their toll. However, my
alternative vet was very helpful and able to get
the condition under control for a pretty good
length of time. You might investigate this
avenue. Mai Mai left this world over 5 years
ago and treatments may well have improved.
Good luck and blessings to you.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their fellow man.
St. Francis
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia
I've never had or dealt w/ [that I can remember
now anyway.....] a cat w/ this disease...
But I DO remember when my first Rottie was diagnosed with it......
What had me concerned was his lethargy, not
common for him. Just laying around, sleeping alot.
So, I took him to my vet. Was devastated when I
got results!!! Mind you, I WAS thinking positive, after all, he was my baby.
It's a nasty disease...... (Very prevalent for
his breed as I learned doing my research)
We tried everything as it progressed.......
PCV's every three days, transfusions, epoeitin
[sp?], an oncologist, chemo (THREE diff. prescriptions!), etc., etc.........
Needless to say, and I'm sorry, but after TOO
long, I finally had my boy PTS......
He could no longer walk, even get up. And, the
chemo drugs made him so sick..... He couldn't
even eat on his own, something he LOVED to
do!!! I ended up "hand-feeding" him. He
developed ulcerations in his mouth because of
all he had to take. It got to the point where I
was hand-feeding him a diet of cottage
cheese!!!! (NOT a great diet for a big
boy......) In the end, my "former" big boy
weighed only around 60 lbs. (And I do remember
my vet always getting on me about his weight....)
It broke my heart, but I'm even more heartbroken
about all I put him through. I did it for me -
I didn't want to lose him. But, after all I put
him thru, I did lose him. We humans can be so selfish.....
After losing Bear [in a HORRIBLE way- treatment
was probably worse than the disease!], I made a
promise to ALL my babies, I would never let them
suffer. Found out, the hard way, that in loving
the most important thing is knowing when to let go......
Sorry this wasn't about Feline AIHA, but I just
had to share what I know [sadly, only TOO well] about the disease.....
Best wishes for your baby.....
Hugs,
Patti & her gang (Which DOES include another Rottie!)
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