He has been seen by my vet twice and not been diagnosed with any sort of
stomatitis. He did stop eating when he first got sick and lost 3 lb. Since
he has been on the drugs - he had his first CBC on 3/21 and his second
3/24. So he regained 3 ounces in 3 days. He is eating a lot now. I am
getting a lot better at pilling him since I have to give him 6 pills a day.
His WBC was down to the normal range the 2nd blood draw. Unfortunately his
RBC was even lower than the first time.
On 3/27/07, Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Again, I am sorry, I asked the same questions you already answered here –
I am a bit stressed out with mjy current situations, please forgive me – now
he is over 10 years old.. the possibility fo FIP goes down significantly..
now I am thinking does he have severe stomatitis by any chance? My
ayumi's PCV is very low, and she is on epogen and it's working on her and
she has non regenerative anemia – her glob is high due to stomatitis- is he
on epogen already?
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Hideyo Yamamoto
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:05 AM
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
*Subject:* RE: Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia - Kelley
Sorry, Kelley – I am re-reading this email so you won't have to answer the
questions already answered here – but I need to find out more about the
blood work if you have it – glob seems to be very high…his a/g ration must
be low - how about his bilburin values? If you have it, can you email it
to me? Did they run corona titer test? – I don't mean to scare you but did
the vet suggest any possibilities of FIP with Joey? How old is he? Is he
less than 2 years old? I wanted to look at the entire blood result if you
have it -- is he on FOI?
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Kelley Saveika
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:12 PM
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
*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* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How did you confirm the diagnosis? Is it with coombs test?
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Marylyn
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:48 PM
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
*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
----- Original Message -----
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
*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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