Dear Caroline~~
What a great story about little Monkee and his excitement about
getting raw chicken livers! All over the kitchen is right! Too
funny! Yuck bigtime! And I know exactly what you mean by getting
weak in the knees--although instead of cutting up chicken livers,
which are pretty icky anyway you look at them raw, let's be
realistic--except I did when my favorite vet ever, Dr. Berglund
(since retired, darnit, although sometimes he'll fill in for someone,
yay!) asked me if I'd like to watch an operation on a big lab. Of
course I said yes and about 1/3rd of the way through the operation
his head tech Linda said, "You're doing really well. We've had
people just slide right down the wall in a dead faint." Then
something was said about the blood THAT I WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT and I
got a little weak in the knees myself.
But I didn't fall down and I was there for the entire op.
You're a goooooood catmommy to little Monkee, Caroline.
"Consciousness is Causal
and Physicality is its
Manifestation."
On Jun 29, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Caroline Kaufmann wrote:
I talked to Dr. Susan Maier (holistic) yesterday. I was having a
lot of trouble myself remaining positive and I was doing a lot of
crying this week about Monkee's anemia situation. She said that
Monkee's has a really strong life-force and he looks really good
and I need to stay positive because the blood transfusion will buy
more time for her remedies to work. I asked about reversal of the
anemia and asked her to look at the records of the blood results
from his CBC on Tuesday at Dr. Daley's. I asked if she could tell
if he had regenerative or nonregenerative anemia based on those.
She said his regenerative values were all within the normal limits,
but that no, she couldn't tell from the blood results. However,
she told me if the anemia is brought on by the chemo, it's usually
regenerative (and can thus be reversed); if the anemia is brought
on by his actual Feline Leukemia, it's usually nonregenerative (and
usually irreversible). I said, I guess that is why Dr. Daley
talked about doing the bone marrow biopsy, because that would be
the only way to really examine the marrow and be able to tell what
is going on with the RBC, right? Dr. Maier said yes. I said, of
course, we aren't doing a bone marrow biopsy, but now I FINALLY
have a better understanding of what is going on. I know Dr. Daley
is a good Vet, she's just sooooooooooooo clinical, and soooooooooo
cerebral that I don't think she explains things the way I need
things explained to me. And it's not that I am dumb, it's just
that this is my first FelV+ cat- and unlike her, I haven't been
through this (sadly) a million times with other FelV+ cats. Also,
when I am sitting there crying my eyes out at what she is saying to
me, I really need her to slow down and talk to me like I am a dumb
baby! So, I am kind of having an issue with that right now. Dr.
Maier said that I can call her anytime to "bounce ideas off" of her
or ask for clarification about something so I thought that was very
refreshing.
I have also put a call into Monkee's original Vet, Dr. Jones at the
Cat Clinic of Louisville- for him to call me to discuss us
returning to him for primary care since Monkee's main problem now
is anemia and not cancer. I haven't heard from him yet. But his
office is only 5 minutes away, so the stress on Monkee is
decreased. Plus, he only treats cats and so the stress of the
sound of dogs barking is also eliminated for Monkee. Dr. Jones
just has a really good bedside manner that I think Monkee and I
both really need right now.
Dr. Maier suggested that I feed Monkee raw, lean hamburger meat and
chicken livers to help his anemia. I was shocked because I am a
vegetarian so I NEVER buy meat, much less handle it, but I had to
suppress my disgust and do it for Monkee. Our first foray into
this realm was traumatic- for me. The chicken livers really
freaked me out. When I was cutting them up the first time, my legs
got weak and my knees felt like they might buckle, but Monkee was
sitting on the floor looking up at me licking his chops, so I had
to pull through, so as not to faint and fall on top of him!!!!
Needless to say, he LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES it! I
think I gave him too much last night- probably because I was losing
my mind while cutting everything up- and I was worried that I
overdid it and he couldn't eat it all, but he cleared his plate!
The same this morning. It's hilarious to watch him eat the livers
because, even though I have been coating the place with paper
towels, he will pick up a piece and shake his head around to help
break it up (like a dog) and he so he gets blood and liver
"juice" (yuck) everywhere! I swear he's doing it just to freak me
out! But he is so happy getting raw food, I think that, in and of
itself, is going to increase his "life force" ten-fold!
From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:46:49 -0700 (PDT)
>Hi Belinda,
>
>In response to your post below, I felt the need to
>clarify for Caroline's sake. Bailey's situation
>should be considered a miracle in my book. As we have
>seen too many times here, most cats do not respond as
>Bailey did with that type of anemia; it claims the
>lives of many. While I do not wish to play a part in
>taking away Caroline's hope, I also want to be
>completely upfront about non-regenerative anemia. It
>can be reversed, but not usually. I should have made
>this statement earlier. So That being said, it may be
>wise to keep her kitty on Epogen considering Bailey's
>case, as we never know when a situation might be
>reversed.
>
>Respectfully,
>Wendy
>
>--- Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Everytime I hear this I post this, Bailey's anemia
> > was non regenerative
> > and we DID reverse it.
> >
> > > and it is not a good anemia to have. It means the
> > leukemia is probably active in the bone marrow,
> > which is, as far as I know, irreversable.
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