Dear Laurie
I identify with your fear for Isabella, I am sure all of us here do.
I've been reading your posts trying to figure out just what Isabella is
dealing with.
Other than a fever and lethargy, she has no other symptoms?
I did not know that Doxy caused a change in appetite. My (allopathic)
vet put
MeMe on it for 21 days to treat her URI. It did not seem to effect her
appetite in any way.
My homeopathic vet has her on FortiFlora the probiotic that I have
written about, and
that seems to have increased her appetite.
I hope someone here might have some suggestions. I agree with Marylyn
that if you can get
her to a homeopath, you will have another viewpoint and insight into
what is going on.
I hope you see some improvement today. I do not know anything more
stressful than trying
to comfort a sick kittie. Please keep us posted and hopefully someone
might have experienced
something similar. We're sending angels to Isabella.
Jane
On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:30 AM, laurieskatz wrote:
Marylyn, I think there is a holistic vet in another city fairly close
by. I will try to find out. Also, a vet in another city who helps with
rescue kittys has some holistic training but can't call herself
holistic because she hasn't stayed current.I will email her today.
Please tell me what doesn't make sense...does the pred seem like the
wrong thing?
I didn't sleep very well last night thinking about how frightened
Isabella was and how I was not able to comfort her. I know some vets
comfort and talk to kittys. My vet does not do this. He has other
wonderful qualities. This my third life threatening and mysterious
illness this year with kittys and I feel numb with fear. I am blessed
by the survival of the other two.
L
----- Original Message -----
From: Marylyn
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: Isabella update
Some of this makes no sense to me (only in light of experiences with
my own critters--not saying he is wrong). Dixie got hot spots that
were raw, not abscessed, and they caused a bunch of problems.
I wish you had a holistic vet close by..........just to have another
style practitioner take a look.
I am so sorry you both are going thru this. I know how totally
frustrating it is and how helpless you feel.
You can give probiotics without causing harm. I don't know if they
would do any good but they might with the lethargy.
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: laurieskatz
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: Isabella update
Marylyn, yes he can get the doxy compounded. I am reluctant to use
it because it can cause anorexia.I am so afraid of her stopping
eating...I asked him to look at her blood for hemobart but he
neglected to tell me if he saw something (and I forgot to ask). Isa
started shivering when he took her temp and shivered in my lap for
the rest of our time there. She was crying when they were giving her
fluids. Broke my heart.
He is trying to treat the fever and does not know why she has it. He
says the low RBC is part of the leukemia and pred might stop the
body from attacking red cells IF that is what is going on. She has
no symptoms other than the fever and lethargy. Normal stools, normal
appetite, normal urine output. No runny nose or eyes. She did have a
healing wound on the top of her head when rescued. He said she'd
have an abscess if this was the cause of the fever. I suspect it is
the reason for the feline leukemia.
One thing that strikes me is she will often cry out for no apparent
reason. She rolled onto her back today and cried out. Sometimes she
will cry out if you just touch her. I told the vet but he could find
nothing on exam.....her foster mom reports that she stretches her
rear legs alot. I suspect it could be stiffness from inactivity but
who knows. When she first came, she seemed to lay down clumsily,
favroing one rear leg. The vet checked out her rear legs and found
nothing wrong.
L
----- Original Message -----
From: Marylyn
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Isabella update
Of course she is frightened. She knows what power he has. Ask
Dixie. When there is something serious going on she trembles.
When I am thinking about taking her to the vets' and she is fine
(or is dead set again going) she spends lots of time showing me how
healthy she is. Ebony did the same thing. Is there anything to
culture and test or is he using/trying to use a broad spectrum
antibiotic in hopes of getting whatever is causing the fever? Just
curious..........is compounding the doxy an option?
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: laurieskatz
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Isabella update
Isabella saw the vet today. Her weight is 8.9 (it was this high
one other time) and her HCT was up to 22 from 20. Her other red
counts were slightly elevated as well. We cannot kick the fever.
She was up to 104.9 from 104.2 a week ago. Her 7 days "on"
interferon ended last night. She was very quiet at the vet's and
shivering the entire time. The vet said she looked worse than last
week to him.
We started prednisone, gave fluids and a Vitamin B shot. When we
got home she ate a good serving of canned food. Vet wants to touch
base on Thursday for next steps. I decided agst doxy at this time
because it can cause appetite issues and I don't want to risk
that.
Thanks for all the suggestions which I have shared with my vet.
Laurie
