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
