Hey Megan,
How are you doing tonight? And how is Olive? Did you find anything else out
today?
As far as what type of anemia it is, Belinda is right that it probably needs to
be typed. But, no matter what, get her on that doxy asap if you can. Hemobart
is treatable and it could very easily be that. I'm not sure why you think it's
non-regenerative anemia. Did the vet tell you that? As far as I know, you
don't have to do a bone aspirate to find out. My vet looked at whether or not
Cricket had reticulocytes in his blood when he was anemic. If there are
reticulocytes, then the body is trying to make rbc's, and it is regenerative
anemia. Cricket had regenerative, but the vet said something about
autohemolytic anemia, which means the body is killing off the blood cells as
they are made. Whether or not that was from hemobart, I'll never know. When
Cricket was sick, the vet never mentioned doxycycline or hemobart (or maybe the
did the test and said he was negative), so I didn't know about the doxy.
Sometimes I wonder if Cricket would still be
here had he been on doxy. I didn't learn about hemobart until it was too late.
If your vet seems like he's willing to learn, and you like him, then it's ok to
stay with him. BUT, make sure you still get Olive seen at the university as
soon as possible. Olive might be a learning experience for your current vet
and maybe his experience with her will help save someone else's beloved kitty.
However, if you feel he feels Olive's a lost cause, run. Find another vet.
You need someone who will fight for her. You can also show him or share with
him the info. you are learning here. It might also help.
You don't have to get the the next transfusion from one of your cats, however
you will probably have to have Olive blood typed for the next one. I think you
can only give cats one untyped blood transfusion. Not sure on that though.
Please keep us posted Megan, and prayers going out for little Olive and her
siblings.
:)
Wendy
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