Megan, All you have been doing is trying! How many hours are there in a day? You have not let an hour go by, except maybe when you have been asleep, that you have not been doing everything humanly possible to help your Olive. Your grade is nothing less than an A+ on your test as a care giver for your kitties...Glenda --- Megan Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I left a message for my vet today regarding her > reticulocytes, but he never > got back to me. If he had, maybe I could've gotten > another transfusion done. > Now I'm afraid I've missed my chance, and I feel > absolutely horrible. I had > decided to let Olive go, but now I'm wondering if I > could've saved her. I > don't know if there's time, now. I feel like I > didn't try hard enough... > > >===== Original Message From wendy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== > >Here are a few articles: > > > http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/10200.htm > > :explains that the reticulocyte count greater than > 1% indicates regeneration. > > http://www.2ndchance.info/anemia.htm > > http://www.vin.com/VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00043.htm > > http://www.walthamusa.com/articles/COUTO97.pdf > > > Basically, at this point, which is one of the > problems with anemia, is that > it's a crapshoot because you can't tell. Low > reticulocytes can go either way. > If you can swing the transfusion, do it and get her > on doxy asap. Precious > time has been lost already waiting for the doxy to > take effect. I hope it > works Megan. > > :) > Wendy > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful > committed citizens can change > the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever > has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Megan Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:08:52 PM > Subject: ***Important question about > reticulocytes*** > > > The vet told me that Olive's number of reticulocytes > was low--but she does > have SOME. He and the vet school seem to think it's > nonregenerative anemia, > but if that's so, wouldn't there be no reticulocytes > whatsoever? Or could they > possibly be leftovers from the blood transfusion? > I'm really confused. I don't > want to give up if there's still a chance. > > -Megan > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
