Sue, get a copy of the blood work and post the test results and lab ranges. Depending on the type of anemia there are things you can do. There is a Yahoo Anemia group you can join. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_Anemia/ A transfusion buys you time for a treatment plan to kick in. I add a B super complex and folic acid to the canned food for my FeLV+ cats. There is a supplement called NutriVed that can be purchased on line that also has iron. If Buzz has non-regenerative anemia you can give him epogen shots. Anemia caused by Hemobartonella can be treated, I just don't know what is used. The cost of a transfusion varies greatly. You might want to check around. It is my understating that receiving a transfusion is not painful. Sharyl
--- On Fri, 7/25/08, Sue Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Sue Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Felvtalk] Buzzy is Anemic To: "FeLV Talk" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 12:37 PM Buzz has a red blood count of 8, the vet says it should be 30. She gave him a steriod shot. She says we could choose to give him a transfusion but that would only be a temporary fix and very expensive. He also has a bad heart murmer. Right now I am just trying to by time to look into optiions. I am very much against making a cat go through a lot of painful procedures just to buy a month or two. They just don't understand why you are doing it to them. Why can't cats take iron pills like anemic humans do? So many questions... Thanks, Sue _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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