I'm sorry to hear Buzz is not feeling well Sue and the fact he is anemic. Do you have any info about his platelet count? His quick breathing could be due to the anemia. My Boo had a heart murmer as does our 19 year old. I never worried much about that. Heck I have one too and it doesn't make a difference in my life. My vet offered a blood transfusion even when we were in a hopeless situation and as I recall it wasn't that expensive a procedure. Before going to any extremes I would get a complete explanation of all of his blood work. I remember when I showed this doc in the building Boos blood work he called his vet who told me to let him go. Of course we didn't and spent several hundred dollars more trying to keep him alive. I'm sorry to sound hopeless here but there are some instances where nothing will work. I sometimes think we put BooBoo through hell trying to keep him alive and should not have.
Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Koren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FeLV Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:37 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Buzzy is Anemic > 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 > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > __________ NOD32 3299 (20080725) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
