Sue, I am so glad you had a good meeting with Dr. Tom. Now you have an idea what your options are. You might want to consider adding some folic acid to the vitamins you are giving Buzz. My positives get 200 mcg 2x/day as a precaution since their HCT was low normal on their last blood work. You can check with several local pharmacies to compare costs on the Epogen. Folks on the Anemia board have found a wide range of prices. Typically epogen shots are given 3x/wk initially and then gradually adjusted to once every 7 to 10 days as his HCT gets up to the normal range. You do have to have his blood pressure checked regularly as epogen can cause an increase in BP. Hugs to Buzz Sharyl
--- On Wed, 7/30/08, Sue Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Sue Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Felvtalk] The difference in vets To: "FeLV Talk" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 7:59 AM Hello everyone - Last Friday when Buzz sick I had to settle for one of the vets who works in the practice to check him because the husband and wife team I normaly go to were on vacation. She pretty much said Buzz was anemic and there was no hope for him. She gave him a cortizone shot and sent him home saying to give a call when it was time to euthanize. Thanks to the advise of some of the people on this list I called back and demanded Dolycycline. Yesterday Dr. Tom was back. I had Buzzy re-tested in the morning (his level had gone from 8 to 11) and had a conference with Dr. Tom at 5:00 yesterday. He spent an hour talking with me about all the possible options and explaining how each one worked and what the benefits and drawbacks were of each plan. He was very happy that Buzz was on Doxycycline. When I left the office he had promised to look into some of the options and get back to me. Two hours later I received a call from him. He had spent all that time researching some of the options we had talked about, including prednisone, and Epogen, B vitamins and Niacinamide. Now Buzz is still on the Doxycycline and has started with prednisone. Dr. Tom is going to order the Epogen and find out about the availability of Niacinamide. It is so great to have such a wonderful person and doctor available who cares so much and takes the time to explain things. The only thing I can't figure out is why he keeps that other vet in his practice. This morning Buzz was still pretty tired but he ate a lot of the tuna I mixed up for him with the multi-vitamin in it. My mother-in-law lives with us and she will continue to offer him food every couple of hours until I get home from work to spoil him. Every evening we have been going out on the deck where I cuddle him and give him Reiki treatments. Even if things don't work out, now I know that at least he is getting a fighting chance. _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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