Gary,
I am sorry to hear that! Gray Kitty had his second blood transusion last week.
We know we can not sustain him this way, but we are trying to buy time. His
Hematocrit went down to 9 when he was first diagnosed. He had the first
transfusion and it ended up going in the normal range of 35. He then dipped
back down to 18 and then 15. At that time, he had a second transfusion and he
has gone back up to 35 again. We are currently working with a doctor in
Michigan, who has done bone marrow transplants in cats. We are hoping to help
future cats with this illness.
There is an anemia group as well? How do I get to that one too?
I will keep you and your kitty in my prayers. It is just so heartbreaking!>
From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 17
Dec 2008 08:38:55 -0600> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Sick FelV kitten> > One of my
FeLV cats is very anemic now and her anemia just hasn't responded > to
treatment, I will lose her this week as she has now refused to let me > syringe
feed her anymore, she has always been very good about it and about > taking
meds and now wants no part of it. There are many things you can try > to get
the anemia reversed, Epogen as previously mentioned, Immunoregulin, > etc., but
you may need a transfusion to give them time to work. > Unfortunately, for my
baby the transfusion didn't seem to do much good at > all and her numbers just
keep going down.> > One of my first FeLV kittens had the same problem with his
back legs, over a > period of a couple of days they just stopped working and he
couldn't pee. > Tried a lot of different things but never got better and I
never found out > what caused it, please post if your vet finds out the cause.>
> You might want to join the anemia group on yahoo.> > Gary> > ----- Original
Message ----- > From: "Lorrie" <[email protected]>> To:
<[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:32 AM>
Subject: [Felvtalk] Sick FelV kitten> > > > One of our FelV kittens is very
anemic. Has anyone ever tried iron> > suppliments? We went back to the vet
yesterday, and got her vitamins> > and iron, and hope this will buy her a bit
more time.> >> > She is 8 months old and only weighs 3 1/2 pounds. She didn't>
> actually lose the weight, she just never gained anymore weight> > than that,
as she is also a small cat.> >> > She recently lost control of her back legs
and the vet isn't sure> > this is caused by the FelV. He thinks it may be a
neurological> > thing...... This happened suddenly about a week ago. First she
was> > wobbly and then she got so she couldn't stand at all, and also lost> >
control of her bladder and bowels. She is still eating and does not> > seem to
be in any pain. Otherwise I'd put her to sleep. She is my> > daughter's
favorite cat, and she doesn't want to do this unless the> > cat is in distress.
I just wondered if any of you had ever seen this> > lose of mobility in a FelV
cat? Advice please.> >> > Thanks, Lorrie> >> >> >
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