Hi Belinda, Can I just clarify? Bailey was leuk positive and had no other issues other than the anemia? While you were trying to figure that out, he developed pancreatitis? No CRF or anything else, you were using the Epogen solely for the leukemia related anemia? The reason I'm asking is because I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of whether to start Epogen when Wolfie's HCT gets low. My vet and I are trying to understand how it could hypothetically work for anemia related to bone marrow issues as opposed to CRF and she says it doesn't make sense that it would help. Again she's not saying it doesn't help or that we shouldn't try it (she's totally up for it if I am), we are just trying to figure out how it could help by looking at the causes of the anemia. You are the only person I've heard say they used it for a leuk pos cat with anemia rather than CRF so we are very interested in your story. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like Bailey was a very lucky cat to have you.
Amy --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Belinda Sauro <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Belinda Sauro <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Wolfie Update > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 10:27 PM > Bailey was on epogen for > almost 6 months when he became anemic, it brought his HCT > from a low of 15% back up to 40% within 6 weeks or so. > When he passed he was still on a maintanence dose of epogen > once a week and his HCT was holding at 33%. > > -- > Belinda > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > http://bemikitties.com > > http://BelindaSauro.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
