Hi Belinda, OK, just didn't want him to miss out. I didn't realize he wasn't FeLV positive. I don't think the Acemannan would be of help with his CRF, Epogen is the way to go for that. Are you on the FCRF yahoo list? Lots of good info on just about every therapy and support for crf kitties there. They usually suggest you start Epogen at 20%, but 16% isn't bad. You may have mentioned this before, but do you have to give him fluids regularly?
Gary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Belinda Sauro Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Wolfie Update Gary, I tried the test with a used syringe and Fred's fur wasn't anywhere near that wet yesterday so I think I figured out what happened. When I tented and started giving him the shot, when he felt the epo going in he started to move and I pushed against him harder to keep him from pulling the syringe out so I think at that point the syringe may have gone in farther and out the other side ... but I think it was towards the end of the shot so didn't lose too much. I am going to give him a little extra tomorrow though, his HCT has been slowly dropping over 4 or 5 years, he was at 28% when we first diagnosed him hyper-t & CRF 4 years ago and I know he was CRF a good year before that, someone had been peeing a lot for a while but I couldn't pin point who. over the last year his HCT was between 24% and 20% but since a month ago it went to 16%. My vet checked for bleeding there isn't any so it is because of his CRF. We will check him again in 2 weeks after starting the epo. _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
