Hi Belinda, i have only given fluids to my Lil Bit, but i learned fast to put the bag in water same temperature as my body. first time i gave her fluids, she nearly jumped out of my lap. it was room temperature (70) and cold to her. next day i put the bag in the sink with warm water until it was comfortable to me. at least it was closer to her body temperature and she didn't mind it very much. at least she didn't try to get away from me. GARY need to weigh in on this as i am not sure you should warm up the Epogen. dorlis ---- gary <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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