Belinda, Wow. You have a sick little kitty. I don't know if you're looking for input or not; and I know nothing about his history but I would suggest two things.
1. Find a holistic vet. 2. Check a basic metabolic panel. CRF patients often have electrolyte imbalances that can cause seizures. Vitamin b12, vitamin e and electrolyte replacement can help. Okay one more thing. I don't know much about the approach to crf in animals but in people often times the solution is prednisone or immune suppression as the disease process is usually autoimmune. I know nothing of what has been done in veterinary medicine to deal with this. I just thought I'd tell you that. Good luck and I will pray for your little guy. Jenny On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Belinda Sauro <[email protected]>wrote: > Well Fred started having seizures 3 hours after his vet visit, we're not > sure what is causing those but he is on phenobarbitol and those so far are > controlled. He is eating like a little piggy and drinking. It takes about > 2 weeks for them to get used to the effects of the phenobarbitol so he is > pretty much out of it most of the day. His legs aren't working right now > even though he does try to get up and can walk a step or 2 before he loses > his balance. > > The blood work results show that there is possibly cancer, if so I would > guess a brain tumor but the vet said it also could be from a severe inner > ear infection, which he does have an inner ear infection, he was on drops > only so I asked for the pills too, asked a week ago when we diagnosed him > but the vet I saw then said it wasn't that bad and he didn't need them, they > were obviously wrong and it has probably gotten worse again. I'm going to > tell my vet I want to keep him on the baytril for wahtever time he has left, > this is the 5th time an infection has come back because the vet wouldn't > listen to me. He had an infection years ago that he kept getting back > because they wouldn't leave him on the antibiotics longer like I requested. > Fred has a really bad time clearing infections and they really kick his > butt so I have to be more forceful about that. > > I know someone who's cat was on baytril for 8 years and she did fine. > > Would appreciate prayers for Fred to get over this latest hurdle ... and > yes I have told him if he is ready to go I am fine with that, he has my > blessing, but he keeps hanging on, he is one tough cookie!! > > > -- > > Belinda > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > http://bemikitties.com > > http://BelindaSauro.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
