Ps Coco was diagnosed with myonecrosis via muscle biopsy. L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Weakness in hind legs
Hind leg weakness seems to come up somewhat frequently on the CRF group, this website has a great index of symptoms & treatments A-Z, http://www.felinecrf.org/symptoms_treatments_index.htm see W for "weakness in back legs" and several things are listed, though I think most are things that would have showed in the chemistry. We had a feral kitty who was paralyzed in her rear legs due to a lesion on her spine, but sounds like you've covered that with the ultrasound (as much as it can be "covered" anyway). Do they think throwing a clot is a possibility? I hope you can figure out the cause, others might have some good input. Love & good thoughts to Wolfie! Heather On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > Just wondering what sort of experience people have had with leuk positive > cats getting weak in the back legs. My cat, Wolfie, is 8 and has been > positive since we rescued him 6 years ago. He's been pretty healthy other > than the last year or so. Last September he was diagnosed with > non-regenerative anemia but has been fairly stable since then. I recently > took him to the vet as I noticed he was getting weak in his hind legs, > walking differently and avoiding putting weight on them for long periods of > time. His HCT is down, WBC and RBC are a bit lower than usual. Chemistry > looks ok. > > I've had 9 cats die from this disease and only ever saw one with leg > issues. She woke up one morning and had lost all use of her back legs, no > warning. This is different from that situation and just wondering what > could be going on. We did an ultrasound today. No sign of lymphoma or > anything pressing on the spine. No real loss of muscle mass on physical > exam. We are putting him on doxy/pred in case hemobart is causing the > anemia. The specialist at Cornell mentioned it could be something with the > leukemia affecting the muscle or nerves directly but she couldn't find any > literature on this. I told her I'd post here and see if anybody has had a > similar experience or has anything to add on what could be going on. > > Thanks > Amy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
