tks. a friend told me about a vet in the East Village who does regular meds,and holistic med,is very nice and reasonable.
--- On Fri, 7/2/10, Gloria B. Lane <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gloria B. Lane <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] vets To: [email protected] Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 2:55 PM Well we've got a New Yorker on the list or did, now I forget who! Gloria On Jul 1, 2010, at 4:35 PM, CATHERINE DIDONNA wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a vet that cares about FELV cats in New York City????? > Thankyou > --- On Wed, 6/30/10, Sharyl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Sharyl <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] rear leg weakness- Revolution used? and update > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 1:21 PM > > > Amy, based on what you have written I wouldn't worry about the high Ca right > now. What was his phos level? There is an issue when both Ca and Phos are > high but again that wouldn't affect his hind legs. It could be the anemia. > > In the end we do what we can with the resources we have. He's lucky to have > you loving him. > Sharyl > > --- On Wed, 6/30/10, Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Amy <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] rear leg weakness- Revolution used? and update >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 12:12 PM >> No idea why he has hind leg >> weakness. I'll researched all the causes and none seem >> to apply other than the leukemia. He has had routine >> blood work every 6 months of his life and we have monitored >> him very closely as we do all our positive cats. No >> major problems other than some weight loss and IBD over the >> past couple years. >> >> I don't think I've ever taken one of my positive cats to >> the vet that some level hasn't been off. Historically >> when I've drawn more blood or done further testing, it >> always ends up being nothing. I spend lots of money >> and put the cats through lots of testing and then 6 months >> later, the value is normal again. I've just grown to >> step back and not flip out every time I see a low or high >> value for that reason. I have to say I still feel sick >> every time I see the HCT drop in one of them though. >> So that's my hesitation with taking 3 ml of blood from a >> non-regenerative anemic cat. He just had a full >> CBC/Chem which is not a small amount of blood and I'm afraid >> to draw so much blood again when I think his time with me is >> limited to begin with. >> >> The only thing I can come up with as a cause of the hind >> leg weakness is long term steroid use. I read that >> it's more common with injectable steroids so not sure if it >> even applies to pred. He's been on pred for almost a >> year. However, I have no doubt that it is the one >> thing that has kept him alive. Neither me or the >> specialist I'm seeing are even considering taking him off >> that as I have no doubt he will crash. We tried >> weaning him off it a year ago after treating him for >> hemobart and he started going downhill quickly. That >> said, his bone marrow is shot. He's been >> non-regenerative for over a year and making red blood cells >> from his spleen or elsewhere. We knew he couldn't do >> this forever so I'm not shocked at where we are, just >> sad. Since he's been anemic for a year and holding >> steady, I guess the weakness could be a result of the anemia >> as well. Yet he doesn't seem weak otherwise >> really. He sleeps a lot and yes it's obvious he >> doesn't keep >> up with the other cats but not so weak that it takes too >> much energy to walk in my opinion. >> >> His liver and kidney values are all normal. Appetite is >> normal. No signs of lymphoma after 2 ultrasounds, >> probably has IBD and is on EVO which seems to have helped >> keep that in check. His calcium is just over normal - >> 11.6 with normal being 8.2-11.5. I looked at blood >> work from all my other cats and they all run towards the >> high end, 10 or higher. So I'm weighing the risk worth >> the benefit of drawing another 3 ml of blood to see if he's >> really got a high calcium vs just waiting it out and if he's >> around in a month or so, rechecking it then. Any >> thoughts or suggestions are welcome. >> >> Thank you everyone for all the suggestions. My gut >> tells me that he is close to the point of losing his battle >> with this disease. I always try to keep hope and >> remain optimistic but watching one cat after another be >> taken down by this disease, it's hard to keep the faith >> sometimes. Fingers crossed, Wolfie will pull through >> this and defy the odds as he has until now. >> >> 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
