aNA, YOUR BAby has been through so much. it seems that you are right that all of her injuries must have at least contributed to this latest problem. will keep you and her in my prayers since i have no real expertise in this. i know prayer does work miracles sometimes. it did for me. ---- Sharyl <[email protected]> wrote: > Ana, I am sorry about Beltza's issues. The immediate short term treatment > for severe anemia is a transfusion. If she has non-regenerative anemia > erythropoietin may help her. Many cats receive it successfully. It is true > that after a few months some do develop the antibodies you refer to but the > majority do not. > > There is a Yahoo Anemia group that has some good info in there files. > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_Anemia/ > > Please talk to your vet to see if a transfusion is an option for Beltza. > Sharyl > > --- On Tue, 7/6/10, Ana Gutierrez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Ana Gutierrez <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Introducing Beltza and myself > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 11:39 AM > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I am new to the mailing list. > > > > > > > I live in México and I am studying my PhD in microbiology, > > bioinformatics > > and genomic sciences -- in case I can be of any help. > > > > > > > My cat, Beltza was recently diagnosed (last Saturday)as > > FeLV+ and the blood > > count show almost no red blood cells. The best vet I have > > found in my town > > is attending her, she is staying with him at his hospital. > > He told me he had ordered erythropoeitin to treat her > > anemia, as it was the > > first thing to resolve for her. I read an article about how > > cats express > > antibodies against human and hence cat hormone. I am > > terryfied. I will ask > > him not to use the hormone, but I don't know which is the > > treatment to use. > > Do you know which is the correct treatment for anemia? > > > > She has all the symptoms for anemia (her tongue is white) > > and that is the > > reason of her staying at the vet "hospital". She refuses to > > eat, she has > > lost 4 pounds now, please help me I don't want her to die. > > > > I rescued her from the streets last November, she was six > > months old and she > > was pregnant, malnourished, she had a broken rib, a broken > > tooth, and her > > whiskers were burned. I ask the vet for an abortion since > > there are too much > > homeless kitties in this world, and to spayed her. She was > > fully recovered > > and so gorgeous, until last month... when a dog bit her, > > and then a spider ( > > *Loxosceles reclusa*) bit her, the tissue was in necrosis, > > so a surgery was > > needed to prevent a higher necrosis. I believe that all > > these, plus the > > stress, plus the antibiotics, analgesics and anesthesia is > > the reason for > > her viral and anemial crisis. > > > > I hope you guys know how to treat her anemia, any help will > > be greatly > > appreciatted. I want her back home. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Ana > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
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