Great news Alice. We have our paws crossed for Murphy. Sharyl --- On Mon, 7/26/10, Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> From: Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Murphy has improved! Keep Purraying!! > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 9:17 PM > I am cautiously optimistic. After a > bad Friday and Saturday when he slept and I > cried, I woke up Sunday (yesterday) and he raced me down > the hall and he was > talking again-he ate a little here and a little there. He > napped off and on, but > not all day like on Saturday. My parents came over and he > was the official > greeter-he's like a puppy-he runs towards any noises to see > who's here while > Rosie is running the other way to hide until she feels > safe. I gave him an > injection of the Procrit Friday evening and he is getting > the Doxy 2x a day and > an iron capsule 1x a day. Interferon 1cc orally 2x a day. I > gave the LTCI > injection to both Rosie and Murphy (it was 4 weeks from the > last injection) last > night. I woke up this morning and he was his usual busy > self-jabbering about > what he wanted for breakfast and wanted it now! So I gave > him his Doxy (1/4 tab > put into a capsule and I give a small syringe of water > after to make sure it > gets washed down) then his wet food. They have the dry food > free choice. I just > got home from work and he greeted me-his gums are still > pale and he's napping > now. I don't know how this is going to turn out-hopefully > his recheck on > Thursday will be good news when they check his PCV. I'll > give another Procrit > injection tonight, Wednesday and Friday. I hate this > disease so much-it has > already taken Rosie's 4 brothers, why can't it leave us the > last 2? Man-my heart > goes out to all the people who will deliberately take in > the FeLV kitties, > knowing what may be in store. In just the past 1 1/2 years > that I've been > watching the posts on this site-overwhelming sadness over > all of our losses and > the pain is so deep. I still miss the brothers that passed > and the joy we had > raising them up to almost adults. They may have been born > feral, but you cannot > put a price on the joy they brought us. In fact, their > feral mother is now a > spoiled house cat-she slowly, over a years time decided she > likes sleeping on my > sister in law's bed-LOL. I will keep you posted on Murphy's > condition-I dread > any bad days, but I know this disease has no mercy. > Alice > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
