Great update Alice. He can be on a maintenance dose of 250 mg forever. I only have 3 water bowels out so all mine get it everyday in their water. Sharyl
--- On Mon, 10/18/10, Alice Flowers <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Alice Flowers <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Murphy-One week on the Lysine and much improved!! (after > 2 weeks of dripping and sneezing) > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 1:05 AM > It's been a rough two weeks with poor > Murphy and his drippy and sneezy nose. He > got so lethargic and became congested in the nose that by > mid-week he wasn't > eating much. I started him last Sunday on the Lysine. He > will not eat anything > with Lysine added, nor will he go near those expensive > Lysine treats that I > bought at the vet's office. I didn't try it in the water > because I have water > all over the house 2-3 dishes for him and Rosie and also a > 5 gallon water > dispenser for the 3 Australian Shepherds that co-rule our > home. The cats drink > out of it also. I put the powdered Lysine into the #3 gel > caps that I get from > my vet. I think I went overboard the first day-gave him 2 > in the AM and 1 in the > PM-uhhhh oohhhh-he had the runs the next day-poor boy was > dripping outta both > ends. Not a fun clean up when you have a fluffy cat!! I > called the vet and they > said I could try saline spray and/or a mild Afrin spray for > his nose-steam (he > already perches on the toilet seat every night while I > shower, so I turned the > fan off to keep the steam in the room). So then I > disassembled all the gel > caps-one had doxy and cypro and the other had the lasix and > pred. I filled all > the empty space in the caps with Lysine and reassembled > them. So maybe he was > getting 3/4 to a whole caps worth of Lysine 2x a day. On > Thursday I gave him his > LTCI and Procrit injections-he's once a week on each. He > was still sleeping alot > Friday, but his nose was less drippy and he seemed > brighter. Today he is > following me all around the house and is more involved and > talking again. > Oh-another thing I tried, on Wednesday I diluted some Afrin > nasal spray with 2 > parts saline spray and gave him a few squirts into the > snoot- He went into 4 > wheel drive trying to escape! He was not a happy kitty at > all, so it may have > helped for a short while, I only did it once. Thank > goodness he is such a > forgiving soul. He is feeling much better today, hardly any > sneezing and barely > any drips. He was jabbering away in the kitchen this > morning, sitting on his > little throne (I have a little plastic step cuz I'm short. > It's in the corner of > the kitchen and he claims it as his throne.) He wouldn't > shut up until he and > Rosie got their 1cc of Interferon and he got his meds, 3 > capsules. He sits and > waits for them, then when that's done, he expects fresh wet > food! Anyway-that's > our little update-I am a believer in the Lysine now, but it > takes a little time > to knock out the Herpes virus that we think flares up > whenever his immune system > is low. Doe anyone know how long he can be on > it? Alice (Rosie and Murphy > too!) > _______________________________________________ > 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
