Alice
I just took Lucky to the vet this morning. The vet prescribed L-Lysine for
his food 2x daily. Today, the vet said he could just keep taking that
indefinitely as "it won't hurt anything." So I'm planning on giving it to
him long term.
Glad to hear Murphy is better. Best of luck to you both.
~Bonnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alice Flowers" <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:05 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Murphy-One week on the Lysine and much improved!!
(after2 weeks of dripping and sneezing)
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!)
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