Stacy,
I joined this group several months ago, and as sad as this is, all the FeLV+
with lymphoma die in a short period of time. My little Buddy Cat was just
over a year old when he died 9/23/10. He was a stray we got when he was 6
weeks old 9/09 and was very sickly. He recouped real quick. At this time I
knew nothing of FeLV or lymphoma. 12/09 he was neutered and did great. In
June 2010 he had 2 large lymph nodes and was diagnosed with FeLV. July,
August September, we did absolutely everything not even weighing out the
financial cost. We truly loved this kitty and he was very special. We
tried LCTI, interferon, homeopathic, lasix, rutin, vitamins and chemo. He
had a will to live and didn't want to die.
His chest filled up with fluid several times and I had him tapped. The last
time I took him to be tapped the vet killed him, she manhandled him.
The chemo, pred and LCTI did help, but even with chemo it only extends the
life for a short time. Felv + with lymphoma is a double whammy. I think
one without the other is treatable and they can live much longer. I am
sorry to seems so cold about this, my heart is still very broken 2 1/2
months later. We would have spent/did anyhting to save our Buddy Cat.
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
From: Stacy Zacher
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 11:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Felvtalk] Spanky has large cell lymphoma
Hi everyone:
(cross posting on the lists we belong to).
Just a follow-up to the biopsy and post yesterday. I want to thank everyone
for all the help and support during this time. It means more than you know.
The vet called last night and the pathologist's analysis confirmed what she
initially thought -
Spanky has large cell lymphoma or she called it lymphoblastic. She thought
his blood results weren't bad for his status. She talked to the oncologist
about his case also and the onc. wants to see him tomorrow morning to
discuss chemo options since I want to try to treat this/ buy him some more
time.
I know the aggressive chemo protocol is more the IV chemo plus pill but I'm
wary of doing that to his body right now. I would really appreciate thoughts
on types of chemo for this type of lymphoma - large cell lymphoma for his
mediastinal cranial mass (maybe about 2cm now instead of 2.5cm when we
started prednisolone). He's not eating as well as he should either and
steadily losing weight even though he seems to eat overnight well and I
syringe food him too. We didn't test the cells to see if they T or B cells.
The vet said it varies but they normally follow the UW Madison protocol for
treating this type - Cyclophosphamide, prednisolone and the vincristine. I
want him to have quality of life over suffering bad side effects. I know
someone wrote that the lymphoma makes them sicker than chemo so I'm keeping
that in mind as well. We discussed vincristine iv or pill form or doing
IV+pill. I'm just worried about aggressive treatment since he's losing
weight, weaker, FELV+, early HCM, and is not young strong kitty. He's aged
about 10 years in 1 year it seems!
So much to consider and so confusing! Please send us healing thoughts any
any advice you can before our appt tomorrow
morning.
I found an interesting chart on the various protocols from a vet site but am
not sure if I can post the link?
Purrs,
Stacy and Spanky
Re: Spanky - blood test/ultrasound - patiently waiting for biopsy re
Posted by: "stacy_zacher" [email protected] stacy_zacher
Wed Dec 1, 2010 3:17 pm (PST)
(cross posting on the lists we belong to).
Thanks to everyone for all the purrayers and sending healing thoughts for
Spanky. I'm still waiting for the vet to get his biopsy results back and
call me. She said it could be today or tomorrow. We got there at 9:30am
yesterday, they did a blood panel, quick ultrasound to see if the mass was
still there. It was :-(.
Regarding his blood test results - everything except his WBC and related
counts were normal last time (about a month ago). This time his liver values
are elevated slightly AST is 55 (range 14-54), ALT is 147 (range
26-128)(from pred?), wbc is up from 2400 to 6(from pred?),
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