Good goin' Alice! Sounds like you're doing a grand job as a "nurse."
I had an old cat years ago; she took prednisone for a skin condition. It
was cyclic rather than constant. Whenever she went on the med she grew by
20%. They really "bulk up" on it. She got a little aggressive (well,
assertive maybe), too.
But bless her heart, she lived to be almost 21 years old.
Good luck with your Rosie girl!
~Bonnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alice Flowers" <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:09 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Rosie's Lymphoma-Still Hanging In There!!
Going on 3 weeks since her labs and diagnosis Feb 24. She's been on 5 mg
prednisolone 2x a day along with 1cc of Interferon squirted in her mouth.
She
also gets a shot of PennG every 5 days and one Leukeran pill every 3 days.
She's
had 5 Leukeran pills so far. Last week she began sneezing alot so I added
Cypro
again. To make it easier, I crushed the 1/2 tab of Cypro and combined it
inside
one gel cap with the pred-there was room left in the cap so I added a
pinch of
Lysine and a tiny bit of iron for good luck. I divided one of Murphy's
iron
capsules I had left since he went to the rainbow bridge in October. One
iron cap
into 6 of the gel caps. She has been eating and drinking fine-too much-she
was
meowing constantly-at first I thought she was in pain, but she wanted
treats...constantly. The Pred has her eating too much-she was sleek, now
she
seems all bloated and has a belly and waddles-not a pretty look for a
princess!
She also sleeps a lot. I tried to feel for the mass in her left lymph node
by
her throat and it does seem to be smaller. I'll call her Dr tomorrow to
see
about the Pred dosage and her being all bloated. Thanks for all the
purrayers-so
far, so good-I am not ready for her to join her 4 brothers and Murphy-mom
needs
her princess here! Alice, Rosie, Miso and Sachi (2 FeLV- kitties adopted
after
Murphy passed away)
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