The Doxy is for suspected Hemobartonella. Glad she is doing better! Beth
David Arthurs <[email protected]> wrote: >The official diagnosis/condition from the pathologist is immune mediated >hemolytic anemia/IMHA. We don't know the cause yet. We're treating for >parasites (doxycycline)...and with prednisone to suppress the immune >response. We'll repeat the IFA in a month. > >She is responding very well to treatment...the immune response to her own >blood has diminished, gained back 1/4 pound, her CBC increased 50% and her >new blood cell count was up 5x. We get another blood test tomorrow. She was >still barely below the recommended CBC for transfusion...but is doing well >despite everything. > >She's active though she won't play. There are a couple of times she tried >to rough-house with her sister and gave up (it was actually funny to >watch...after a few minutes of chase, she gave up and laid on her >back...her sister came over and gave her a very gentle little nip on the >butt...to which Tux let out a whine of indignation). > >Our vet admitted some doubt about FeLV but is sticking with it for now. I >read online that for 60% of IMHA cases it is never determined what the >cause was. The cats did act like they had fleas about six months ago (and >we treated, though we never saw any fleas). Tux is also the garbage >collector...she eats everything on the floor...so it's also possible she at >something toxic. > >Thanks again everyone. I will follow up with any new findings. Dave > >_______________________________________________ >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
