My Zander had exactly the same symptoms you observed – licking cement and very pale gums. His PCV was 5% before I started him on Stanozolol. My first sign that the medication might be working was an ever so slight blush on his ivory pale gums. I didn’t dare to believe it until I took him to the vets that weekend and confirmed his red cells and PCV was up for the first time since the terrible ordeal had begun.
Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenn Trotter Sent: September-21-15 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list I am new to this group and never posted but now that I see some activity I was hoping to jump in a little and maybe get some opinions on my situation.My name is Jenn and my adventure started in August. I will make it brief as I can. We adopted 3 kitties from our vet earlier this year, shortly after putting down our precious calico from cancer. The 3 kitting were all tested, given shots, spayed/neutered etc. Everything was great but the runt started to lick cement from the fireplace hearth in early August. I called a vet at the practice I go to and they said it didn't mean anything but I could bring her in if I wanted. I decided against it but noticed her sleeping more and just not moving much. Finally I said I can't take it anymore and took her to my favorite vet (especially because her gums were so pale - something i learned with my other cat) and her PCV was at 12%. Next thing I know I am taking her a blood transfusion. She went from testing negative for Felv, testing positive and then negative. We also had IFA's done at two different labs and one was negative and one was positive. She had a bone marrow biopsy (and needed another blood transfusion) and the IFA from that was negative. No cancer or anything was found. Basically, we may never know if she truly has it and her system will be able to clear it but it was not in her bone marrow so she has a fighting chance. The diagnosis is that it is an auto-immune non-regenerative anemia. She just finished two different antibiotics and her pred was upped to 10 mg twice a day. Her last blood work which was last week shows that she is not anemic, her platelets are increasing but her neutrophils have taken a dive. They are not as low as when this first started but they did improve. My vet and the specialist was against trying LTCI as they were no studies to back up the claims. Right now she is doing great, not running any fevers. I was told that if she is truly Felv infected or this is just autoimmune then the treatment would be the same. Her brother and sister have tested negative and are thriving and all three were dropped off at the vet the same time. Any thought or questions I might be asking? Any treatment options I may not have researched to death? I am so sorry we are having to deal with this for our poor babies. On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Jennifer Lewis <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: So sorry. One of my non-Leuk kitties is about 20 and we are looking at winding down ourselves for the Big Man (not so big any more). He is hyperthyroid and his meds have advanced his CRF, and he has heart issues. No heroics... tried that on my darling Buff and will never forgive myself. Our plan now is for his maximum comfort and life quality, as hard as it is for us. It's very hard... but I do recommend the same path. For you and for Bella. Our hearts are with you~ Jennifer, Manny Man, Brynn, Wiggles, Bev and The Goof On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:37 AM, simon95 wrote: My little bella is very sick she has lythomy in her kidneys she hasnt eaten in 3 days i am force feeding her and she is loosing weight rapidly. Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: "Katherine K." Date:2015/09/21 17:24 (GMT+01:00) To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list We are hanging in there. My 2.5 year old, Jazz just went for his annual check up and weighed in at 13.5 lbs! He's quite healthy. My 12-13 yr old cat Krammer used to weight that much but has lost 2 lbs since May unfortunately, and is now down to 9.5 lbs. He is on a low dose of Prednisolone to stimulate appetite. I'm debating whether to buy more LTCI injections - he's had them monthly for the past 2 years but they're just so costly and hard to measure if they actually do anything. Sigh. On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Jennifer Lewis <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: All good here. Brynn seems as healthy as can be... Jennifer L On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:52 AM, James G Wilson wrote: > Hey all, > > Just testing the list. There hasn't been any traffic in > awhile. 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