Keeping you and Merlot in my thoughts. Hope you figure it out and Merlot is
feeling better soon.
Amy
From: Maya D'Alessio <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Merlot
Merlot was admitted to the vet hospital this morning. His fever is persisting
and we still have no idea as to cause. Last night they tested for pancreatitis
and that test came back normal. He got sub-Q fluids and they sent him home with
us. He has vomitted a few times and he has not really kept down any nutrition
since Saturday morning. They just did an x-ray but there is no obvious issue.
They are going to do a barium contrast imaging series now after they administer
IV fluids and antibiotics in hope that his fever will come down.
The worst part is that we still really have no idea what is going on, so I am
just waiting to hear and worrying :(
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Marsha <[email protected]> wrote:
Treatment depends on the cause of the low platelet count. If it's low enough
that blood can't clot properly, he could develop internal bleeds from minor
events, and become anemic or worse. If the cause was his immune system
attacking his own platelets, the treatment might be prednisolone to suppress
his immune system. But if he's FeLV+, that's not so likely. Platelet
deficiency is called thrombocytopenia.
Marsha
On 10/18/2015 1:54 PM, Maya D'Alessio wrote:
Hey everyone,
Merlot is my 3.5 year old cat. Last summer my other cat passed away from FeLV
(we had no idea she had it), and we had Merlot tested. He tests + on the
snap/pcr test, but - on the ELISA. This gave me a little bit of piece of mind,
in the hope that he would not become persistently +.
Last night he was completely uninterested in dinner (very unusual for him),
and he seemed a bit warm and lethargic. I took him in to the vets this morning
and they wanted to do bloodwork. He has a temperature of 40.5 C. First results
come back all normal except a very low platelet count.
They gave him a small dosage of prednisone, and a shot of penicillin and sent
me home with doxycillin and some food to force feed him if he won't eat on his
own. They want me to watch him and come back in to the vets in 3 days to
re-test his blood.
Any experience with low platelet count, what that means and if there is any
treatment?
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