Good news; his temperature is down to a "high normal", bad news; he has an anemia murmur. The vet was not hearing me about Winstrol and he seemed in a bad mood. I'm hanging on to the decreased fever as a sign of good things. We will re-do blood work tomorrow and re-asses in the morning.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > My FeLV+ girl Ember got five-on five-off interferon. I can’t remember if > it was 1ml or .5ml, but it wasn’t a large dose. > > I seem to remember a vet at a specialized clinic telling me that we didn’t > have to stagger it, but my “country vet” had prescribed it that way, and we > stuck to it. > > AZT can cause serious blood abnormalities in cats. I don’t think it’s > often used in treating FeLV because of that. > > Lance > > On Oct 20, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Maya D'Alessio <[email protected]> wrote: > > You've been plenty helpful, thank you. What I need to figure out how to > do, is accept the situation and be less emotional about it, no matter which > way it goes, until the time comes. Right now I'm just so emotional, I keep > flip-flopping between optimistic and hopeless. > > Do you know with the interferon, what dose they are on? When you first > started did you start immediately with the one week on, one week off, or > was there a more intense initial period? > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Margo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> I remember researching AZT an deciding against it, but I don't recall >> why. My two boys have been on interferon for years (low dose one week on, >> one week off) and I've never seen any adverse effects, but when they're >> sick, they seem to perk up during the "on" weeks. The anti-nausea was >> likely Cerenia, which is being recognized for it's anti-inflammatory >> properties, as well. >> >> He's improving. No need for any major decisions. That's really not a lot >> of drugs, all things considered :) It was two weeks until Gribs was eating >> normally, and seemed as if he might live. There really is no formula for >> mosr people. I always read "you'll know", but I'm not sure that's true. >> Sorry I can't be more help with that. >> >> Margo >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maya D'Alessio >> Sent: Oct 20, 2015 1:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Stanozolol (Winstrol(R)) >> >> Oh wow, yes I am in Waterloo. Can you send me your vet's information and >> I will pass it along to my vet immediately. >> >> He is mentioning AZT and interferon, but Merlot has a persistent fever >> and won't eat, I am assuming his body is not up to those drugs yet. He's >> currently on doxy, prednisolone and mirtazipine (appetite stimulant), and >> they gave him an antinauseant shot last night (cevinia I think). >> >> Question to the larger group; my cat is uncomfortable (although better >> than yesterday), I have to force feed him and he's on a ton of drugs. How >> long is this feasible? How long should I let it go if we don't see >> improvement? How do you make that call. With my last cat, she deteriorated >> so rapidly and it was so dire that it was a pretty straight forward call. >> >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Amani Oakley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Maya, >>> >>> Seriously, I have to wonder about some vets. What is he offering you >>> that will help your cat?? >>> >>> Anyhow, all I can say is I am happy I have a supportive vet. I will send >>> you some links to stuff about Winstrol, but it is hard to find since the >>> mind-set you have encountered already, is all too common, even when our >>> cats are dying and there are few realistic alternatives. >>> >>> Most of the links I will send to you will not speak to the use of >>> Winstrol specifically for FeLV, but speak to things like building up >>> strength and improving appetite. >>> >>> Here is the first - very generic. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.petplace.com/article/drug-library/library/prescription/stanozolol-winstrol >>> >>> Amani >>> >>> P.S. - I also noticed you are not far from me. My vet is in Etobicoke, >>> in the outskirts of Toronto. Perhaps your vet should call my vet? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Felvtalk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Maya D'Alessio >> PhD student >> B1 377B, x32320 >> Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator >> Biology GSA Vice Chair >> GSA Director At-Large >> University of Waterloo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> > > > -- > Maya D'Alessio > PhD student > B1 377B, x32320 > Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator > Biology GSA Vice Chair > GSA Director At-Large > University of Waterloo > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Maya D'Alessio PhD student B1 377B, x32320 Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator Biology GSA Vice Chair GSA Director At-Large University of Waterloo
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