I had a blind cat (Dodsie) who lived to be 19. Since she already knew our house, she adjusted to being blind so well. She walked around rooms close to the outer walls, almost touching them. She was able to go downstairs to use the litter box and come back up with no problem. I of course kept her bed close to the wall so no one would step on her. I think we felt sorrier for her than she did...she adjusted so well and it really didn't seem to bother her and we knew she was totally blind in both eyes. She responded to our voice just like before. She was an only cat so that probably helped her feel secure. And thankfully when she left us, she just went to sleep one afternoon and did not wake up.
Ardy -----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amani Oakley Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 10:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Eye Problems and Prednisolone.... Robert I recommend that you have the vet surgically remove the eye. You would be surprised at how quickly a cat will adjust to this, and the pain will stop immediately. I had this experience with one of my cats, who also had severe uveitis when I got her, and there was just nothing that worked, and the eye was really bad. In the meantime, there are two techniques you might want to try to help with pain and controlling infection: 1. Try putting contact lens saline in the eyes. This is soothing and has a tiny bit of disinfectant which is obviously safe for the eyes; 2. Try putting a used tea bag (warm) on the eye. Only use it once before discarding it. Also, ask the vet for buprenorphine in a transdermal cream. This will help tremendously with the pain. Get the vet to obtain it from a compounding pharmacy. Amani -----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ROBERT CHAPEL Sent: September-25-16 3:06 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Eye Problems and Prednisolone.... I'm really at my wits end as to how much more to put my little guy ( Yogi) through.... I adopted him 7 months ago and he has had something causing him pain at least 5 of them...... I put him on high doses of ocular Prednisolone to try to spare his vision after a severe Uveitis( bilateral but worse in the right eye) and the Vet said it would likely have to be given chronically....VERY unfortunately he developed a huge corneal abrasion ( Green dye uptake involved almost his etire eye)... Now I've got the poor little guy on atropine and two antibiotics three times a day in hopes of keeping the eye from rupturing..... This on top of his continuing to lose weight despite healthy appetite and still with some blood in the stool..... The BIG problem in the moment is that I really can't put him back on topical corticosteroids if it is going to do this to him..... but.....when I tried to back off them before his Uveitis returned..... There is a good chance it will return again..... Has anyone ever heard of anything that might be used for a cats eye inflammation that is not a corticosteroid?? I'll be frank.... this little guy is using up every single dime and then some of my retirement " disposable" income and I simply won't be able to afford him pretty soon if I don't figure something out..... beyond that... it is just too sad seeing him constantly suffering with one malady after another.... Winstrol is not going to happen unless I go from Vet to Vet and hope I can find one that will work with me but.... I honestly don't hold out a lot of hope for this guy.... He started getting sick very young and it's not gotten any better..... My other guy is holding his own and I haven't had him to the vet more than once for an upper respiratory infection..... I'm not just going to wait for the little guy to pass..... I'm thinking that if the Uveitis returns and there is nothing that will control it besides corticosteroids I'm going to let him go..... He's just always hurting.... Hasn't been able to be a kitten f or more than a few weeks since I brought him home .... Add to this that my quality of life is pretty crappy at this point as I can take very little time away from home.... I'd spend thousands that I don't have if I had any assurance that it would make a difference but not just to keep him " functional" until he fades away while his life becomes enduring constant medication... being nearly blind.... sleeping and eating and avoiding the advances of his house mate who still wants to play.... His " better" eye does not appear to be very functional which leaves him at risk if the other guy decides to jump him..... I sometimes separate them when I am out of the house but it appears that he prefers being out in the entire house even with the risk of the other guy.... Figure for the time he has I'll let him do as he prefers as long as it's not too dangerous...... But back to the original question..... any thought or experiences with anti Inflammatory medications that can used ocularly that are not Corticosteroids....... thanks for any thoughts.. On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 01:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hodor Declining (Sandy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:39:49 +0000 (UTC) > From: Sandy To: Margo , [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > listen to Amani!! Sandy W ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Margo" To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September > 25, 2016 6:58:34 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining > > > > > I never had expected the Interferon to cause red cell or hematocrit > changes. Where can I find information about that? > > > Thanks, > > > Margo > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Amani Oakley Sent: Sep 25, 2016 12:25 > AM To: "[email protected]" Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor > Declining > > > Elizabeth > > > My experience was that the interferon did absolutely nothing for my > Zander. I checked his blood work weekly to track what was happening, > and even though I left him on it for several months (with blood > transfusions, to ensure there was a chance for it to work), there was > no effect at all on the red blood cells or haematocrit. > > > Do not wait if you don?t see improvement. My strong suggestion is to > put him back on the doxycycline and try again for some Winstrol. > > > Amani > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Liz McCarty Sent: September-25-16 12:20 AM To: > [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining > > > > Hey... Hodor was pretty steady and eating well, good energy... Until > Wednesday. Since then be seems to not have enough energy to move very > far. Not eating well, or drinking well. One of his eyes started > tearing occasionally. He still gets excited about treats and a water > bottle we freeze for him that he likes to lick. He has been on > interferon for 2 weeks... This past week was his 7 days off. He > started back last night. Has anyone had interferon experience and seen > their cats drop on the week off? Any suggestions? I don't want to lose > him. We are also giving him prednisone, Pet Tinic and Dmg. > I don't think the URI cleared before they stopped his doxycycline... > Even though I expressed concern they said stop for now... I want to > start him again....any thoughts? I don't think his immune system needs > this extra stress! He was doing so well when he had the doxycycline. > Thank you. > Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 > > > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Felvtalk Digest, Vol 29, Issue 27 > **************************************** > _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
