It's interesting that our vet was very hesitant about even prescribing Prednisone because he is afraid it will suppress her immunity to secondary infections. I know that is a risk. Would adding Winstrol suppress her immune system even further? I'm very confused about how to proceed.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Ardy Robertson <ar...@centurytel.net> wrote: > If I can chime in on Winstrol, it did wonders on my Tigger to get his > bloodwork up. I only wish I had started it sooner, along with the > prednisolone and doxycycline. > > Best of luck! > > Ardy > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf > Of *Amani Oakley > *Sent:* Thursday, December 15, 2016 8:02 PM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Questioning FELV diagnosis > > > > Randy > > > > Regardless of the cause of the anemia, I have repeatedly recommended > Winstrol (Stanazolol) which is used for intractable severe anemia in humans > and animals. If you are new to this group, you may not have seen the > difficulty most people face when trying to get Winstrol for their cats. See > if your vet will prescribe it, but be aware that a vet usually has to order > it from a compounding pharmacy. I agree that you should also use prednisone > (or prednisolone, as recommended by others) along with the Winstrol. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > <felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org>] *On Behalf Of *Randy Henke > *Sent:* December-14-16 1:48 PM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Questioning FELV diagnosis > > > > I will keep everyone posted, Katherine. I'm hoping my hunch is correct > that she doesn't have FELV but she's still very sick right now. > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Katherine K. <kaths...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Randy, > > > > I'm sorry your baby isn't feeling well. What an unusual story you shared. > Did your vet say anything about hemobartonella? That can cause anemia, but > I'm not very familiar with it so I can't offer much more information or > advice there. There is a Yahoo! group called Feline_Anemia. It was pretty > active a couple years ago, not sure about now, but at least you could > search the archives. I had an 8 month old kitten die from anemia, but he > was definitely FeLV positive. > > > > Talk to your vet about prednisolone, instead of prednisone. My 14 yo FeLV > cat has been on it for a long time now. He also gets mirtazapine every few > days, which stimulates his appetite. > > > > Keep us posted on Curly! > > > > Katherine > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Randy Henke <ra...@magicedge.com> wrote: > > Our cat, Curly, is ten years old. We found her outside as a kitten and had > her tested for FELV at that time. She was negative. She's been strictly an > indoor cat since then and had no contact with any potentially infected cats. > > Three months ago, she wasn't acting like herself. Very lethargic and > moderately dehydrated. We took her to the vet. She was running a low fever > and her blood test showed severe anemia and low white cell count. The vet > suspected immune mediated hemolytic anemia. He gave her some fluids, > started her on an antibiotic for any potential infections and prednisone. > Three days later she was about the same so we took her back to the vet. > This time they ran an ELISA test to rule out FELV even though it was > incredibly unlikely given her history. It came back positive. They drew > blood at that time for an IFA test to confirm it and told us to discontinue > the prednisone immediately. > > By the next day, Curly was feeling better and she quickly bounced back to > her old self which I suspect was due to the three days of prednisone > treatment. The IFA test came back negative. > > We were content to think the ELISA was a false positive because Curly > seemed fine until a couple of weeks ago when she became listless and > anti-social again. Another blood test showed her to again be very anemic. > > We are very confused about what to do. The negative IFA really has me > wondering. From my understanding, that test is 99.9% accurate in detecting > the second stage of leukemia. > > A negative IFA should mean only one of two things: > > 1. The cat is not infected with FELV. > > 2. The cat is in the early stages and has not progressed to the second > stage of the disease where the virus infects the bone marrow. > > That would mean that, in order for the anemia to have been caused by > leukemia, the IFA should have definitely been positive at that point > because it would need to be actively compromising the bone marrow's > functioning. > > I am leaning toward trying prednisone again, especially since she is > hardly eating or moving around at this point. If anyone can point out if my > logic is flawed, please do so. Any suggestions would be very much > appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Randy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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