when i had cncer, they gave me epogen. i had a reaction to it and they stopped.
---- [email protected] wrote: > Terri, I saw this post and am praying for your little Michael! Can they > start him on Aranesp (darbepoetin) or Epogen, or even Winstrol (which I think > has been mentioned here before?). I know with Aranesp, you give the shot 1 > time a week and when it is within normal range, begin to space out the > injections to find the right dose to hold it in that normal range. Epogen > is given 3 times a week and when in normal range, one dosage is skipped and > they search for that perfect dosage. > > > Could you get a copy of that most recent blood work as I can read blood work > and am wondering if anything else is off. IF so, once it is treated, things > may go back into place with other levels. This is what happened to my baby > Kit. I immediately put her on Rx Vitamins for Pets ~ Liquid Immuno. Also > she was put on antibiotics for fever and infection. I really would like to > see the blood work. If you want, you can send to me privately at > [email protected] > > > Nancy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terri <[email protected]> > To: felvtalk <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 6:52 pm > Subject: [Felvtalk] Michael's last hope > > > > Hi everyone. > > My little boy Michael is 3 and was diagnosed just over a week ago. I noticed > he had lost weight and wasn’t quite himself but nothing major, or so I > thought. I got him as a stray kitten, had him tested – he was negative for > felv, and vaccinated him every year. > > On Fri 30 Dec I took him to the vet, she did blood tests to check what could > be wrong with him and told me that when he came up positive she didn’t do any > further tests. She said he was anemic and prescribed cortisone every day and > vitamin B shots every week for 4 weeks. I asked what his lifespan would be > and she told me not very long and that there was nothing else we could do > except a blood transfusion at some stage. > > After coming home from a new years eve party I found him limping and he would > not stop moaning, I gave him an anti inflammatory that he had been given for > a previous leg injury hoping it would help until morning when a vet opened. > It helped his leg but he started moaning again 2 hours later. I finally found > a vet that could help on new years day. I told the vet about his history and > what had happened earlier that morning, by this time his leg was fine so the > vet gave him a strong pain killer thinking he was moaning in pain and told me > to bring him back later if it didn’t help. I took him back where a different > vet saw him, he did blood tests and the results were terrible, he also felt > that he had some sort of neurological issue so he had to be admitted to > hospital. His platelet and red blood cell count was extremely low and he was > not responding to treatment, I made the decision for him to have a blood > transfusion which he received on 3 Jan Tuesday evening. I fetched him on > Wednesday and had him tested again on the Friday, his results were still > better but there was no sign of his body regenerating. On the weekend he just > seemed to improve so much, is appetite was back and he had interest in > playing like his old self again, but Monday’s results did not reflect his > behavior. His body was not regenerating and his counts had dropped slightly. > > My next step is blood tests and decisions on Friday. I am devastated and > don’t know if there is anything else that we can do. If anyone can give any > advice or suggestions I would really appreciate it. At the moment he is on > Baytril and a nutritional tonic. > > Kind regards, > Terri Knight > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
