As others have mentioned in reply to your post, I have used a combination of
Winstrol (Stanozolol), Doxycycline and Prednisone. The blood work seems to show
that there is an affect on both the red cell lines and platelets. That suggests
that this is a bone marrow depression, and in turn that suggests that this is
likely the effect of FeLV. My experience has been that the Winstrol seems to
turn back on or encourage the growth of new bone marrow cells, and is really
great for increasing red cell indices (red cell counts, haematocrit,
haemoglobin, reticulocyte count), and I saw it take effect pretty quickly. My
cat's haematocrit was down to 10 after two separate rounds of blood transfusion.
By the way, I don't understand the explanation in your email, that you've been
told that the blood transfusion wasn't effective because of too much IV fluids.
That doesn't make a lot of sense. You are still infusing the same volume of red
cells, whether that is diluted by the IV fluids or not. I agree that the lab
results may show a dilution effect because of the IV fluids, but that just
means that when the excess fluid is pee'd out, then the haematocrit result will
go up. By the way, if there is truly a dilution effect, it will show on a
number of lab results like sodium, potassium, urea and platelets.
What I had my cat on was: Winstrol (stanozolol)
1 mg, 2 times a day (though this can be dramatically increased if necessary)
Doxycycline
50 mg daily (can be given once, or split to 25 mg, 2 times a day)
Prednisone/Prednisolone
5 mg daily (can be given once, or split to 2.5 mg, 2 times a day)
Amani
From: Felvtalk <felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org> On Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: September 19, 2019 1:26 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
Importance: High
Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has
gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of
2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat?
A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his
blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he
needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow
test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not
very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they
are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a
stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has
been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive.
Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On
12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work
was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte
shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7
days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and
t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results
of his blood work that are not in normal range:
AST (SGOT) 106
Glucose 178
CPK 711
WBC 20.5
RBC 2.5
HGB 4.5
HCT 14
NRBC 9
Platelet Count 78
Neutrophils 1640
Lymphocytes 17630
Monocytes 1025
Basophils 205
Protein 2+
Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000
Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat?
Thank you, Wendy
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