Sooooo happy to hear this Sherri. Very hard to take some of those vet comments so it must have felt wonderful to send a healthy picture and good report. Continued Best for you and Bogey!! She's lucky she has you! At the moment, all my strays are healthy and FELV-free, and I still miss my Tigger who passed from FELV in 2016. Had I been able to get going on the Winstrol, Prednisolone, Doxy regimen sooner, I'm convinced he would still be with us.
Ardy Robertson -----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when my new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough go of it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and I can't thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I have become ill myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a bit but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about my girl. Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she was only barely 5 pounds initially. When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels were completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really thrived. She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind of treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low side of normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the Winstrol 4 times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that needs to be increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the winter months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps. So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to save her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that I know she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as sending her blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet that said she should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other healthy cats that need homes". Best to all. Sherri & Bogey _______________________________________________ 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
