Tracy,
If it is hemobart then there should not be a problem for Leroy to
rebound. They will give him pills I think it's for 2 or 3 weeks.
I would try seeing if you can get some B-12 injections. That did a
world of good for Bamama when she was anemic. Also you may try
and feed liver to him. But if you want I know someone on the
anemia group feed Wysong Liver canned food and did well for
about 2 years. But this cat was not felv or fiv (like Bamama who
was fiv+).
Healing thoughts Leroy's way.
Carla
Date sent: Sat,
11 Oct 2003 12:24:16 -0400
From: "t.weese"
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Subject: Hemobart........FELV+
crisis
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> Well, it figures. I just learned that my Leroy is FELV+....it's not
> that I don't already have some FELV+ cats, but when he was rescued, he
> initially tested negative so I thought, good, one less thing to worry
> about. Well, I suspect had I done a second test a few months later, I
> would have learned he was +. Anyway, he sort of crashed hard over the
> past two days or so. The ER Vet diag'd FELV+ (which I sort of
> suspected since I was familiar with that, and on top of the fact that
> he never really filled out despite a healthy appetite) and his RBC
> was...........between 6 & 7 and had a temp of only 96 degrees! I've
> never had a cat be that low and still be as active as he was bec. I
> certainly don't let my cats (or dogs) languish if they are clearly
> sick--but since I didn't know he was FELV+, I was giving him a little
> leeway to have an off day or two. So I had him check for Hemobart,
> bec. if it was only the FELV+ causing the anemia, I was looking at PTS
> in a very short time bec. he was losing strength and organ damage was
> imminent.
>
> So he does have Hemobart and the Vet truly believes that is the
> true/main cause of his crisis right this minute. So he is being
> treated with something that puts more oxygen in the blood while also
> being treated for Hemobart. The oxygen stuff will give him some energy
> so he can maintain while we see if the Hembart anemia will subside.
> OTherwise, it does look bleak if his RBC and temp stays so low.
>
> I had one other FELV+ that had both and it was discovered too late for
> him to rebound....I 'm wondering if you guys have seen a cat rebound
> from this with RBC so low. Obviously I know about the FELV+
> implications for life span, but he made it past three with no issues
> which appeared to felv+ related and went thru the "sex change" in MAy
> (very successfully) and has basically been quite healthy despite
> remaining lanky.
>
> Any thoughts??
>
> tracy
>
