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Special Thanksgiving prayers coming your way. Soft pawpats from my gang.
=^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Sammi, Guinevere, and 5 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, and Alec =^..^=
Terri Brown - Independent AVON Leadership Representative and Beauty Advisor
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Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 09:39:30 PM
Subject: Prayer Request for Lucky
I haven't posted lately as I have been doing research on CRF and joined the CRF list in conjunction with the diagnosis in another kitty. I have been reading all the posts, however, and am joyful for all the victories and mourn all the losses.
You might remember our little Lucky, diagnosed FeLV+ early in 2003 after not responding properly to treatment for Haemobartonellosis. She recovered over the following months, with labs reporting her severe anemia had resolved to nearly normal levels, and we were able to cut back her meds to only twice a week....pred & Pet Tinic, and interferon (week on/week/off). Two weeks ago I noticed her gums were again pale and got her in to the vets ASAP, and the Haemobart is back...and so is the severe anemia. We put her on daily pred, Pet Tinic and liquid Doxy. Although the Doxy was raspberry flavored, you all probably know how bitter it is, and the profuse mouth foaming that goes with it, and this time she didn't want to eat....never a problem when we went thru this before. By the 3rd day (Monday) she was vomiting up ALL the meds, so we switched to pills. The pills went smoothly, but she's still not eating well and when we went for follow-up Monday she had lost 1/2 lb....a lot for a 5 lb kitty in just a week. We added Zeniquin to the daily routine, but my biggest concern is her not eating. I've always believed she came thru the last crisis because of her hearty appetite. I keep trying different foods (you all know the routine) and nothing is working. I don't know if she's terrified I'm going to give her that awful med again, or stomach is upset, or she just feels crummy. The vet is off Thurday/Friday (Thanksgiving) but said if she wasn't eating better to bring her in Saturday. We started talking about transfusions again, but that's not really a logical step unless we can resolve the Haemobart.
So, dear friends, I'm asking for your prayers and glows to see us thru yet another crisis. Any thoughts or suggestions from the resident experts is always appreciated.
Wishing you all a blessed and healthy Thanksgiving..
Hugs,
Jo
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