Dear Michelle,
The strongest good thoughts and healing wishes are on their way to you and Simon. I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with the frustration of having his treatment delayed by, perhaps a weekend staff?, at the hospital. That's horrible and I hope things will get on-track for him immediately.
I can imagine how you are feeling and I hope it is a comfort to know that you and Simon are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sending a big hug; take care.
Love, Julie
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Simon is back in the hospital getting another transfusion. His billirubin
has fallen more to 3.8 which is great, but his PCV fell to 13 today. He was
still eating some on his own (and I was syringing him as well) but his energy
level dropped precipitously so i brought him to the local vet for a quick PCV
check and it was at 13 (it was 15 when he was discharged on Thursday afternoon and
had been 15 since his last transfusion on Tuesday morning-- a few days before
that it had been 36, well within normal range). I called the hospital and
they said I could bring him in for a second transfusion. That was at 11 a.m. I
got there before 12. They had us wait until 3:30 until they would take him. I
reminded them he needs syringe feeding. I was told he needed his transfusion
first and then would be fed. I called 4 times between 4:30 and 8 pm and k! ept
being told that the vet would call me before she left (she was supposed to leave
at 6 and a new vet come in) and I needed to wait to talk to her rather than
get update info from a tech. A little after 9 I called again and was told the
vet had left and that he had not started his transfusion yet or been fed! At my
insistence, they did put a tech on the phone, who said his PCV is now 12-- it
dropped again in the 9 hours he has been waiting for the transfusion. And
they have not fed him yet. I am furious, frustrated, and very scared. It is
fantastic that his billirubin has come down so much, but without nutrition it
could go back up. And the fall in his PCV is very frightening. I wanted him to
get the transfusion before it fell more, since the first one only raised his
PCV by 2 points. He needs to make it to his chemo treatment on Monday and be
strong enough to get it, or it is all over. I have asked repeatedly about
Epogen a! nd was told by the internist that it would not help him, but no one has
told me that he is not producing any rbc's at all, so I am not clear on why.
Maybe he isn't.
Has anyone had their cat's PCV fall this quickly from lymphoma in the bone
marrow and then manage to turn around? If so, how?
Please send vigorous prayers and thoughts to Simon-- I think it helped him
before.
Thanks,
Michelle
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
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