Dear Michelle,
Poor Simon! What a time you both are having. How is he doing today (Thursday)? I can imagine that, as the Dr. said, he might just plain feel lousy after the chemo; I know some people who have had it and seem totally unaffected and others who become very ill for a couple of days post-treatment.
Please keep us updated; sending all best wishes and prayers and big hugs, too!
Love, Julie
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Simon got his chemo yesterday-- not sure if I wrote that or not. His blood values were better. But today he has been so out of it, almost like a limp rag except that if I bring him a bowl of food he sometimes sits up and eats half a bowl. He hardly reacted when I stuck him to give him fluids, which is not like him, but 50 cc's into it he seemed to wake up both times. After morning fluids he got up and went outside for a while, but then later was just as limp looking. And his inner eyelids are sometimes a little closed. I don't know what to make of it. I fear his PCV is dropping again, but he's already had two transfusions in the last week. I emailed the oncologist and he said that I should hang on for a day or so because cats can feel "blah" the day after getting Vincristine, the chemo he got yesterday. I a! lso think he is getting a cold and so just started him on antibiotics. I talked to the oncologist about Epogen and he said we can try it but wanted to wait to see if the Vincristine would knock out enough of the lymphoma in the bone marrow to bring his count up. He was holding steady at 15 when I brought him in for his treatment yesterday. The oncologist says he has seen some cats have terrible reactions to Epogen and so wants to save it as a last resort, but I am not sure when that is, exactly. I guess I will email him tomorrow with Simon's status. I really thought he was close to death this afternoon the way he was lying so limp-like, but then when he heard me open a can of fancy feast near him he sat bolt upright and ate half a can.
Please send him your prayers.
Thanks,
Michelle
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