Jill, Please know I'm right there with you. My Hannibal has a hematocrit of 10 and is no longer producing red blood cells. My vet told me we aren't going to reverse this but want to keep him comfortable. He was still himself when I went to the vet Monday but is starting to seem tired and not himself today. Like you, I value quality. I want to do a transfusion but my vet told me there is nothing worse than watching a cat have a reaction to the blood and on top of that it is temporary and will buy him maybe a month. There is no long term solution to this. It is killing me because he will be 3 this year and I was hoping he was my survivor out of my litter of 3 kittens that had it from birth. I think that the best thing I can do for him, though, is let him go. He was so scared taking his meds last night. I decided no more meds today. I don't want him scared of me whether we have hours or days together. Either way, I know how you feel.
--- Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The blood test came back and Gary is not > overproducing > blood cells from her marrow, which I guess was the > worst possible scenario. > > The vet said we can either a) do a blood transfusion > and start tetracycline and hope for the best (even > tho > we don't think her anemia is bacterial caused) or b) > PTS. > > I told my b/f to call her back and ask about the > Dexamethasone. That shounds like a better option > than > the tetracycline, to me. > > It sounds like we may just have her through the > weekend. We won't continue to treat her > aggressively > (chemo, etc) if she isn't doing well - we, > personally, > value quality of life over quantity and don't want > to > make her more uncomfortable for her last few days. > Plus, the vet says the blood work doesn't show her > anemia is due to lymphoma anyway. > > This is really sad for us but I guess we were > expecting it. We had just hoped it was later rather > than sooner. > > Jill > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile > phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > ===== Amy Wilkins Woof Wagon www.woofwagon.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
