Jill,
I'm behind on emails, so I hope there's good news to come about Gary. I hope she's still making red blood cells. I'm sure someone's told you to try doxy in case it's hemobart but just hasn't shown up on tests. Good luck. I'm really pulling for Gary. She's had a rough time. She's so lucky to have found people like you and your boyfriend to care for her.
tonya
Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary just got out of the vet's office. This is the
info about her via my boyfriend who was at the
appointment (I was not).
Her hematocrit was 31 a couple months ago. Today it
was 9.
Her temperature was also low (she had a fever a couple
weeks ago).
They are keeping her overnight tonight on IV fluids.
They are ordering blood to be overnighted to give her
a blood transfusion tomorrow (the vet says this blood
will be better than what they can get from the "house
cat" who lives at the office but if they cannot get
the blood by tomorrow, they will take blood from the
house cat).
They have sent a blood sample to an outside lab to
check whether her blood marrow is making enough red
blood cells. My boyfriend said the vet gave the
impression that if Gary is not MAKING blood cells then
she has little chance of survival. If, however, she
is making them but they are not surviving (her body or
a bacteria is attacking them) then we have treatment
options.
They may keep her overnight tomorrow, depending on
results and how she is doing, to give her more IV
fluids.
That's all I know now. The blood test results will be
back tomorrow. I'm leaving work in a couple hours to
take her blanket to the clinic so she'll have
something nice to sleep on. The vet says we can visit
anytime we want.
To answer your previous questions:
Only her nose was pale. Her tongue, ears, and paws
actually looked okay.
We have the best vet in the valley. This has actually
been confirmed to us by other vets. We recently
switched from a vet we loved at the same clinic (left
to pursue ultrasound training) to the owner/vet of the
clinic, who is a regional specialist who consults on
cases for vets in the surrounding area. I'm confident
! in my vet, I just think it may be too late for Gary.
She was a shelter cat with unknown history and is 6-8
years old with no teeth and was unspayed. She has
already lived a hard life.
Jill
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