Re: [Felvtalk] Blood transfusion

[Margo]

Hi Avakyn,
Was this an "in house" test? Any other numbers out of range?I sure wouldn't be talking transfusion with those numbers. At 1 month old, I'm surprised you could even get enough blood to do the testing, but those numbers are not that bad. Weight loss at that age is very concerning, so something is going on. Of course, some labs have different ranges, but we'd need those to judge. Here's a pretty good explanation;
http://www.cat-world.com.au/complete-blood-count
Soby those ranges, her PCV is about 4 points low, but RBC is Within Normal Limits.Has a fecal for parasites been done? Were any other numbers out of range?I'd try doing some iron and B vitamins at least, and in this situation I'd be more interested in what the -holistic Vet has to say. AND I'd be looking for a new "regular" Vet. It might be important to find the cause of the lower PCV, and there could well be something very treatable going on. A transfusion in any cat is a big deal, and not something to be taken lightly. In a month old kitten, not even sure how it could be accomplished safely. And with those numbers, it's just NOT warranted.
Wishing you and Kitty the best,
Margo
Original Message- From: Avaykn Sent: Feb 27, 2014 6:45 PM To: felvpositivec...@yahoogroups.com, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Blood transfusion Hello,Took Kitty, 1 months old FeLV positive cat to the vet a holistic vet has to say. hours ago because she was not eating very much. She had lost a little weigh, her temperature was at 101, we did a blood panel and her PCV is at 21.7 and her red blood cell at 5.28.Her holistic vet is recommending a remedy to help and her regular vet is recommending a blood transfusion.What are your experiences with these routes ?__._,_.___

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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[Beth]

If it is truly non regenerative anemia a blood transfusion will only buy her a 
short amount of time because, as my vet told me,  she will be unable to remake 
the red blood cells once they die off.
Mine went downhill pretty fast with nonregenerative anemia. We tried 
antiobiotics just in case it was hemobartonella, but it did nothing. I had 
their blood check twice a week, but they were gone within 3 weeks. 
What was her PCV? It usually is very low if they are to the point of eating 
litter.
Give her lots of love  make sure she is not suffering.


 Beth
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 From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:56 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia
 


Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local 
shelter...she had begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. She 
had been tested when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they knew she 
was positive but no followup care or testing was done.

We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative.

We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well.

SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv.

Thank you!

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Re: [Felvtalk] [FeLVPositiveCats] Too little appetite

[Beth]

Good luck. Thank you for caring so much for her.

Beth


 
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 From: Avaykn ava...@gmail.com
To: felvpositivec...@yahoogroups.com felvpositivec...@yahoogroups.com 
Cc: felvpositivec...@yahoogroups.com felvpositivec...@yahoogroups.com; 
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] [FeLVPositiveCats] Too little appetite
 


Thank you for all your advice. I did give her dry kibbles last night and she 
did eat them.
I'm taking her to my regular vet at 4:30 today and I just got off the phone 
with our holistic vet who also recommended taking her to get some blood work 
done as well as a B12 shot.
Please keep Kitty in your thoughts and prayers that all is normal and she is 
just being finicky.

Thanks 

Mally


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On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:19, Andrew Werner bayou_rif...@yahoo.com wrote:


  
You might want to try baby food.  Look at the label and get some without added 
onion (onion can cause a kind of anemia in cats).  Sometimes 5-6 seconds in 
the microwave to make it smell better helps.

Last resort - try dry kibble.  Some of ours see that stuff the way we see 
potato chips - greasy and good-tasting.  If Kitty does go for the kibble, 
provide water along with it to avoid dehydration and/or urinary problems.

I do not know where you are located but if you are someplace where Spring is 
coming and the weather is changing, be aware that they sense that kind of 
thing and might change their dietary habits in response.

Best of luck.

Purrs to you and yours
Andrew
of Andrew  Lizzie
Purrkins Diesel Cat,  Fuzzy-Xena, Zoro, Zippy,
 Wellington, Alfred, Bobby, Tactical, Suzi-Q, Pinkie, Morse, Lillian, Ichabod, 
Dorothy, and Rasputin - in East Bernard, Texas USA




From: Maryam Ulomi ava...@gmail.com
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felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:15 PM
Subject: [FeLVPositiveCats] Too little appetite
 

Hello everyone,

Kitty, our little 19 months old FeLV positive cat, has for the past three 
days been eating less than usual. I have tried all sort of new canned foods 
but she eats a little bit and then walks away. She will eat maybe 1/3 of what 
she would normally eat in one meal then walk away sometimes she comes back to 
it but mostly she will want something else. If I give it to her in a new bowl 
she might it or not.
She has not stopped eating all together but I'm concerned that she is not 
eating as much as previously. 
She plays, poops and pees, does not hide, is otherwise her usual adorable 
self.
Has anyone seen these signs before?
I don't know if i should take her to the vet or wait.


Thanks, 

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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[Lorrie]

Susan,

I have had a lot of experience with FelV having a shelter with several FelV
cats. I wish I could give you more encouraging news, but if she is at the
point of eating litter she is desperately sick. With noregenerative anemia a
blood transfusion will only buy her a very small amount of time. The virus
is in her bone marrow will be unable to make more red blood cells. This lack
of red blood will affect her heart, liver, kidneys and all internal organs
as her lungs cannot get enough oxygenated blood to them.  It will be a
painful death as she deteriorates. I saw one of our FelV cats die like this
and I will never allow it to happen again.  My advice is to have her
euthanized before she gets in this shape. I know it's a terribly difficult,
decision, but better too soon that later.  Most of the 


When kittens are born wth FelV they almost always die, as their immune
systems are too immature to fight the virus. My last rescued litter of 4
FelV kittens died at 7 months 9 months 11 months and one made it to a year
old.  Older cats seem able to fight it off sometimes.

Lorrie


From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:56 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a
positive who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local
shelter...she had begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet
care. She had been tested when she came to the shelter a few months ago
and they knew she was positive but no followup care or testing was
done.
We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but
not bad enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely
non-regenerative.
We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she
came in with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none
altered. So her life will likely be quite short, and already being
anemic doesn't bode well.
SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what
do you recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time?
I have always found that info from this list was better than from vets
who deal only marginally with Felv.
Thank you!


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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[lernermichelle]

I very very strongly disagree with this advice to euthanize her because her PCV 
is at 21.7. There are some processes that can cause moderate anemia that can be 
addressed. If she is terminal, sometimes high doses of steroids can give them a 
very good quality of life for a few months. I had an FeLV+ cat who was 
literally running around and jumping even when his PCV was down to 6, because 
he was on high doses of steroids (on a shot of 1/2 dexamethasone and 1/2 
depomedrol repeated as necessary, at first every week or two and at the end 
daily) and because his blood count went down slowly enough for him to adjust. 
Dying from anemia itself is not painful, if that is all that is wrong-- I just 
had a cat with hemolytic anemia who killed his own rbc's off very fast and as 
gone in 10 days and he died at home while we were still trying to save him, and 
he went very peacefully, anemia is just like very extreme exhaustion. I am not 
saying not to euthanize, but you will have plenty of time to make that decision 
when they get bad enough, it's not usually very fast and if it is it is not 
usually bad if it's really soley anemia and not something like cancer in their 
liver or something. 

If it's from lymphoma in the bone marrow, steroids in high doses will actually 
resolve the anemia for a while and control the lymphoma. Not for a long time, a 
few months at most, but it can be good time. If it's FIP-- my FeLV+ cat who was 
running around at PCV of 6 had dry FIP, it can take longer, it took 6 months 
with him. And now there are drugs that help with dry FIP sometimes.

So I strongly recommend trying to figure out what is going on and at the very 
least trying high doses of steroids and see if it gives good quality of life 
for a while.

Michelle

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From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com
To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2014 9:31 am
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia


Susan,

I have had a lot of experience with FelV having a shelter with several FelV
cats. I wish I could give you more encouraging news, but if she is at the
point of eating litter she is desperately sick. With noregenerative anemia a
blood transfusion will only buy her a very small amount of time. The virus
is in her bone marrow will be unable to make more red blood cells. This lack
of red blood will affect her heart, liver, kidneys and all internal organs
as her lungs cannot get enough oxygenated blood to them.  It will be a
painful death as she deteriorates. I saw one of our FelV cats die like this
and I will never allow it to happen again.  My advice is to have her
euthanized before she gets in this shape. I know it's a terribly difficult,
decision, but better too soon that later.  Most of the 


When kittens are born wth FelV they almost always die, as their immune
systems are too immature to fight the virus. My last rescued litter of 4
FelV kittens died at 7 months 9 months 11 months and one made it to a year
old.  Older cats seem able to fight it off sometimes.

Lorrie


From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:56 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a
positive who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local
shelter...she had begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet
care. She had been tested when she came to the shelter a few months ago
and they knew she was positive but no followup care or testing was
done.
We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but
not bad enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely
non-regenerative.
We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she
came in with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none
altered. So her life will likely be quite short, and already being
anemic doesn't bode well.
SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what
do you recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time?
I have always found that info from this list was better than from vets
who deal only marginally with Felv.
Thank you!


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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[Susan Loesch]

We got a copy of her bloodwork and it shows that she is producing a very small 
amount of red cells. We didn't see a PVC value. Would it be listed as that on 
bloodwork results or might it be listed another way?  Or is that a special test?

Thanks so much for your input.


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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 7:22 AM CST Beth wrote:

If it is truly non regenerative anemia a blood transfusion will only buy her a 
short amount of time because, as my vet told me,  she will be unable to remake 
the red blood cells once they die off.
Mine went downhill pretty fast with nonregenerative anemia. We tried 
antiobiotics just in case it was hemobartonella, but it did nothing. I had 
their blood check twice a week, but they were gone within 3 weeks. 
What was her PCV? It usually is very low if they are to the point of eating 
litter.
Give her lots of love  make sure she is not suffering.


 Beth
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 From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:56 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia
 


Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local 
shelter...she had begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. 
She had been tested when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they 
knew she was positive but no followup care or testing was done.

We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative.

We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well.

SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv.

Thank you!

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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[Susan Loesch]

We took a copy of her bloodwork to another vet...he is probably more open to 
and able to treat her aggressively. 
Many of her values are off but none by a huge amount. We decided to give a B-12 
shot this Wed and next and will take her to this vet next Friday for an exam 
and repeat bloodwork. 

The vet is open to LTCI and we gave him the info on where to order. There are 
vets in 3 towns in Arkansas that are using it already...all are about 3 hours 
away but going to any of them is an option. 

I also want to mention dex and depo and pred to our vet. He has previously 
treated one of my felv's with pred. And possibly other tests to see if it is in 
her bone marrow, etc.

Right now to look at DeeDee all 
you would see is a healthy active young cat. She eats as soon as food is put 
down although not nearly what we would like to see her eat. 

Need to find out her PCV also.

Having had a number of Felv kittens over the years I know how they can look 
great and then just crash...hoping to be proactive in treatment and give her 
the longest quality life we can.

Michelle thanks so much for the offer of your dose of LTCI...I think we will be 
good with getting it here through our vet or directly from one of the vets in 
the state who is using.

Everyone on the list who is giving us input...it is so much appreciated. You 
guys are the experts more than most vets.

--
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:50 PM CST lernermiche...@aol.com wrote:

Does Epogen help if it's not kidney elated?


LTCI says it helps if the anemia is severe. I have one dose of it I can send 
you to get started if you decide to go that route but it would only help if 
you get more. I aw it help wit boosting wbc. Anyone on the lit haf it help 
with rbc?



Pet Tinic



If it's nonregenerative due to lymphoma i the bone marrow, dexamethasone or 
prednisone will help for a while.


Michelle


-Original Message-
From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:56 pm
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia



Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive 
who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local shelter...she had 
begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. She had been tested 
when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they knew she was positive 
but 
no followup care or testing was done.

We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative.

We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well.

SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv.

Thank you!

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Re: [Felvtalk] HCT vs PCV? newly diagnosed non-regenerative anemia

[Susan Loesch]

Must read where some vets test for the HCT rather than the PCV...and we found 
HCT on DeeDee's bloodwork. It is 24.1. Does that change any of your 
suggestions/input? 


--
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:37 AM CST Susan Loesch wrote:



We took a copy of her bloodwork to another vet...he is probably more open to 
and able to treat her aggressively. 
Many of her values are off but none by a huge amount. We decided to give a 
B-12 shot this Wed and next and will take her to this vet next Friday for an 
exam and repeat bloodwork. 

The vet is open to LTCI and we gave him the info on where to order. There are 
vets in 3 towns in Arkansas that are using it already...all are about 3 hours 
away but going to any of them is an option. 

I also want to mention dex and depo and pred to our vet. He has previously 
treated one of my felv's with pred. And possibly other tests to see if it is 
in her bone marrow, etc.

Right now to look at DeeDee all 
you would see is a healthy active young cat. She eats as soon as food is put 
down although not nearly what we would like to see her eat. 

Need to find out her PCV also.

Having had a number of Felv kittens over the years I know how they can look 
great and then just crash...hoping to be proactive in treatment and give her 
the longest quality life we can.

Michelle thanks so much for the offer of your dose of LTCI...I think we will 
be good with getting it here through our vet or directly from one of the vets 
in the state who is using.

Everyone on the list who is giving us input...it is so much appreciated. You 
guys are the experts more than most vets.

--
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:50 PM CST lernermiche...@aol.com wrote:

Does Epogen help if it's not kidney elated?


LTCI says it helps if the anemia is severe. I have one dose of it I can send 
you to get started if you decide to go that route but it would only help if 
you get more. I aw it help wit boosting wbc. Anyone on the lit haf it help 
with rbc?



Pet Tinic



If it's nonregenerative due to lymphoma i the bone marrow, dexamethasone or 
prednisone will help for a while.


Michelle


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From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:56 pm
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia



Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive 
who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local shelter...she 
had 
begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. She had been tested 
when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they knew she was positive 
but 
no followup care or testing was done.

We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative.

We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well.

SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv.

Thank you!

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Re: [Felvtalk] HCT vs PCV? newly diagnosed non-regenerative anemia

[Susan Loesch]

Must read where some vets test for the HCT rather than the PCV...and we found 
HCT on DeeDee's bloodwork. It is 24.1. Does that change any of your 
suggestions/input? 


--
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 10:37 AM CST Susan Loesch wrote:



We took a copy of her bloodwork to another vet...he is probably more open to 
and able to treat her aggressively. 
Many of her values are off but none by a huge amount. We decided to give a 
B-12 shot this Wed and next and will take her to this vet next Friday for an 
exam and repeat bloodwork. 

The vet is open to LTCI and we gave him the info on where to order. There are 
vets in 3 towns in Arkansas that are using it already...all are about 3 hours 
away but going to any of them is an option. 

I also want to mention dex and depo and pred to our vet. He has previously 
treated one of my felv's with pred. And possibly other tests to see if it is 
in her bone marrow, etc.

Right now to look at DeeDee all 
you would see is a healthy active young cat. She eats as soon as food is put 
down although not nearly what we would like to see her eat. 

Need to find out her PCV also.

Having had a number of Felv kittens over the years I know how they can look 
great and then just crash...hoping to be proactive in treatment and give her 
the longest quality life we can.

Michelle thanks so much for the offer of your dose of LTCI...I think we will 
be good with getting it here through our vet or directly from one of the vets 
in the state who is using.

Everyone on the list who is giving us input...it is so much appreciated. You 
guys are the experts more than most vets.

--
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 7:50 PM CST lernermiche...@aol.com wrote:

Does Epogen help if it's not kidney elated?


LTCI says it helps if the anemia is severe. I have one dose of it I can send 
you to get started if you decide to go that route but it would only help if 
you get more. I aw it help wit boosting wbc. Anyone on the lit haf it help 
with rbc?



Pet Tinic



If it's nonregenerative due to lymphoma i the bone marrow, dexamethasone or 
prednisone will help for a while.


Michelle


-Original Message-
From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:56 pm
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia



Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive 
who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local shelter...she 
had 
begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. She had been tested 
when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they knew she was positive 
but 
no followup care or testing was done.

We immediately took her to our vet for bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative.

We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well.

SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv.

Thank you!

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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[Beth]

My cats had Epogen. It did nothing with the nonregenerative anemia.


 Beth
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 From: lernermiche...@aol.com lernermiche...@aol.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia
 


Does Epogen help if it's not kidney elated? 

LTCI says it helps if the anemia is severe. I have one dose of it I can send 
you to get started if you decide to go that route but it would only help if you 
get more. I aw it help wit boosting wbc. Anyone on the lit haf it help with rbc?


Pet Tinic


If it's nonregenerative due to lymphoma i the bone marrow, dexamethasone or 
prednisone will help for a while.

Michelle

 
-Original Message-
From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:56 pm
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia


Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive 
who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local shelter...she had 
begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. She had been tested 
when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they knew she was positive 
but 
no followup care or testing was done. We immediately took her to our vet for 
bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative. We 
think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well. 
SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv. Thank you! ___
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Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia

[Susan Loesch]

Thanks.


--
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 12:27 PM CST Beth wrote:

My cats had Epogen. It did nothing with the nonregenerative anemia.


 Beth
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 From: lernermiche...@aol.com lernermiche...@aol.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia
 


Does Epogen help if it's not kidney elated? 

LTCI says it helps if the anemia is severe. I have one dose of it I can send 
you to get started if you decide to go that route but it would only help if 
you get more. I aw it help wit boosting wbc. Anyone on the lit haf it help 
with rbc?


Pet Tinic


If it's nonregenerative due to lymphoma i the bone marrow, dexamethasone or 
prednisone will help for a while.

Michelle

 
-Original Message-
From: Susan Loesch pipercat...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:56 pm
Subject: [Felvtalk] newly diagnosed woth non-regenerative anemia


Hello, folks...I haven't had any Felv kitties in a while but now have a 
positive 
who is close to a year old. She was just pulled from a local shelter...she had 
begun eating litter and wasn't going to get any vet care. She had been tested 
when she came to the shelter a few months ago and they knew she was positive 
but 
no followup care or testing was done. We immediately took her to our vet for 
bloodwork...she is anemic but not bad 
enough yet for a transfusion, and the anemia is definitely non-regenerative. 
We think that she was probably born positive...the group of cats she came in 
with...30 or so...had a number of positive adults, none altered. So her life 
will likely be quite short, and already being anemic doesn't bode well. 
SO...those of you who have dealt with a kitty in this situation...what do you 
recommend to give her the best chance at the most quality time? I have always 
found that info from this list was better than from vets who deal only 
marginally with Felv. Thank you! 
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