Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
Hello Amani, Thank you very much for your detailed response. I apologize for my poor explanation regarding the blood transfusion not being effective. You are correct, that it was merely a dilution effect from the iv fluids. All the best, Wendy From: Amani Oakley Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 1:50 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT As others have mentioned in reply to your post, I have used a combination of Winstrol (Stanozolol), Doxycycline and Prednisone. The blood work seems to show that there is an affect on both the red cell lines and platelets. That suggests that this is a bone marrow depression, and in turn that suggests that this is likely the effect of FeLV. My experience has been that the Winstrol seems to turn back on or encourage the growth of new bone marrow cells, and is really great for increasing red cell indices (red cell counts, haematocrit, haemoglobin, reticulocyte count), and I saw it take effect pretty quickly. My cat's haematocrit was down to 10 after two separate rounds of blood transfusion. By the way, I don't understand the explanation in your email, that you've been told that the blood transfusion wasn't effective because of too much IV fluids. That doesn't make a lot of sense. You are still infusing the same volume of red cells, whether that is diluted by the IV fluids or not. I agree that the lab results may show a dilution effect because of the IV fluids, but that just means that when the excess fluid is pee'd out, then the haematocrit result will go up. By the way, if there is truly a dilution effect, it will show on a number of lab results like sodium, potassium, urea and platelets. What I had my cat on was: Winstrol (stanozolol) 1 mg, 2 times a day (though this can be dramatically increased if necessary) Doxycycline 50 mg daily (can be given once, or split to 25 mg, 2 times a day) Prednisone/Prednisolone 5 mg daily (can be given once, or split to 2.5 mg, 2 times a day) Amani From: Felvtalk mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org>> On Behalf Of Wendy Sent: September 19, 2019 1:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT Importance: High Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
As others have mentioned in reply to your post, I have used a combination of Winstrol (Stanozolol), Doxycycline and Prednisone. The blood work seems to show that there is an affect on both the red cell lines and platelets. That suggests that this is a bone marrow depression, and in turn that suggests that this is likely the effect of FeLV. My experience has been that the Winstrol seems to turn back on or encourage the growth of new bone marrow cells, and is really great for increasing red cell indices (red cell counts, haematocrit, haemoglobin, reticulocyte count), and I saw it take effect pretty quickly. My cat's haematocrit was down to 10 after two separate rounds of blood transfusion. By the way, I don't understand the explanation in your email, that you've been told that the blood transfusion wasn't effective because of too much IV fluids. That doesn't make a lot of sense. You are still infusing the same volume of red cells, whether that is diluted by the IV fluids or not. I agree that the lab results may show a dilution effect because of the IV fluids, but that just means that when the excess fluid is pee'd out, then the haematocrit result will go up. By the way, if there is truly a dilution effect, it will show on a number of lab results like sodium, potassium, urea and platelets. What I had my cat on was: Winstrol (stanozolol) 1 mg, 2 times a day (though this can be dramatically increased if necessary) Doxycycline 50 mg daily (can be given once, or split to 25 mg, 2 times a day) Prednisone/Prednisolone 5 mg daily (can be given once, or split to 2.5 mg, 2 times a day) Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Wendy Sent: September 19, 2019 1:26 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT Importance: High Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT - reposting as other email too long
I very seldom post here, but your baby is very anemic. HCT 14% and if it
continues to drop will need a transfusion. Many here at one time suggested
Winstrol for anemia.
https://www.rxlist.com/winstrol-side-effects-drug-center.htm I am sure
others will chime in here, but this was said to work.
https://gainsmadness.com/what-is-winstrol-cycle/
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div.yiv9841986119WordSection1 {} --Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male
cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a
house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know
what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic
and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv
fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two)
and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that
the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many
iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another
transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October
2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and
gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him
of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the
ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In
03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started
giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off,
repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever
since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are
not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB
4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630
Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you
please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy
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[Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT - reposting as other email too long
Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
Oral dosing is okay with human interferon Alfa 2b. You might want to try retromad1, imported from Malaysia. There is a man, John B., on the fivtherapy yahoogroup who has a colony of felv and fiv cats, and lots of good advice. You might want to join that group (felv is discussed there, even though the group name is fivtherapy). Also, I will get in touch with John via private email about your kitty. He is in South Africa, so if you’re in the US, there might be a time delay. BTW, I don’t hear too many success stories about tcyte. Not that it causes harm, to my knowledge, just that it doesn't seem to help. - Lorraine > On September 19, 2019 at 7:50 AM Wendy wrote: > > > Hello Lorraine, it is interferon alpha 2B compounded that my vet ordered > for our cat from Road Runner Pharmacy. It shows Cat on the label. He takes > the interferon orally, and not by injection. Sorry for all of the responses, > I’m trying to figure out this system and worried about our precious cat. > Does this help? Thank you so much, Wendy > > On Sep 18, 2019, at 10:26 PM, Wendy < we...@wendyfrank.net > mailto:we...@wendyfrank.net > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ > > years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was > > neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to > > help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost > > interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids > > yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) > > and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told > > that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he > > got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him > > another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from > > Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been > > healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. > > Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On > > 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood > > work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him > > 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon > > per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued > > the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just > > yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal > > range: > > > > AST (SGOT) 106 > > > > Glucose 178 > > > > CPK 711 > > > > WBC 20.5 > > > > RBC 2.5 > > > > HGB 4.5 > > > > HCT 14 > > > > NRBC 9 > > > > Platelet Count 78 > > > > Neutrophils 1640 > > > > Lymphocytes 17630 > > > > Monocytes 1025 > > > > Basophils 205 > > > > Protein 2+ > > > > Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 > > > > Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? > > > > Thank you, Wendy > > > > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
He is getting the interferon orally and it is never being injected. On Sep 18, 2019, at 10:26 PM, Wendy mailto:we...@wendyfrank.net>> wrote: Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
Hello Lorraine, it is interferon alpha 2B compounded that my vet ordered for our cat from Road Runner Pharmacy. It shows Cat on the label. He takes the interferon orally, and not by injection. Sorry for all of the responses, I’m trying to figure out this system and worried about our precious cat. Does this help? Thank you so much, Wendy On Sep 18, 2019, at 10:26 PM, Wendy mailto:we...@wendyfrank.net>> wrote: Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
Hello Lorraine, it is interferon alpha 2B compounded that my vet ordered for our cat from Road Runner Pharmacy. It shows Cat on the label. Does this help? Thank you so much, Wendy On Sep 18, 2019, at 10:26 PM, Wendy mailto:we...@wendyfrank.net>> wrote: Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT - REPOSTING WITH FULL BLOOD WORK
You are using feline interferon omega, yes? Not human interferon? The human version can be given orally for stomatitis but if injected it will eventually cause an allergic reaction. - Lorraine > On September 19, 2019 at 2:02 AM Wendy wrote: > > > Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years > old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in > May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our > much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in > eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and > today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, > and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood > transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at > the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As > background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he > was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining > weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of > giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the > ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In > 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started > giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, > repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever > since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work: > > Tests ResultsRef. Range > Units > > Total Protein 6.1 5.2- 8.8 > g/dL > > Albumin 3.5 2.5- 3.9 > g/dl > > Globulin 2.6 2.3- 5.3 >g/dL > > A/G Rat io 1.30.35- 1.5 > > AST (SGOT) 106 (HIGH) 10-100 > IU/L > > ALT (SGPT) 3910- 100 > IU/L > > Alk Phosphatase406- 102 >IU/L > > GGT 1 1- 10 > IU/L > > Total Bilirubin0.1 0.1- 0.4 > mg/dL > > BUN 1514- 36 > mg/dl > > Creatinine 0.9 0.6- 2.4 > mg/dl > > BUN/Creatinine Ratio 17 4-33 > > Phosphorus4.4 2.4- 8.2 > mg/dl > > Glucose178 (HIGH) >64 - 170mg/dL > > > Calcium 9.38.2- 10 .8 >m g/dL > > Magnesium2.0 1.5- 2.5 >mEq/L > > Sodium 153 145-158 > mEq/L > > Potassium 4.6 3.4- 5.6 > mEq/L > > NAIK Ratio 3332-41 > > Chloride121 104-128 >mEq/L > > Cholesterol9475- 220 >mg/dl > > Triglyceride108 25-160 > mg/dl > > Amylase 611 100-1200 > IU/L > > PrecisionPSL™ 10 8- 26 > U/L Acute pancrea titis is unlikely. Chronic pancreatitis is > not excluded > > by a norm al PrecisionPSL™. > > > > CPK711 (HIGH) 56-529 IU/L > > > > WBC 20.5 (HIGH)3.5- 16.0 > 10'/µL > > Corrected for NRBCs > > > ABC 2.5 (LOW)5.92-9.93 > 10°/µ L > > HGB 4.5 (LOW)9.3- 15 .9 >
[Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT - REPOSTING WITH FULL BLOOD WORK
Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work: Tests ResultsRef. Range Units Total Protein 6.1 5.2- 8.8 g/dL Albumin 3.5 2.5- 3.9 g/dl Globulin 2.6 2.3- 5.3 g/dL A/G Rat io 1.30.35- 1.5 AST (SGOT) 106 (HIGH) 10-100 IU/L ALT (SGPT) 3910- 100 IU/L Alk Phosphatase406- 102 IU/L GGT 1 1- 10 IU/L Total Bilirubin0.1 0.1- 0.4 mg/dL BUN 1514- 36 mg/dl Creatinine 0.9 0.6- 2.4 mg/dl BUN/Creatinine Ratio 17 4-33 Phosphorus4.4 2.4- 8.2 mg/dl Glucose178 (HIGH) 64 - 170mg/dL Calcium 9.38.2- 10 .8 m g/dL Magnesium2.0 1.5- 2.5 mEq/L Sodium 153 145-158 mEq/L Potassium 4.6 3.4- 5.6 mEq/L NAIK Ratio 3332-41 Chloride121 104-128 mEq/L Cholesterol9475- 220 mg/dl Triglyceride108 25-160 mg/dl Amylase 611 100-1200 IU/L PrecisionPSL(tm) 10 8- 26 U/L Acute pancrea titis is unlikely. Chronic pancreatitis is not excluded by a norm al PrecisionPSL(tm). CPK711 (HIGH) 56-529 IU/L WBC 20.5 (HIGH)3.5- 16.0 10'/µL Corrected for NRBCs ABC 2.5 (LOW)5.92-9.93 10°/µ L HGB 4.5 (LOW)9.3- 15 .9 g/dL HCT 29-48 % ' The hematocrit in th 27. (Normal range 29-48). A recent study has indicated that >23% of anemic cats are infected with one or more species of hemoplasma and several studies confirm that PCR is significantly more sensitive in detecting hemoplasma. MCV 5737-61 fl MCH 18.2 11-21 pg MCHC 3230-38
[Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT
Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly. He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019. Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat? A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating. We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow. We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion. As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive. Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae. On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time. In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated. We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019. Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range: AST (SGOT) 106 Glucose 178 CPK 711 WBC 20.5 RBC 2.5 HGB 4.5 HCT 14 NRBC 9 Platelet Count 78 Neutrophils 1640 Lymphocytes 17630 Monocytes 1025 Basophils 205 Protein 2+ Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000 Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat? Thank you, Wendy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
