RE: Update on Princess Grace
Nina, I agree. You have to do everything you can, but only you know what she can handle. I hope she continues to recover. tonyaHideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nina, I will be sending a big prayer for Princess Grace with all theenergy I have got! I think you made a right decision not to stress herout by taking her to the vet today - and again, you can always take her- but I never underestimate the impact of psychological stress - I evenfainted myself yesterday (literally) from stress -which never happenedto me before..Anyway, I hope that she continues to get better and go back to regularold Grace 100% -Loves and hugsHideyo-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NinaSent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:46 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Update on Princess GraceGrace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummyI put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two differentACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seemsto have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stressinvolved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated.Nina
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Thank you Tonya. It helps to have support when I make unorthodox decisions! She's doing a bit better, it's such slow improvement, it's hard to tell. She's still not eating enough and she's getting thin. She's thinner than my IBD cat Gypsy, (who btw, is doing fantastic!). I had to assist feed Grace only once though, and a bit of transderm Cypro has helped. Thank you for keeping her in your thoughts. Nina P.S, How's that book coming?
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Dear Nina, Healing wishes and prayers on the way for Princess Grace, and for you, too. It's sometimes so hard to know what is best to do and we have to weigh so many variables when making these decisions. My husband has always told me (because I have to re-think and re-live every choice I make!) that if you believe what you did was right at the moment in time that you did it, it stands in time as the right choice. So much of what we do for our animals (I think more so than making choices for ourselves) is based on instinct, yet we've been told over and over in many ways that instinct is wrong and we need to concentrate on facts. I think as a culture we've learned to devalue our instincts. Right now, I am wishing I hadn't done the biopsy on Mandy. They needed so many samples and from so deep under her tongue, that the surgery for the biopsy has left her tongue crooked and is making it that much more diffult for her to eat. I knew that if it was an oral cancer that treatment options were limited. If it was a granuloma it would have started (most likely) to respond to steriod therapy. So why didn't I just try the steroids first? I just have to focus on having done what I thought was best at the time I made the decision. I know that Grace could not be in better, move loving hands. Love, JulieNina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated.Nina"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)Paws Come WITH Claws!!!If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Thank you Julie for your wise and kind words. Your's and your husband's logic about decision making is impeccable. Of course, I have been second guessing myself about not taking Grace in to the vet. I think she's slowly improving, but it's hard to tell. As far as doing the biopsy on Mandy... In hindsight it appears to you that you should have just tried steroids first, and maybe that would have been the way to go. But what if you had tried the steroids, seen no improvement, and then had to do further exploratories anyway? We just never know. I spoke with Hideyo after she lost her sweet George. She was upset at herself for having had to crate him the last days of his life, (in order to administer meds). But what if she hadn't? She would have thought that he passed because she wasn't able to give him his meds! When we take on the responsibility of an animal we are put in the position of having to imagine that we have control over these situations. How else could we make any choices at all? Ultimately, we know that we don't have the control we think we do. All we can do is follow our best instincts, pray for guidance, do our best to not add to the suffering of our loved ones and not add to our burdens by beating ourselves up over the decisions we are forced to make. Much love to you and yours my dear, Nina Julie Johnson wrote: Dear Nina, Healing wishes and prayers on the way for Princess Grace, and for you, too. It's sometimes so hard to know what is best to do and we have to weigh so many variables when making these decisions. My husband has always told me (because I have to re-think and re-live every choice I make!) that if you believe what you did was right at the moment in time that you did it, it stands in time as the right choice. So much of what we do for our animals (I think more so than making choices for ourselves) is based on instinct, yet we've been told over and over in many ways that instinct is wrong and we need to concentrate on facts. I think as a culture we've learned to devalue our instincts. Right now, I am wishing I hadn't done the biopsy on Mandy. They needed so many samples and from so deep under her tongue, that the surgery for the biopsy has left her tongue crooked and is making it that much more diffult for her to eat. I knew that if it was an oral cancer that treatment options were limited. If it was a granuloma it would have started (most likely) to respond to steriod therapy. So why didn't I just try the steroids first? I just have to focus on having done what I thought was best at the time I made the decision. I know that Grace could not be in better, move loving hands. Love, Julie */Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote: Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated. Nina
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Dear Nina, I am hoping and praying that Grace is improving. Next time I am definately coming back as the kitty, not the caretaker! I am literally sprouting white hairs! They aren'ttoo noticeable because I'm blonde, but I see them in the harsh light of day. And I am not amused. Love and hugs to you and Grace, JulieNina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Julie for your wise and kind words. Your's and your husband's logic about decision making is impeccable. Of course, I have been second guessing myself about not taking Grace in to the vet. I think she's slowly improving, but it's hard to tell. As far as doing the biopsy on Mandy... In hindsight it appears to you that you should have just tried steroids first, and maybe that would have been the way to go. But what if you had tried the steroids, seen no improvement, and then had to do further exploratories anyway? We just never know. I spoke with Hideyo after she lost her sweet George. She was upset at herself for having had to crate him the last days of his life, (in order to administer meds). But what if she hadn't? She would have thought that he passed because she wasn't able to give him his meds! When we take on the responsibility of an animal we are put in the position of having to imagine that we have control over these situations. How else could we make any choices at all? Ultimately, we know that we don't have the control we think we do. All we can do is follow our best instincts, pray for guidance, do our best to not add to the suffering of our loved ones and not add to our burdens by beating ourselves up over the decisions we are forced to make.Much love to you and yours my dear,NinaJulie Johnson wrote: Dear Nina, Healing wishes and prayers on the way for Princess Grace, and for you, too. It's sometimes so hard to know what is best to do and we have to weigh so many variables when making these decisions. My husband has always told me (because I have to re-think and re-live every choice I make!) that if you believe what you did was right at the moment in time that you did it, it stands in time as the right choice. So much of what we do for our animals (I think more so than making choices for ourselves) is based on instinct, yet we've been told over and over in many ways that instinct is wrong and we need to concentrate on facts. I think as a culture we've learned to devalue our instincts. Right now, I am wishing I hadn't done the biopsy on Mandy. They needed so many samples and from so deep under her tongue, that the surgery for the biopsy has left her tongue crooked and is making it that much more diffult for her to eat. I knew that if it was an oral cancer that treatment options were limited. If it was a granuloma it would have started (most likely) to respond to steriod therapy. So why didn't I just try the steroids first? I just have to focus on having done what I thought was best at the time I made the decision. I know that Grace could not be in better, move loving hands. Love, Julie */Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Hi Nina, I was sorry to hear that Grace hasn't been feeling so good lately...I do hope she is doing better now. It could just be the thoughts of her having a long and healthy life...It does seem to help things when they don't know we are stressed about them feeling so rotten..and giving off those more positive thoughts and things I believe really work.. You both are in our thoughts and prayers. Kerry and Bandy Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
RE: Update on Princess Grace
Nina, Sending healing vibes from us to the Princess. May she live long and prosper! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:46 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Update on Princess Grace Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated. Nina
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Ditto from me! =^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, and 5 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and Alec =^..^= Furkid Photos! http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/My FeLV Site: http://pages.ivillage.com/ruthiegirl1/MyFeLVinformationSite/My Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html?1083970447350 - Original Message - From: Doljan, Joan To: 'felvtalk@felineleukemia.org' Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: RE: Update on Princess Grace Nina,Sending healing vibes from us to the Princess. May she live long andprosper!-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NinaSent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:46 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Update on Princess GraceGrace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated.Nina
RE: Update on Princess Grace
Dear Nina Sending lots of positive vibes and healing thoughts for little Grace. I pray she feels herself again soon. (I TOTALLY understand your not wanting to put her through the h*ll of a vet visit.) I wonder if the vet will put her on a different antibiotic -- if so, I'll pray it's the answer. hugs to you and Grace, Kerry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:46 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Update on Princess Grace Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated. Nina hr IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor hr This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
Re: Update on Princess Grace
You've got it - from me and from my feleuk+ Daisy who is sitting in my lap. Lots of prayers and good vibrations for sweet Grace and you, too.Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated.Nina
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Thank you so much Joan. Live long and prosper is just the message I've been sending her lately. The AC I spoke with yesterday gave me a real ah ha! kind of moment. Btw, it's the same AC that Hideyo spoke to about her sweet Georgie. Anyway, Jasmine was talking about how our fur kids pick up on our emotions, expectations, etc., (which I already believe in wholeheartedly), when it occurred to me, that I've been thinking about Grace as being doomed, even more so than the other kittens from her litter. Well, she's already outlived 3 of them, so why was I persisting in my, while good intentioned concern, still negative projections? I started telling her, you know Grace, you're a strong, powerful spirit and we have free will! I've started to concentrate on her living a long and healthy life, instead of being mired in fear of her not. I don't know if that's had anything to do with her improvement over the last couple of days, but I do know that she listens to her mother! Nina Doljan, Joan wrote: Nina, Sending healing vibes from us to the Princess. May she live long and prosper! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:46 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Update on Princess Grace Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately. Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again, she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more. You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several different tests involved to determine what is going on with her... Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned. I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly appreciated. Nina
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Thank you everyone for keeping Grace in your thoughts. I spoke with my vet's office and they said that because I started the VO so soon after stopping the Dox, and then started the Dox the next day after stopping the VO, there would be no way to know what was helping Grace, even though I didn't give them simultaneously. Since Grace is NOT part of a scientific experiment (!), I don't really care. It would be nice to know if the darn VO is worth all the trouble and expense though! I haven't heard back from the vet about trying a different antibiotic yet. Nina Terri Brown wrote: Ditto from me! =^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, and 5 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and Alec =^..^= Furkid Photos! http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/ My FeLV Site: http://pages.ivillage.com/ruthiegirl1/MyFeLVinformationSite/ My Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html?1083970447350 - Original Message - *From:* Doljan, Joan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* 'felvtalk@felineleukemia.org' mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:45 PM *Subject:* RE: Update on Princess Grace Nina, Sending healing vibes from us to the Princess. May she live long and prosper!
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Nina, I think at this point I would try Immuno-regulin. The woman who runs the shelter my cats come from uses it frequently and says it helps about half the time, and that she has never noticed any side effects. While Ginger had side effects, they were only about an hour long and in the end I am glad I gave it to her because she improved immediately afterwards. Side effects are supposed to be pretty rare. Michelle
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I sent info to my vet about it, I'm waiting to hear what she has to say. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nina, I think at this point I would try Immuno-regulin. The woman who runs the shelter my cats come from uses it frequently and says it helps about half the time, and that she has never noticed any side effects. While Ginger had side effects, they were only about an hour long and in the end I am glad I gave it to her because she improved immediately afterwards. Side effects are supposed to be pretty rare. Michelle
Re: Update on Princess Grace
Sending positive energy for Grace. Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlAdopt a cat from UCAT rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/http://ucat.us/FIVadopt.htmlAdopt a FELV+ cat:http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html"Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a world of difference for that one animal."~~~I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life.Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula!PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/91 - Release Date: 9/6/2005
