Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-24 Thread Laura Mostello
...@bemikitties.com wrote: From: Belinda Sauro ma...@bemikitties.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 10:52 PM Hi Laurie, I'm not familiar with what is going on with Charlotte, is she anemic and if so

[Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Laura Mostello
Charlotte has an appointment to see Dr. Ray again tomorrow. Her IFA test did come back positive - so Dr. Ray is not optimistic about the long-term outcome, especially since she's so young. But we'll see. He mentioned trying Epogen - anyone have any success with that? Overall, though, she is

Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Southernes
I'm certainly not a vet, so maybe this is overkill, but I'm very cautious about carrying disease/germs etc. when I come back from the shelter (I volunteer there) I am afraid, not that I'll infect anyone there, but that my FeLV+ boy will pick up some germ from there. So I don't take him there

Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Laura Mostello
All 15 of my cats came from there, including Charlotte! So if I'm going to bring anything home I've probably done it already...and we've had outbreaks of parvo and both feline and canine distemper at work with no problems back at home. I do take off my shoes before coming into the house and I

Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Frank and Sue Koren
: souther...@aol.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow I'm certainly not a vet, so maybe this is overkill, but I'm very cautious about carrying disease/germs etc. when I come back from

Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Belinda Sauro
Hi Laurie, I'm not familiar with what is going on with Charlotte, is she anemic and if so what is her HCT? If she is anemic has she been on doxocycline for at least 4 weeks? Positive cats commonly get something called hemobartonella, it is acually recently called something else but it

Re: [Felvtalk] Charlotte is going back to the vet tommorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Belinda Sauro
PS. Bailey was positive at 5 months of age when I found him and lived 11 years without ever being sick until the last 6 months of his life!! -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... http://bemikitties.com http://BelindaSauro.com ___