Hi Alice:
That is just absolutely pawsome news! We are so happy Murphy is feeling better
and has his energy back. Just when you think they worst, they surprise us don't
they?! We will continue sending purrayers.
Purrs,
Stacy and Spanky
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Subject: [Felvtalk] Murphy is improving!!
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It is one day at a time-the roller coaster is going up this week. Last Sunday
evening I thought he would not make it through the night. I had spent the
weekend hand feeding and watering him with a syringe-he spent most of the time
stretched out on the bed. We went ahead and gave him the Procrit (Epogen) and
LTCI shot-I put them in one syringe so I would only have to give him one shot.
He didn't even flinch. I thought he'd be gone by morning. I woke up at 5:30 to
get ready for work and I didn't see him on the bed-I went to the kitchen and
saw
both he and Rosie sitting at the open slider door screen (it was a nice cool
evening-we left it open) watching the birds at the feeders!! He came trotting
over complaining about breakfast-got his meds and ate a decent amount of wet
and
a few morsels of dry. He slowly improved over the week and we had a vet appt on
Friday (8/13). They did an in house PCV, but it was 19-I think the last time he
may have been dehydrated-it was 27-28 and the time before it was 18.5 (7/23).
She was happy with the pinkness of his gums-not real pink, but not that death
white color we dread. His fever was gone, back down to 100.5 from 104.7 the
week before. She suspected he had a herpes virus-he developed a little lesion
on
the top of his nose that has healed. Luckily we picked up our LTCI order that
day-she said she wanted to keep him on it weekly for now until his numbers get
back up. I will never try and space the LTCI 8-10 weeks apart. That is when he
crashed with this anemia. Luckily his last CBC on 8/7 stated that the Absolute
Reticulocyte count of 70610 shows that it is so far a regenerative anemia. I
have the higher calorie wet food from the vet and he really likes it. We are
taking it a day at a time, but he is perking up-he still sleeps alot-but in his
usual spots near the desk and he is wanting to stay near us. He isn't up to
leaping for the top of the bookcase yet. When I woke up this morning, he was
jabbering at me, lying between the pillows and watching the young pheasants
eating spilled birdseed from the feeders through the low bedroom window at the
head of the bed. We watched the birds for awhile, then I got up-he raced to the
kitchen ahead of me, wanting his breakfast! He got his pills and a good
breakfast. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, but today is a good day. He
is
to stay on the Procrit 3x a week, doxy 2x a day, interferon 2x a day, LTCI once
a week, and iron capsules once a day. We will give one more PennG shot for good
measure-they last 5 days. I am grateful for your purrayers-I do believe they
help immensely! I am lucky to have such kind vets-they take us at a moments
notice. I think it helps to have a cat only practice to go to, (Sacramento Cat
Hospital) plus they are open minded and progressive-they did not hesitate when
I
asked them to order the Imulan after they read up on it. This is a hard
journey
we are all on, we lost the 4 brothers last year despite trying the transfusion
and other meds. It helps to have people who understand-sometimes even family
members look at us like we are insane-LOL Alice and Glenn - owned by Sweet
Rosie and Mr Murphy!
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