Hi Melinda:
I am sorry about Fuji's mass but so happy she responded to chemo.
What chemo did you give her? I recently joined the lymphoma list
and for Spanky's type of mass (that has yet to be confirmed by
biopsy) many have success with prednisoline and leukeran and some
are using ac-11 to boost the white blood cells. I have a call into
his oncologist/internal med specialist to see what she thinks about
putting him on the leukeran. He is doing well on the pred - eating
better and even ran up the stairs today which he hasn't done in
many weeks.
Purraying your Fuji continues to do well and thank you for sharing
her story and success.
Stacy and Spanky
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:11:24 +0900
From: Melinda Kerr <msk...@me.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
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Stacy,
My
kitty Fuji is almost 18 months old. In July, she was diagnosed with
FeLV and a mediastinal mass. Very little effort was spent diagnosing
her, but the final conclusion was lymphoma because of the presence of
FeLV. At that time, all I wanted was to make her more comfortable.
She responded immediately to the chemotherapy treatment that she
received. She continued to receive 4 more treatments at 10+ day
intervals over the next couple of months. During that time she
showed
absolutely no side affects. The treatments were discontinued because
her WBC count was too low (because of the FeLV) for our Japanese
vet to
feel he could safely do them considering the mass was completely
gone.
Since
her last treatment in September, she has had two rounds of
antibiotics
for minor infections (I took her in for sneezing the first time.)
Last
week, I took her in with vomiting and discovered the mass had
returned. Second remissions are supposed to be extremely hard to
obtain. However, Fuji responded immediately once again to the
treatment. A week later, she eats, plays, purrs and does everything
she did before. She definitely acts like a more mature cat, but of
course she is. We will follow up next week with additional blood
tests
to see if she can get a second treatment.
I know every cat is
different, but I never expected to have 4+ more months with my baby.
She is still alive and doing pretty good for an FeLV cat with
lymphoma!
Best of luck to you and Spanky.
Melinda, Fuji and VooDoo
On Nov 27, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Stacy Zacher wrote:
Hi Sharyl:
Thanks to you and everyone on this list for your replies and
purrayers. .
I'm so sorry about your sweet Albert but glad you had the 1.5
years with him.
It's been quite a week for us - Spanky went to his vet, then the
internal med specialist/oncologist and was diagnosed with a
mediastinal
tumor in his chest, thus the fluids. My vets too said a few days only
if I didn't do something. So I put him on prednisolone for now and
may
do a stronger round of something to try to kill the tumor. But I know
it is dicey with his FELV + status/symptoms. I can't even think
straight.......but have to try to keep helping him. He made it
through
Thanksgiving and we are taking it one day (one hour!) at a time.
Purrs,
Stacy and Spanky
Message: 8
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:49:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest
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I'm so sorry to read Spanky now has this problem. There is a
Yahoo heart group that may help.
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline-heart/
Did
your vet give Spanky any Lasix? It does help reduce the fluid. My
sweet Albert went into CHF and was dx with severe HCM. When he went
into CHF the vet gave him days/wks to live. He was lasix for 1 1/2
yrs before his little heart gave out.
It is something to try.
Sharyl
--- On Tue, 11/23/10, Stacy Zacher <stacy_zac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Stacy Zacher <stacy_zac...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 8:58 PM
Hi:
I am crossposting this message also.
I urgently need advice on my kitty, Spanky (FELV+, early
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).?
I noticed over the weekend and week he started feeling
worse and that his respiration rate
?seemed to be higher than normal (he is usually about 18
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