Re: [Felvtalk] Prayers needed for Bear

2013-12-25 Thread Margo
Michelle, I'm so sorry. I will be thinking of Bear with all the good energies I can muster. Has erythropoietin (Epogen) been considered? It isn't always appropriate, but can sometimes be a stop-gap until the actual treatment works. Crossing fingers, toes paws and whiskers for a positive

Re: [Felvtalk] Turning neg. then pos.

2013-12-25 Thread Lorrie
On 12-24, Lee Evans wrote: ... had FeLv. She turned negative for a whole year, then suddenly turned positive. Wow Lee, I have never had that happen. My cats have either been FelV neg. or positive, or positive, later turning turning negative and staying that way. Do you have

Re: [Felvtalk] Turning neg. then pos.

2013-12-25 Thread Margo
I'd guess it was a regressive infection, and something triggered a recurrence of that infection. 2 years ago I had a house full of negative cats. Everyone brought in has been tested at least twice, some more. I now have two confirmed and one presumptively positive cats. I can pinpoint the

Re: [Felvtalk] Prayers needed for Bear

2013-12-25 Thread Shelley Theye
Michelle, I am sending prayers and positive healing thoughts to Bear, hope he starts to feel better soon. Sounds like you are a wonderful mom. Shelley On Dec 24, 2013, at 7:15 PM, lernermiche...@aol.com wrote: Turns out it does not look like FIP, looks like hemolytic anemia, where he is

Re: [Felvtalk] Prayers needed for Bear

2013-12-25 Thread lernermichelle
Thanks to everyone for prayers. He needed 2 transfusions last night to raise his PCV enough-- the first one raised it only from 10 to 12 and he was still breathing labored, and the second raised it to 19. I am waiting to hear from the vet now regarding his pcv from this morning, 4 hours after

Re: [Felvtalk] Prayers needed for Bear

2013-12-25 Thread Kerry MacKenzie
Hi Michelle Sending healing thoughts for your little Bear and praying that the transfusions work. Lots of love and hugs to you both. Kerry On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 7:51 AM, lernermiche...@aol.com lernermiche...@aol.com wrote: Thanks to everyone for prayers.   He needed 2