Hi everyone :-) My name is Laura and I am on the list on behalf of my Aunt Sue and her fur-baby Bailey. It all started because she was not going to the bathroom regularly. Bailey is 4 yrs old and was diagnosed last June with feline leukemia... she does have bone marrow involvement - mds or myelodysplastic syndrome. My Aunt took her to Michigan State University and they wanted her to start chemo right away. My Mom passed away last May (2010) from breast cancer so the last thing my Aunt wanted to try was chemo. I do not have all the numbers but I know that her hct was 8% and she had her first transfusion in July of last year. She was also started on prednisone twice daily, clavamox twice daily (i think), pet-tinic, dmg, epogen every other day(red blood cell stimulator), and two herbal remedies (I cannot remember the names of both - one is ashwaganda i think). Last month she developed what they thought was a uti and she was placed on a quinalone antibiotic and she required her second transfusion. She seems to be favoring her back leg as well. She can jump up but then she has problems jumping down. I am going to give her the info on the LTIC - sounds like that would possibly replace the epogen. She is just looking for some hope and advice as to what she can do for Bailey. Thank you so much (in advance).
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