Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
Beth - The eye vet ophthalmologist briefly discussed that there is a small chance the lymphoma could just be in the eye and we could remove the eye. However, he thinks that if it is already in the eye, it is most likely somewhere else in the body. He would want me to do a full body scan to look for lymphoma somewhere else before doing the biopsy on the eye. Maybe I should go for a second opinion? When they do a full body scan, they look for thick areas of tissue. These areas are not necessarily lymphoma...esp in FelV+ cats, it could just be irritation in the intestine or stomach. They have to do a biopsy to make sure. So, potentially, if they find thick tissue, they could do a biopsy, it could be nothing, then i would still have to do a biopsy on the eye to find out if it is really lymphoma. Then remove the eye. I don't know if I want to put him through all of that. No real improvement today. Although he was very interested in the birdies outside this morning which really made me smile. Just trying to enjoy each day I have with him. Thanks, Maria Maria - Can they just remove the eye? Not sure if he is healthy enough, but I am taking in an FeLV cat next week that has what they think are cancerous polyps around his eye - not to mention he was severely abused he cannot see out of the eye anyway. They are removing the eye. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter!?www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ ? --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:37 PM I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma.? I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere.? It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong.? I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day.? Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food.? To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample.? We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body.? Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point.? I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go.???Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out.? Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:33:24 -0800 (PST) From: Amy awilkin...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Message-ID: 535811.88786...@web36107.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Maria, Nothing really funny looking about Luigi's eye. It's almost kind of cool looking. He just has a ring around about 1/2 of his eye. It's down one side and down the other side and just looks like a coppery tone. My vet didn't recall noticing it before and called a specialist just to see if she should refer me. He started talking about how it could be all these horrible things and how we could remove the eye, etc. This cat has been with me for several years with no illness or odd behavior of any type so I'm definitely not considering anything like that. What if it's nothing? He runs around like a wild man and is certainly not in any discomfort that I can see. So anyway, I'm kind of worried, yet hopeful that it might be nothing. You would never think anything was strange about his eye looking at him but we all just wonder why this color would appear out of nowhere. I did get the toxo results back and they are negative. I was also kind of hoping it would be positive but I guess anything these cats don't have is a plus. Please let me know how things go with Bernie and how you choose to proceed. I've lost several positives over the years and I think I might go back and look at the bloodwork
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
I'm so sorry, sounds like you have a lot of decisions to make. I agree on not putting them through too much. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:28 PM Beth - The eye vet ophthalmologist briefly discussed that there is a small chance the lymphoma could just be in the eye and we could remove the eye. However, he thinks that if it is already in the eye, it is most likely somewhere else in the body. He would want me to do a full body scan to look for lymphoma somewhere else before doing the biopsy on the eye. Maybe I should go for a second opinion? When they do a full body scan, they look for thick areas of tissue. These areas are not necessarily lymphoma...esp in FelV+ cats, it could just be irritation in the intestine or stomach. They have to do a biopsy to make sure. So, potentially, if they find thick tissue, they could do a biopsy, it could be nothing, then i would still have to do a biopsy on the eye to find out if it is really lymphoma. Then remove the eye. I don't know if I want to put him through all of that. No real improvement today. Although he was very interested in the birdies outside this morning which really made me smile. Just trying to enjoy each day I have with him. Thanks, Maria Maria - Can they just remove the eye? Not sure if he is healthy enough, but I am taking in an FeLV cat next week that has what they think are cancerous polyps around his eye - not to mention he was severely abused he cannot see out of the eye anyway. They are removing the eye. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter!?www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ ? --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:37 PM I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma.? I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere.? It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong.? I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day.? Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food.? To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample.? We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body.? Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point.? I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go.???Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out.? Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:33:24 -0800 (PST) From: Amy awilkin...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Message-ID: 535811.88786...@web36107.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Maria, Nothing really funny looking about Luigi's eye. It's almost kind of cool looking. He just has a ring around about 1/2 of his eye. It's down one side and down the other side and just looks like a coppery tone. My vet didn't recall noticing it before and called a specialist just to see if she should refer me. He started talking about how it could be all these horrible things and how we could remove the eye, etc. This cat has been with me for several years with no illness or odd behavior of any type so I'm definitely not considering anything like that. What if it's nothing? He runs around like a wild man and is certainly not in any discomfort that I can see. So anyway, I'm kind of worried, yet hopeful that it might be nothing. You would never think anything was strange about his eye looking at him but we all just wonder why this color
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
For anyone interested, my cat Linus was diagnosed with lymphoma in the spring of 2008 and given 4-6 weeks to live. I asked my vet to start him on intravenous sodium ascorbate in sodium chloride and titrate to the rate of 1g per pound of body weight. Linus received the drips via catheters in his front leg (alternating legs) 3 days per week (the catheter remains in for 3 days) for three months, then off for three months, then repeated for 3 more months. He is still with me today, some two years after his terminal diagnosis and his last infusion was back in April of 2009. He is still happy and healthy as a horse, and this is a cat with FeLV. Sally Jewell -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk- boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:48 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis I'm so sorry, sounds like you have a lot of decisions to make. I agree on not putting them through too much. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:28 PM Beth - The eye vet ophthalmologist briefly discussed that there is a small chance the lymphoma could just be in the eye and we could remove the eye. However, he thinks that if it is already in the eye, it is most likely somewhere else in the body. He would want me to do a full body scan to look for lymphoma somewhere else before doing the biopsy on the eye. Maybe I should go for a second opinion? When they do a full body scan, they look for thick areas of tissue. These areas are not necessarily lymphoma...esp in FelV+ cats, it could just be irritation in the intestine or stomach. They have to do a biopsy to make sure. So, potentially, if they find thick tissue, they could do a biopsy, it could be nothing, then i would still have to do a biopsy on the eye to find out if it is really lymphoma. Then remove the eye. I don't know if I want to put him through all of that. No real improvement today. Although he was very interested in the birdies outside this morning which really made me smile. Just trying to enjoy each day I have with him. Thanks, Maria Maria - Can they just remove the eye? Not sure if he is healthy enough, but I am taking in an FeLV cat next week that has what they think are cancerous polyps around his eye - not to mention he was severely abused he cannot see out of the eye anyway. They are removing the eye. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter!?www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ ? --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:37 PM I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma.? I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere.? It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong.? I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day.? Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food.? To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample.? We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body.? Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point.? I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go.???Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out.? Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele ukemia.o rg -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:33:24 -0800 (PST) From: Amy awilkin
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
For anyone interested, my cat Linus was diagnosed with lymphoma in the spring of 2008 and given 4-6 weeks to live. I asked my vet to start him on intravenous sodium ascorbate in sodium chloride and titrate to the rate of 1g per pound of body weight. Linus received the drips via catheters in his front leg (alternating legs) 3 days per week (the catheter remains in for 3 days) for three months, then off for three months, then repeated for 3 more months. He is still with me today, some two years after his terminal diagnosis and his last infusion was back in April of 2009. He is still happy and healthy as a horse, and this is a cat with FeLV. Sally Jewell -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk- boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:48 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis I'm so sorry, sounds like you have a lot of decisions to make. I agree on not putting them through too much. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:28 PM Beth - The eye vet ophthalmologist briefly discussed that there is a small chance the lymphoma could just be in the eye and we could remove the eye. However, he thinks that if it is already in the eye, it is most likely somewhere else in the body. He would want me to do a full body scan to look for lymphoma somewhere else before doing the biopsy on the eye. Maybe I should go for a second opinion? When they do a full body scan, they look for thick areas of tissue. These areas are not necessarily lymphoma...esp in FelV+ cats, it could just be irritation in the intestine or stomach. They have to do a biopsy to make sure. So, potentially, if they find thick tissue, they could do a biopsy, it could be nothing, then i would still have to do a biopsy on the eye to find out if it is really lymphoma. Then remove the eye. I don't know if I want to put him through all of that. No real improvement today. Although he was very interested in the birdies outside this morning which really made me smile. Just trying to enjoy each day I have with him. Thanks, Maria Maria - Can they just remove the eye? Not sure if he is healthy enough, but I am taking in an FeLV cat next week that has what they think are cancerous polyps around his eye - not to mention he was severely abused he cannot see out of the eye anyway. They are removing the eye. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter!?www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ ? --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:37 PM I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma.? I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere.? It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong.? I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day.? Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food.? To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample.? We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body.? Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point.? I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go.???Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out.? Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felinele ukemia.o rg -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:33:24 -0800 (PST) From: Amy awilkin
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma. I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere. It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong. I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day. Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food. To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample. We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body. Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point. I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go. Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out. Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
Hi Maria, I don't know if you saw my post the other day about my cat with the gold, coppery color ring around his eye (nobody responded but I think it went out to the list). It's a little different situation but my cat's bloodwork is perfect as well. He's going back next week to have his eye stained and then to start on steroids in case it's uveitis. The specialist also mentioned lymphoma. My cat doesn't show any sign of illness so I know it's different but just wanted to say I understand how tough it is to never have the answers. My vet said this may be something my cat has had his whole life and we just never noticed or it may be the start of something. I have another cat that has been holding steady for several months after being treated at Cornell. However, I know it's only a matter of time and I hate the helpless feeling of not knowing what is going on and what the best course of action is. It's so tough with this disease because I don't like to disturb the balance in what appears to be a healthy cat but I don't want to miss something either. Hoping you find some answers soon and that Bernie starts feeling better. Amy --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:37 PM I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma. I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere. It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong. I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day. Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food. To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample. We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body. Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point. I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go. Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out. Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
Amy I saw your post, but had no experience to suggest anything. I one had a doctor tell me she had never seen eyes like mine. Weird huh. Now there wasn't anything wrong it was just how my eyes were pigmented. Hoping this is normal for your cat. Sally Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior, Hotdog (newest) Silver, and Spike ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Me too. We are actually going to go back through all the pictures I've taken of him over the years and see if I can ever see the color around his eyes. I haven't taken tons of close-ups though so it's a long shot. I'm just not ready to go up against lymphoma again :( Amy --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Sally Davis putty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sally Davis putty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 1:20 PM Amy I saw your post, but had no experience to suggest anything. I one had a doctor tell me she had never seen eyes like mine. Weird huh. Now there wasn't anything wrong it was just how my eyes were pigmented. Hoping this is normal for your cat. Sally Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior, Hotdog (newest) Silver, and Spike ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
Amy - Thanks for the kind words. I re-read your post about your kitty and and the gold colored ring around his eye. When you look at his eye in light, does it look funny like how animals eyes sometimes show up in pictures taken with a flash? That's how we first noticed Bernie's eye issue. He was looking at me and one eye was reflecting really funny while the other was not. He doesn't have a gold colored ring... but there looks like there is a mass up in the corner of the eye. The iris is swollen as well. His eye also had a cloudy film all over the eye, but the steroid eye drops cleared that up. We also tested Bernie for toxo.. it came back negative... and we ran a mycoplasma test as well.. also negative. Did you get your kitty's toxo test back yet? I was almost hoping it was toxo... there is at least an antibiotic for that. I learned this morning from the vet that cat's with lymphoma sometimes have normal blood work. I never knew that. I assumed that the white blood cells would go up. She said depending on the type of lymphoma, the white blood cells may drop, stay the same, or rise. Please keep me up to date on your kitty! I hope he is ok and doing better soon. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Maria - Can they just remove the eye? Not sure if he is healthy enough, but I am taking in an FeLV cat next week that has what they think are cancerous polyps around his eye - not to mention he was severely abused he cannot see out of the eye anyway. They are removing the eye. Beth Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Maria mian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Maria mian...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:37 PM I had a conversation with my primary vet this morning about Bernie and his Uveitis/possible lymphoma. I'm not sure what to do. I'm frustrated, sad, angry and I feel like I'm running into walls everywhere. It seems like there are never answers for these cats. It could be one thing, but that is a symptom of something else, we could do this test, but that might not tell us for sure what is wrong. I keep going in circles and the bottom line still is my baby doesn't feel well, and I'm emotionally and financially spent. I want to do something to help him but I don't know what or what will work. His activity appears to be declining each day. Still eating, but this morning he didn't eat his whole bowl of food. To find out if it is lymphoma, we could do a biopsy on the eye, but its risky, and its a hard area to get a good sample. We could go to an internist and have a scan done to see if there are any masses somewhere else in the body. Even if there are, we would still have to do a biopsy to find out if it is lymphoma. His blood work 2 weeks ago was completely normal. I am continuing w/ steroid drops 3x a day. Apparently with Uveitis there isn't usually any pain associated with the eye... so she didn't recommend pain medication at this point. I don't think he is in pain (cats can probably cover this up well though.), he doesn't wince or anything, but he is just not acting like himself. I guess we just take it day by day at this point but I feel helpless like I'm just letting him go. Sorry for the rant, just needed to type to get my thoughts out. Thanks. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
Maria, Nothing really funny looking about Luigi's eye. It's almost kind of cool looking. He just has a ring around about 1/2 of his eye. It's down one side and down the other side and just looks like a coppery tone. My vet didn't recall noticing it before and called a specialist just to see if she should refer me. He started talking about how it could be all these horrible things and how we could remove the eye, etc. This cat has been with me for several years with no illness or odd behavior of any type so I'm definitely not considering anything like that. What if it's nothing? He runs around like a wild man and is certainly not in any discomfort that I can see. So anyway, I'm kind of worried, yet hopeful that it might be nothing. You would never think anything was strange about his eye looking at him but we all just wonder why this color would appear out of nowhere. I did get the toxo results back and they are negative. I was also kind of hoping it would be positive but I guess anything these cats don't have is a plus. Please let me know how things go with Bernie and how you choose to proceed. I've lost several positives over the years and I think I might go back and look at the bloodwork for the couple I lost to lymphoma just to see if it was odd or normal. Keep us posted! Amy Amy - Thanks for the kind words. I re-read your post about your kitty and and the gold colored ring around his eye. When you look at his eye in light, does it look funny like how animals eyes sometimes show up in pictures taken with a flash? That's how we first noticed Bernie's eye issue. He was looking at me and one eye was reflecting really funny while the other was not. He doesn't have a gold colored ring... but there looks like there is a mass up in the corner of the eye. The iris is swollen as well. His eye also had a cloudy film all over the eye, but the steroid eye drops cleared that up. We also tested Bernie for toxo.. it came back negative... and we ran a mycoplasma test as well.. also negative. Did you get your kitty's toxo test back yet? I was almost hoping it was toxo... there is at least an antibiotic for that. I learned this morning from the vet that cat's with lymphoma sometimes have normal blood work. I never knew that. I assumed that the white blood cells would go up. She said depending on the type of lymphoma, the white blood cells may drop, stay the same, or rise. Please keep me up to date on your kitty! I hope he is ok and doing better soon. Maria ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
I'm so sorry to hear that. Wonder if something else could be causing the diarrhea, like giardia or something? Just thought I'd mention it. Will sure be thinking of Bernie - best of luck, Gloria --- Original Message --- From: Maria[mailto:mian...@gmail.com] Sent: 2/16/2010 10:03:07 AM To : felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc : Subject : RE: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis Hi everyone - Just asking if you guys could say a little prayer for Bernie (1 yr. 8mos FelV +) He isn't doing well and I'm afraid things could get worse soon. He was diagnosed with uveitis about 2 weeks ago. The iris is still inflamed even though we are using the predisone eye drops 3 times a day. We could do a biopsy and get a sample of the substance to see if it is lymphoma, but as of right now, I don't think I'm going to do it. I don't want to put him through that and there is a chance that the sample would be unusable. The eye specialist also said that if it is lymphoma, it is most likely somewhere else in his body as well. He is eating normally and if you start to play with him he will play a little. But his activity level is low, sleeping alot, and he won't play with his brother. He started having diarreha last night. Also, if he doesnt get his eye drops (One day i could only give it to him once), I noticed he wouldnt eat for about 12 hours and just laid around the whole day. Not sure what else to do...it kills me to see him this way. Thanks ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Bernie - Uveitis
Maria My Junior had uveitis which turned into glaucoma. He had and injury to his eye before developing FELV. Anyway he was in pain and it sounds like that may be the problem with your kitty. He was put on pain medicine and it made all the world in his activity level. These kitties are very special and you cannot predict how long they will be with us. Make sure he has quality of life. That is what I did for Junior. Missing my baby and will be praying for your guy to feel better. Sally in VA -- Sally(me), Eric (not a cat),Junior(angel), Tiny(angel) Fluffy(soul mate angel), Lionel(angel),Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black(MIA), Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior, Hotdog (newest) Silver, and Spike ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
