Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update
Thank you for the suggestion on the Metoclopromide, I will ask my vet about it next time we go in, or if his symptoms come back before that, he is on a 2 week steroid shot right now. He received it Monday, after the short acting one he got last Friday. -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani Oakley Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 2:35 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update Rachel, for what it's worth, I agree with Margo. The odds are that the steroids kicked in because they will (a) reduce the inflammation and (b) make him feel better (peppier) and thus he will be more interested in eating. Another suggestion is to get him on metoclopromide which helps increase peristaltic action, empty the stomach and move the food along the intestinal tract. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Dagner Sent: April-27-16 10:36 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an X-ray which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids but he still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the food from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back up. Then he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high calorie emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on YouTube. I was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some research and saw a lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over night from Amazon. I got it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he is eating on his own and eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even his dry food that I crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of eating. I am only giving him a small amount each hour of so as not to upset his stomach, or overwhelm him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding and/or the liquid gold. I hope it is not lymphoma , I cried for three days straight after the X-ray. I am getting vitality science cat cancer kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I hope to extend his time and his quality of life. He is also more perky and acting like himself again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it continues! Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha wrote: > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing > really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year > anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and > Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make > it to the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, > and has been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to > be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. > He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I > wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, > he was really fussy about taking his pills. He has always been really > good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them > into his mouth. Now he is balking at taking them even after I dip > them in wet food (and they are already in pill pockets). I coax and > coax, and have had to manually pill him a few times. He will eat 4 > and leave 1, then I have to give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat his food to get it. > > He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. > > Marsha > > ___ > 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 ___ 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] Brock update
Sorry Marsha. I meant to say that the original lab tests came back on Tigger as NON-regenerative at first. Sorry for the confusion. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani Oakley Sent: April-28-16 2:41 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update Marsha When Ardy started Tigger on the Winstrol, his haematocrit was 6, and as she said in her post, it was certainly looking extremely grim at such critically low numbers. The blood panel also came back with a comment from the pathologist that the anemia was regenerative. He has been on the Winstrol for about a month now, and his haematocrit was 12 this past Friday. You probably know that PCV and haematocrit are similar tests which tell you pretty much the same thing about the number of red cells in a sample. Tigger's most recent results also showed a significant surge in nucleated red blood cells and reticulocytes , which are the precursor immature red cells which have not yet matured into their final form of a non-nucleated red cell. However, their presence in fact shows that the anemia is no longer non-regenerative because Tigger's bone marrow has started to produce red cells again. The bone marrow is pushing them out early because of the body's depleted red cell counts and that is why the immature forms are being seen in the circulating blood. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marsha Sent: April-27-16 9:45 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Brock update My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, he was really fussy about taking his pills. He has always been really good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them into his mouth. Now he is balking at taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are already in pill pockets). I coax and coax, and have had to manually pill him a few times. He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have to give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat his food to get it. He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. Marsha ___ 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 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update
Marsha When Ardy started Tigger on the Winstrol, his haematocrit was 6, and as she said in her post, it was certainly looking extremely grim at such critically low numbers. The blood panel also came back with a comment from the pathologist that the anemia was regenerative. He has been on the Winstrol for about a month now, and his haematocrit was 12 this past Friday. You probably know that PCV and haematocrit are similar tests which tell you pretty much the same thing about the number of red cells in a sample. Tigger's most recent results also showed a significant surge in nucleated red blood cells and reticulocytes , which are the precursor immature red cells which have not yet matured into their final form of a non-nucleated red cell. However, their presence in fact shows that the anemia is no longer non-regenerative because Tigger's bone marrow has started to produce red cells again. The bone marrow is pushing them out early because of the body's depleted red cell counts and that is why the immature forms are being seen in the circulating blood. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marsha Sent: April-27-16 9:45 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Brock update My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, he was really fussy about taking his pills. He has always been really good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them into his mouth. Now he is balking at taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are already in pill pockets). I coax and coax, and have had to manually pill him a few times. He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have to give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat his food to get it. He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. Marsha ___ 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] Brock update
Rachel, for what it's worth, I agree with Margo. The odds are that the steroids kicked in because they will (a) reduce the inflammation and (b) make him feel better (peppier) and thus he will be more interested in eating. Another suggestion is to get him on metoclopromide which helps increase peristaltic action, empty the stomach and move the food along the intestinal tract. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Dagner Sent: April-27-16 10:36 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an X-ray which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids but he still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the food from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back up. Then he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high calorie emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on YouTube. I was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some research and saw a lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over night from Amazon. I got it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he is eating on his own and eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even his dry food that I crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of eating. I am only giving him a small amount each hour of so as not to upset his stomach, or overwhelm him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding and/or the liquid gold. I hope it is not lymphoma , I cried for three days straight after the X-ray. I am getting vitality science cat cancer kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I hope to extend his time and his quality of life. He is also more perky and acting like himself again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it continues! Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha wrote: > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing > really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year > anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and > Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make > it to the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, > and has been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to > be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. > He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I > wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, > he was really fussy about taking his pills. He has always been really > good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them > into his mouth. Now he is balking at taking them even after I dip > them in wet food (and they are already in pill pockets). I coax and > coax, and have had to manually pill him a few times. He will eat 4 > and leave 1, then I have to give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat his food to get it. > > He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed > the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged > nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is > anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph > node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is lymphoma, > and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. > > Marsha > > ___ > 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 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update
Thank you, I appreciate that more than you know, we need all the prayers we can get. Marsha please go online and read the reviews on Life Gold for Cat Cancer on Amazon and Pet Wellbeing, the latest post is Felv+ owner who has his babies on it just to prevent cancer. If you get it on Pet Wellbeing they offer a 90 day money back guarantee, so you don't really have anything to lose. If it gets Brock to eat and boosts his immune system, brings down the lymph nodes, that can only be good. Of course discuss with your vet since he is on other medications. Have you tried crushing his pills and dissolving them in a syringe of water? That is what I do for pills. And maybe you could put his food in a syringe with the potassium and give it that way? I am praying for you that it is not lymphoma, but if it is you will have someone on here who is going through it too. A little on Tucker. He is only two and a half years old, I brought him home as a stray from work. I have had him one and a half years. In that time we have gone through urinary infections, emergency catheters, and two PU surgeries that give him a wider opening so he doesn't block, the first surgery his opening closed completely, the second surgery left him with a very small opening, and it takes him a while to get his urine out. He can't have the surgery again because they have stretched the urethra really far. So after over $8,000.00, the constant fear of a blockage, and much stress and pain for both of us the new cancer diagnosis has been a big blow for me. I am very lucky I can bring him to work with me, he is sitting right in front my keyboard as I type this purring away, thankfully oblivious to all of his Mommy's fears, concerns and heartache. -Original Message- From: dlg...@windstream.net [mailto:dlg...@windstream.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:55 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: Rachel Dagner Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update It seems you are on the right track and keeping his feedings small will help also. I know my Harley who is not sick, just gulps down too much at one time and then up chucks has to get small amounts to prevent that. I also have a pot of lemon grass for the cats to munch on when their stomachs are upset.With all he has going on, he has a lot on his plate to deal with and other than the right medications, the greatest gift you can give him i love. mWill keep both of yu in my prayers. Rachel Dagner wrote: > My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an > X-ray which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids > but he still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the > food from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back > up. Then he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high > calorie emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on > YouTube. I was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some > research and saw a lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over > night from Amazon. I got it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he > is eating on his own and eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even > his dry food that I crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of > eating. I am only giving him a small amount each hour of so as not to > upset his stomach, or overwhelm him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding > and/or the liquid gold. I hope it is not lymphoma , I cried for three > days straight after the X-ray. I am getting vitality science cat cancer > kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I hope to extend his time > and his quality of life. He is also more perky and acting like himself > again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it continues! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha wrote: > > > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing > > really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year > > anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and > > Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make > > it to the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 > > supplements, and has been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his > > appetite seemed to be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his > > food, sometimes not. He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into > > the garage, so I wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. > > This past Saturday, he was really fussy about taking his pills. He > > has always been really good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle > > for me, no dropping them into his mouth. Now he is balking at > > taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are already > > in pill pockets). I coax
Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update
Thinking of you and Brock. Katherine On Apr 27, 2016 11:55 PM, wrote: > It seems you are on the right track and keeping his feedings small will > help also. I know my Harley who is not sick, just gulps down too much at > one time and then up chucks has to get small amounts to prevent that. I > also have a pot of lemon grass for the cats to munch on when their stomachs > are upset.With all he has going on, he has a lot on his plate to deal > with and other than the right medications, the greatest gift you can give > him i love. mWill keep both of yu in my prayers. > > Rachel Dagner wrote: > > My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an > X-ray which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids > but he still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the > food from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back up. > Then he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high calorie > emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on YouTube. > I was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some research and > saw a lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over night from > Amazon. I got it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he is eating > on his own and eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even his dry > food that I crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of eating. I > am only giving him a small amount each hour of so as not to upset his > stomach, or overwhelm him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding and/or the > liquid gold. I hope it is not lympho > ma > > , I cried for three days straight after the X-ray. I am getting > vitality science cat cancer kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I > hope to extend his time and his quality of life. He is also more perky and > acting like himself again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it > continues! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha wrote: > > > > > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing > really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year > anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and > Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to > the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has > been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to be a little > off. Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. He occasionally > catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I wondered if he was full > when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, he was really fussy about > taking his pills. He has always been really good about eating his pill > pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them into his mouth. Now he is > balking at taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are > already in pill pockets). I coax and coax, and have had to manually pill > him a few times. He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have t > o > > give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he > wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his > supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to > eat his food to get it. > > > > > > He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet > confirmed the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were > enlarged nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning > he is anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a > lymph node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is > lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. > > > > > > Marsha > > > > > > ___ > > > 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 > > > ___ > 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] Brock update
It seems you are on the right track and keeping his feedings small will help also. I know my Harley who is not sick, just gulps down too much at one time and then up chucks has to get small amounts to prevent that. I also have a pot of lemon grass for the cats to munch on when their stomachs are upset.With all he has going on, he has a lot on his plate to deal with and other than the right medications, the greatest gift you can give him i love. mWill keep both of yu in my prayers. Rachel Dagner wrote: > My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an X-ray > which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids but he > still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the food > from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back up. Then > he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high calorie > emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on YouTube. I > was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some research and saw a > lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over night from Amazon. I got > it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he is eating on his own and > eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even his dry food that I > crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of eating. I am only giving > him a small amount each hour of so as not to upset his stomach, or overwhelm > him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding and/or the liquid gold. I hope it is > not lympho ma > , I cried for three days straight after the X-ray. I am getting vitality > science cat cancer kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I hope to > extend his time and his quality of life. He is also more perky and acting > like himself again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it continues! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha wrote: > > > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing really > > great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year anniversary of > > being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart > > Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to the one year > > mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has been doing > > great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to be a little off. > > Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. He occasionally > > catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I wondered if he was full > > when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, he was really fussy about > > taking his pills. He has always been really good about eating his pill > > pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them into his mouth. Now he is > > balking at taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are > > already in pill pockets). I coax and coax, and have had to manually pill > > him a few times. He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have t o > give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants > baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his > supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat > his food to get it. > > > > He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed > > the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged > > nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is > > anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph > > node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is > > lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. > > > > Marsha > > > > ___ > > 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 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Brock update
My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an X-ray which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids but he still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the food from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back up. Then he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high calorie emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on YouTube. I was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some research and saw a lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over night from Amazon. I got it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he is eating on his own and eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even his dry food that I crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of eating. I am only giving him a small amount each hour of so as not to upset his stomach, or overwhelm him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding and/or the liquid gold. I hope it is not lymphoma , I cried for three days straight after the X-ray. I am getting vitality science cat cancer kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I hope to extend his time and his quality of life. He is also more perky and acting like himself again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it continues! Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha wrote: > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing really > great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year anniversary of > being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure. > Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to the one year mark. Brock is > on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has been doing great. About 2 weeks > ago, his appetite seemed to be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his > food, sometimes not. He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into the > garage, so I wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. This past > Saturday, he was really fussy about taking his pills. He has always been > really good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them > into his mouth. Now he is balking at taking them even after I dip them in > wet food (and they are already in pill pockets). I coax and coax, and have > had to manually pill him a few times. He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have > to give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat his food to get it. > > He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed > the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged > nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is > anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph > node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is lymphoma, > and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. > > Marsha > > ___ > 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
[Felvtalk] Brock update
My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn. He has been doing really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure. Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to the one year mark. Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has been doing great. About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to be a little off. Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not. He occasionally catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I wondered if he was full when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, he was really fussy about taking his pills. He has always been really good about eating his pill pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them into his mouth. Now he is balking at taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are already in pill pockets). I coax and coax, and have had to manually pill him a few times. He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have to give that one manually. Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1. Now he wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later. He gets his supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to eat his food to get it. He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam. The vet confirmed the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were enlarged nodes in the back leg area also. Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning he is anemic. It is non-regenerative. A needle aspiration was done on a lymph node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow. My biggest fear is lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire. Marsha ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org