Re: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
Marissa, I am absolutely thrilled you were able to get Slink to a caring, concerning wonderful vet today! Also thrilled she's going to do research on certain things - that just means SO much I'm just sorry I didn't get you the info. on my wonderful vet. (Today was NOT a good day for me! Early ok, later it just went downhillNow look, almost 3:00 AM I'm STILL up! Insomnia, gotta love it - NOT) And, the rates seem very good too( Almost like my Rescue Rates..) This vet must be closer than Finksburg too, huh? That's another wonderful thing. Just know that both of you will be in my thoughts and prayers Please do keep us updated... And, just in case you want/need another opinion, here's my vets info: Dr. David Vaughn Finksburg Veterinary Center 2025 Suffolk Rd. Finksburg, Md. 21048 Phone - (410) 833-3300 ) OR [might be fax, my eye isn't cooperating] (410) 861-8370 And, if you do want/need to see him, tell him you were referred by me my rescue buddy, Diane Blosser. (And we will call so you get Rescue Rates ) Again, I am very sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. But I am so pleased you were able to get Slink to a good (great) vet today. And, it sounds like he is doing well. Happy Dance here too Best wishes, lots of love... Patti her gang ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
Re: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
Marissa, I'm so glad you got Slink to a good vet! You are right, this list is like family to me too:) On 3/21/07, Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! Thanks so much for being such a fabulous support network! I have many families in my life...and I feel like now I have a new one: my feleuk family! lol Took Slink to a new vet tonight - the one near my house. I was very pleased with her! She asked if his regular diet is raw (which it was before he got sick). I told her he's eating Innova Evo and she said her cats love it (I was impressed to find a vet who knew wat Innova was! Then I remembered I got her name from the owner of the store where I buy it. lol). They did a CBC and his HCT is down to 9, but his WBC was up slightly. His temp was 105.6! She was very real with me. She said what I had basically been thinking: that if we didn't do something, he would definitely die and fairly quickly. So she said we had nothing to lose by trying things and she was willing to try whatever I wanted to. I had faxed her 8 pages of info about IR and she'd read all of it, PLUS did her own reading! She said she'd heard of some clinical trials but they'd been stopped because it wasn't working...but that she'd read further and saw that the reason they stopped them is because they were defining success as seroconversion (testing negative for FeLV) and that's just not going to happen. But when you look at symptoms and quality of life, it seems like it works pretty well. She wasn't as positive about the Epogen, wasn't sure that it would work. But again was willing to try it. She also wanted to start him on Prednisone since it can stimulate RBC production and would help with some other things. So, she gave him a shot of Pred and Epogen (we were going to wait on the Epogen so as not to start everything at once, but decided to just go with it). She also gave me a bottle of Doxy and sent me home with that and Pred tablets. I'm going to order the IR (that way it will get here more quickly) and then we'll start that as well. Their prices are extremely reasonable as well! They'll only charge me $20 per visit to do the IR doses (and since it's only $50 or so for the meds, that's very affordable!). It'll be $26 for the Epogen shots which is just paying for the medicine itself. The exam tonight was only $48 (though with everything we did, the total bill was almost $200). But dad is being wonderful and helping me out yet again! :) Also, I can get there in about 15 minutes on the metro, so it'll be nice and easy to go to his appointments! :) After the appointment my friend and I dropped Slink at home (he went straight for water! :)), and went out to dinner. When we came home a couple hours later, his temp is now 102.8!!! I did the happy dance...and he looked at me like I was nuts! lol He's still pretty quiet, but seems much more alert and comfortable. I gave him his clavamox, doxy, water, and vitamins...and I think it was a bit too much cuz he coughed up some phlegm and kinda gagged on it. So we'll be spreading that out from now on. The Clavamox is almost gone, though. He's not crazy about having to take all that stuff but he tolerates it pretty well. At dinner my friend and I were talking about him and she said when she worked at the vet she could tell when people brought their animals in whether they should put them down or not...and she says Slinky has way too much life left in him to put him down now. That was great to hear!!! Anyway, that's the latest. Obviously no way to know if all this will work, but we figure it can't hurt to try. I'm just thrilled to be doing SOMETHING. Keep your fingers crossed and send us prayers for his recovery! Thanks again for all your help and support Marissa -- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Ratinghttp://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE4MGw4Z2hlBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ3JlZW5jZW50ZXI-at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Joey! http://rescuties.chipin.com/joey-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia
Re: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
Marissa, It's good news that you've found a vet you feel you can trust, that's no small thing. I know exactly what you mean about doing SOMETHING. So many things have come together to give you and Slinky a fighting chance, he just has to pull through! Prayers and healing thoughts that Slinky responds to the meds quickly. From what I've read on the list, an HCT of 9 is really scary, but you know what? He's still eating, he's alert, (his temp is even down), he's telling you that he's not ready to give up, to me that is a better indicator than any test results might lead us to believe. Miracles happen every day, I'm praying hard for Slinky and you to be one of them. Hang in there, we're all with you, Nina Marissa Johnson wrote: Hi all! Thanks so much for being such a fabulous support network! I have many families in my life...and I feel like now I have a new one: my feleuk family! lol Took Slink to a new vet tonight - the one near my house. I was very pleased with her! She asked if his regular diet is raw (which it was before he got sick). I told her he's eating Innova Evo and she said her cats love it (I was impressed to find a vet who knew wat Innova was! Then I remembered I got her name from the owner of the store where I buy it. lol). They did a CBC and his HCT is down to 9, but his WBC was up slightly. His temp was 105.6! She was very real with me. She said what I had basically been thinking: that if we didn't do something, he would definitely die and fairly quickly. So she said we had nothing to lose by trying things and she was willing to try whatever I wanted to. I had faxed her 8 pages of info about IR and she'd read all of it, PLUS did her own reading! She said she'd heard of some clinical trials but they'd been stopped because it wasn't working...but that she'd read further and saw that the reason they stopped them is because they were defining success as seroconversion (testing negative for FeLV) and that's just not going to happen. But when you look at symptoms and quality of life, it seems like it works pretty well. She wasn't as positive about the Epogen, wasn't sure that it would work. But again was willing to try it. She also wanted to start him on Prednisone since it can stimulate RBC production and would help with some other things. So, she gave him a shot of Pred and Epogen (we were going to wait on the Epogen so as not to start everything at once, but decided to just go with it). She also gave me a bottle of Doxy and sent me home with that and Pred tablets. I'm going to order the IR (that way it will get here more quickly) and then we'll start that as well. Their prices are extremely reasonable as well! They'll only charge me $20 per visit to do the IR doses (and since it's only $50 or so for the meds, that's very affordable!). It'll be $26 for the Epogen shots which is just paying for the medicine itself. The exam tonight was only $48 (though with everything we did, the total bill was almost $200). But dad is being wonderful and helping me out yet again! :) Also, I can get there in about 15 minutes on the metro, so it'll be nice and easy to go to his appointments! :) After the appointment my friend and I dropped Slink at home (he went straight for water! :)), and went out to dinner. When we came home a couple hours later, his temp is now 102.8!!! I did the happy dance...and he looked at me like I was nuts! lol He's still pretty quiet, but seems much more alert and comfortable. I gave him his clavamox, doxy, water, and vitamins...and I think it was a bit too much cuz he coughed up some phlegm and kinda gagged on it. So we'll be spreading that out from now on. The Clavamox is almost gone, though. He's not crazy about having to take all that stuff but he tolerates it pretty well. At dinner my friend and I were talking about him and she said when she worked at the vet she could tell when people brought their animals in whether they should put them down or not...and she says Slinky has way too much life left in him to put him down now. That was great to hear!!! Anyway, that's the latest. Obviously no way to know if all this will work, but we figure it can't hurt to try. I'm just thrilled to be doing SOMETHING. Keep your fingers crossed and send us prayers for his recovery! Thanks again for all your help and support Marissa Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE4MGw4Z2hlBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ3JlZW5jZW50ZXI- at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center.
RE: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
Marissa, it's so good you've found such a great vet! It's so comforting when that happens, I know. You are so upbeat and have such a positive attitude Slinky is surely benefiting hugely from your vibes. Keep doing that happy dance--and remember, we're all dancin' with you both! Big hugs to you both, Kerry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marissa Johnson Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:42 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit Hi all! Thanks so much for being such a fabulous support network! I have many families in my life...and I feel like now I have a new one: my feleuk family! lol Took Slink to a new vet tonight - the one near my house. I was very pleased with her! She asked if his regular diet is raw (which it was before he got sick). I told her he's eating Innova Evo and she said her cats love it (I was impressed to find a vet who knew wat Innova was! Then I remembered I got her name from the owner of the store where I buy it. lol). They did a CBC and his HCT is down to 9, but his WBC was up slightly. His temp was 105.6! She was very real with me. She said what I had basically been thinking: that if we didn't do something, he would definitely die and fairly quickly. So she said we had nothing to lose by trying things and she was willing to try whatever I wanted to. I had faxed her 8 pages of info about IR and she'd read all of it, PLUS did her own reading! She said she'd heard of some clinical trials but they'd been stopped because it wasn't working...but that she'd read further and saw that the reason they stopped them is because they were defining success as seroconversion (testing negative for FeLV) and that's just not going to happen. But when you look at symptoms and quality of life, it seems like it works pretty well. She wasn't as positive about the Epogen, wasn't sure that it would work. But again was willing to try it. She also wanted to start him on Prednisone since it can stimulate RBC production and would help with some other things. So, she gave him a shot of Pred and Epogen (we were going to wait on the Epogen so as not to start everything at once, but decided to just go with it). She also gave me a bottle of Doxy and sent me home with that and Pred tablets. I'm going to order the IR (that way it will get here more quickly) and then we'll start that as well. Their prices are extremely reasonable as well! They'll only charge me $20 per visit to do the IR doses (and since it's only $50 or so for the meds, that's very affordable!). It'll be $26 for the Epogen shots which is just paying for the medicine itself. The exam tonight was only $48 (though with everything we did, the total bill was almost $200). But dad is being wonderful and helping me out yet again! :) Also, I can get there in about 15 minutes on the metro, so it'll be nice and easy to go to his appointments! :) After the appointment my friend and I dropped Slink at home (he went straight for water! :)), and went out to dinner. When we came home a couple hours later, his temp is now 102.8!!! I did the happy dance...and he looked at me like I was nuts! lol He's still pretty quiet, but seems much more alert and comfortable. I gave him his clavamox, doxy, water, and vitamins...and I think it was a bit too much cuz he coughed up some phlegm and kinda gagged on it. So we'll be spreading that out from now on. The Clavamox is almost gone, though. He's not crazy about having to take all that stuff but he tolerates it pretty well. At dinner my friend and I were talking about him and she said when she worked at the vet she could tell when people brought their animals in whether they should put them down or not...and she says Slinky has way too much life left in him to put him down now. That was great to hear!!! Anyway, that's the latest. Obviously no way to know if all this will work, but we figure it can't hurt to try. I'm just thrilled to be doing SOMETHING. Keep your fingers crossed and send us prayers for his recovery! Thanks again for all your help and support Marissa _ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE4MGw4Z2hlBF9TAzk3MTA3M Dc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ3JlZW5jZW50ZXI- at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw
Re: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
Love and hugs to you and Slinky, elizabeth On 3/21/07, Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! Thanks so much for being such a fabulous support network! I have many families in my life...and I feel like now I have a new one: my feleuk family! lol Took Slink to a new vet tonight - the one near my house. I was very pleased with her! She asked if his regular diet is raw (which it was before he got sick). I told her he's eating Innova Evo and she said her cats love it (I was impressed to find a vet who knew wat Innova was! Then I remembered I got her name from the owner of the store where I buy it. lol). They did a CBC and his HCT is down to 9, but his WBC was up slightly. His temp was 105.6! She was very real with me. She said what I had basically been thinking: that if we didn't do something, he would definitely die and fairly quickly. So she said we had nothing to lose by trying things and she was willing to try whatever I wanted to. I had faxed her 8 pages of info about IR and she'd read all of it, PLUS did her own reading! She said she'd heard of some clinical trials but they'd been stopped because it wasn't working...but that she'd read further and saw that the reason they stopped them is because they were defining success as seroconversion (testing negative for FeLV) and that's just not going to happen. But when you look at symptoms and quality of life, it seems like it works pretty well. She wasn't as positive about the Epogen, wasn't sure that it would work. But again was willing to try it. She also wanted to start him on Prednisone since it can stimulate RBC production and would help with some other things. So, she gave him a shot of Pred and Epogen (we were going to wait on the Epogen so as not to start everything at once, but decided to just go with it). She also gave me a bottle of Doxy and sent me home with that and Pred tablets. I'm going to order the IR (that way it will get here more quickly) and then we'll start that as well. Their prices are extremely reasonable as well! They'll only charge me $20 per visit to do the IR doses (and since it's only $50 or so for the meds, that's very affordable!). It'll be $26 for the Epogen shots which is just paying for the medicine itself. The exam tonight was only $48 (though with everything we did, the total bill was almost $200). But dad is being wonderful and helping me out yet again! :) Also, I can get there in about 15 minutes on the metro, so it'll be nice and easy to go to his appointments! :) After the appointment my friend and I dropped Slink at home (he went straight for water! :)), and went out to dinner. When we came home a couple hours later, his temp is now 102.8!!! I did the happy dance...and he looked at me like I was nuts! lol He's still pretty quiet, but seems much more alert and comfortable. I gave him his clavamox, doxy, water, and vitamins...and I think it was a bit too much cuz he coughed up some phlegm and kinda gagged on it. So we'll be spreading that out from now on. The Clavamox is almost gone, though. He's not crazy about having to take all that stuff but he tolerates it pretty well. At dinner my friend and I were talking about him and she said when she worked at the vet she could tell when people brought their animals in whether they should put them down or not...and she says Slinky has way too much life left in him to put him down now. That was great to hear!!! Anyway, that's the latest. Obviously no way to know if all this will work, but we figure it can't hurt to try. I'm just thrilled to be doing SOMETHING. Keep your fingers crossed and send us prayers for his recovery! Thanks again for all your help and support Marissa -- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Ratinghttp://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE4MGw4Z2hlBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ3JlZW5jZW50ZXI-at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center.
Re: Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
At 09:11 PM 3/22/2007, you wrote: It is so wonderful to have found someone to work with you! Yeah,,, I used the I.R and Inerferon and Feline Omega Interferon,,I am sending so many good hopes to both of you and will watch for posts, Kelly Lane Love and hugs to you and Slinky, elizabeth On 3/21/07, Marissa Johnson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! Thanks so much for being such a fabulous support network! I have many families in my life...and I feel like now I have a new one: my feleuk family! lol Took Slink to a new vet tonight - the one near my house. I was very pleased with her! She asked if his regular diet is raw (which it was before he got sick). I told her he's eating Innova Evo and she said her cats love it (I was impressed to find a vet who knew wat Innova was! Then I remembered I got her name from the owner of the store where I buy it. lol). They did a CBC and his HCT is down to 9, but his WBC was up slightly. His temp was 105.6! She was very real with me. She said what I had basically been thinking: that if we didn't do something, he would definitely die and fairly quickly. So she said we had nothing to lose by trying things and she was willing to try whatever I wanted to. I had faxed her 8 pages of info about IR and she'd read all of it, PLUS did her own reading! She said she'd heard of some clinical trials but they'd been stopped because it wasn't working...but that she'd read further and saw that the reason they stopped them is because they were defining success as seroconversion (testing negative for FeLV) and that's just not going to happen. But when you look at symptoms and quality of life, it seems like it works pretty well. She wasn't as positive about the Epogen, wasn't sure that it would work. But again was willing to try it. She also wanted to start him on Prednisone since it can stimulate RBC production and would help with some other things. So, she gave him a shot of Pred and Epogen (we were going to wait on the Epogen so as not to start everything at once, but decided to just go with it). She also gave me a bottle of Doxy and sent me home with that and Pred tablets. I'm going to order the IR (that way it will get here more quickly) and then we'll start that as well. Their prices are extremely reasonable as well! They'll only charge me $20 per visit to do the IR doses (and since it's only $50 or so for the meds, that's very affordable!). It'll be $26 for the Epogen shots which is just paying for the medicine itself. The exam tonight was only $48 (though with everything we did, the total bill was almost $200). But dad is being wonderful and helping me out yet again! :) Also, I can get there in about 15 minutes on the metro, so it'll be nice and easy to go to his appointments! :) After the appointment my friend and I dropped Slink at home (he went straight for water! :)), and went out to dinner. When we came home a couple hours later, his temp is now 102.8!!! I did the happy dance...and he looked at me like I was nuts! lol He's still pretty quiet, but seems much more alert and comfortable. I gave him his clavamox, doxy, water, and vitamins...and I think it was a bit too much cuz he coughed up some phlegm and kinda gagged on it. So we'll be spreading that out from now on. The Clavamox is almost gone, though. He's not crazy about having to take all that stuff but he tolerates it pretty well. At dinner my friend and I were talking about him and she said when she worked at the vet she could tell when people brought their animals in whether they should put them down or not...and she says Slinky has way too much life left in him to put him down now. That was great to hear!!! Anyway, that's the latest. Obviously no way to know if all this will work, but we figure it can't hurt to try. I'm just thrilled to be doing SOMETHING. Keep your fingers crossed and send us prayers for his recovery! Thanks again for all your help and support Marissa Looking for earth-friendly autos? http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE4MGw4Z2hlBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ3JlZW5jZW50ZXI-Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: 3/18/2007
Another Update: Today's Vet Visit
Hi all! Thanks so much for being such a fabulous support network! I have many families in my life...and I feel like now I have a new one: my feleuk family! lol Took Slink to a new vet tonight - the one near my house. I was very pleased with her! She asked if his regular diet is raw (which it was before he got sick). I told her he's eating Innova Evo and she said her cats love it (I was impressed to find a vet who knew wat Innova was! Then I remembered I got her name from the owner of the store where I buy it. lol). They did a CBC and his HCT is down to 9, but his WBC was up slightly. His temp was 105.6! She was very real with me. She said what I had basically been thinking: that if we didn't do something, he would definitely die and fairly quickly. So she said we had nothing to lose by trying things and she was willing to try whatever I wanted to. I had faxed her 8 pages of info about IR and she'd read all of it, PLUS did her own reading! She said she'd heard of some clinical trials but they'd been stopped because it wasn't working...but that she'd read further and saw that the reason they stopped them is because they were defining success as seroconversion (testing negative for FeLV) and that's just not going to happen. But when you look at symptoms and quality of life, it seems like it works pretty well. She wasn't as positive about the Epogen, wasn't sure that it would work. But again was willing to try it. She also wanted to start him on Prednisone since it can stimulate RBC production and would help with some other things. So, she gave him a shot of Pred and Epogen (we were going to wait on the Epogen so as not to start everything at once, but decided to just go with it). She also gave me a bottle of Doxy and sent me home with that and Pred tablets. I'm going to order the IR (that way it will get here more quickly) and then we'll start that as well. Their prices are extremely reasonable as well! They'll only charge me $20 per visit to do the IR doses (and since it's only $50 or so for the meds, that's very affordable!). It'll be $26 for the Epogen shots which is just paying for the medicine itself. The exam tonight was only $48 (though with everything we did, the total bill was almost $200). But dad is being wonderful and helping me out yet again! :) Also, I can get there in about 15 minutes on the metro, so it'll be nice and easy to go to his appointments! :) After the appointment my friend and I dropped Slink at home (he went straight for water! :)), and went out to dinner. When we came home a couple hours later, his temp is now 102.8!!! I did the happy dance...and he looked at me like I was nuts! lol He's still pretty quiet, but seems much more alert and comfortable. I gave him his clavamox, doxy, water, and vitamins...and I think it was a bit too much cuz he coughed up some phlegm and kinda gagged on it. So we'll be spreading that out from now on. The Clavamox is almost gone, though. He's not crazy about having to take all that stuff but he tolerates it pretty well. At dinner my friend and I were talking about him and she said when she worked at the vet she could tell when people brought their animals in whether they should put them down or not...and she says Slinky has way too much life left in him to put him down now. That was great to hear!!! Anyway, that's the latest. Obviously no way to know if all this will work, but we figure it can't hurt to try. I'm just thrilled to be doing SOMETHING. Keep your fingers crossed and send us prayers for his recovery! Thanks again for all your help and support Marissa - Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center.
