Re: Doxy and IR and Epogen, oh my! What to do?

2007-03-25 Thread catatonya
I'm keeping you and Slinky in my prayers. tonya Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. First, another brief update on Slinky: Last night around 2:30 his temp spiked to 106! We gave him 75 cc's of fluids and that seemed to help. It's been hovering in the 104.3-104.7 range

Doxy and IR and Epogen, oh my! What to do?

2007-03-20 Thread Marissa Johnson
Hi all. First, another brief update on Slinky: Last night around 2:30 his temp spiked to 106! We gave him 75 cc's of fluids and that seemed to help. It's been hovering in the 104.3-104.7 range today. Still high, but not as scary as 106. My friend is giving him fluids (both sub-q and

Re: Doxy and IR and Epogen, oh my! What to do?

2007-03-20 Thread cindy reasoner
Marissa, My Smokey had a terrible time getting high fevers like your Slinky. I ended up changing vets for him. The new vet gave him IR subq. I know everything says to give it IV but it seems to have helped Smokey. It has been over a year since his last fever (fingers crossed). I was able to

Re: Doxy and IR and Epogen, oh my! What to do?

2007-03-20 Thread wendy
Hey Marissa, In my opinion, the Epogen should be #1 on the list, and should be affordable. And I would also do the doxy. Both of these should be done at the very least, or the transfusion will have been for naught. I can't say on the IR, but I know we've had at least one member that uses it