Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-07-02 Thread HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
essage - From: Gina WN<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:44 AM Subject: Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues Great idea about the binder! Gina Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PRO

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-07-02 Thread Gina WN
e if I want to do this right, hence the binder! I highly suggest this to anyone who isn't already doing something similar. I take The Monkee Binder with me everywhere. -Caroline - From: Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: felvtalk

RE: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-07-02 Thread Gina WN
You're a good mom Caroline!! You made me laugh out loud with your description of feeling weak-kneed. :) Gina Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I talked to Dr. Susan Maier (holistic) yesterday. I was having a lot of trouble myself remaining positive and I was doing a

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Dear Caroline~~ What a great story about little Monkee and his excitement about getting raw chicken livers! All over the kitchen is right! Too funny! Yuck bigtime! And I know exactly what you mean by getting weak in the knees--although instead of cutting up chicken livers, which are p

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Belinda
Wow that is really interesting because the number of list cats in the anemia group don't support anywhere near that number. I'll have to do some more research on that. Thank you Hideyo. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable F

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Belinda
Bailey was getting 20mg of pred, 10 twice a day to start once his hct was normal again we weaned him down over the course of several weeks, he was getting 2.5mgs a day when he passed. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
t more about using epogen, but instead I would have used aranesp instead. __._,_.___ - Original Message - From: Belinda<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:44 PM Subject:

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
Monkee's HCT was 13% two weeks ago (when we first went to the Vet because I knew something was wrong).  That was on a Tuesday.  They gave him .3 of Epogen and sent me home with a tiny bottle to give him sub-cu injections of Epogen that Thurs, and Sat.  They increased his predisone (which was 5 mg-

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Belinda
Hideyo, We both belong to the amenia list and the number when considering how many cats on the list have been on it is nowhere near that high. I have never seen this number anywhere, I have seen 30% quoted but many vets who regularly work with epogen have said in their experience the numbe

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Belinda
again 30% to 50% of cats will develop antibody, I believe this is a very high estimate, where did you get this number Hideyo?? -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV C

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Belinda
PS. If it were me I would either find a vet who knows how to work with epogen or ask your vet to research it, or take research you've done to him and ask him to work with you. Along with the epogen a cat should be getting blood builders, nutrived is a good source for this. It has the iron, v

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
: Caroline Kaufmann<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:51 AM Subject: Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues I am going to talk to Monkee's regular vet (Dr. Jones) about this because I am

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
I am going to talk to Monkee's regular vet (Dr. Jones) about this because I am worried.  And I don't like how I was pretty much told to give up on a cat that doesn't look clinically sick!  What dying cat eats a human-sized portion of raw hamburger meat and chicken livers (with gusto!)?!  And has en

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Belinda
Epogen should be given 3 times a week to start *one dose will do nothing*, It sounds like your vet isn't familiar with how to use epogen. It should be given 3 times a week and ONLY once the cat is in the normal range should that number be lowered. Bailey got it 3 times a week for about

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
you catch it with in 24 to 48 hours or so. thank you. Hideyo - Original Message - From: Caroline Kaufmann<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:32 AM Subject: Re: To Beli

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
Monkee only had one week's treatment of Epogen.  Dr. Daley didn't say anything about continuing Epogen or trying a second dose.  When I asked on Tues. if the Epogen helped him at all, she said no, because his red blood cell count was actually lower.  So, I don't know if we should try it again (mean

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
of people with experience there as well. - Original Message - From: Caroline Kaufmann<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: RE: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

RE: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
I talked to Dr. Susan Maier (holistic) yesterday.  I was having a lot of trouble myself remaining positive and I was doing a lot of crying this week about Monkee's anemia situation.  She said that Monkee's has a really strong life-force and he looks really good and I need to stay positive because t

Re: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues

2007-06-29 Thread HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
I know that it's not very common - but I did hear from two other people from anemia list who responded to epogen who had non-regenerative anemia but who was not a CRF kitty -- I have my kitty, ayumi who has non regenerative anemia with unknown cause is also suffering from anemia -- she was copin