Healing vibes and prayers to Jake! My heart goes out to you both
Carla
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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:00:47 -0500
From: Marissa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Prayers for Jake
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
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I just took Jake into the vet because he has been acting "not
himself"
lately. Lethargic, not eating as much, not as active, etc.
And I also saw
him eating his littler. I had a feeling he was going to be
anemic and I am
sad to say I was right. I have no expereince whatsoever to
this so I am all
new. The doctor did a Hematocrit and it came back with 10,
which he said
was in the really bad range. He said that it has probably been
happening
really slowly so his body has been able to adjust. I guess
normally cats in
that range are in dire straits. Jake isn't at all, he is just
weak.
Anyway, he gave him a b12 shot, iron shot and something to
stimulate the
bone marrow. But he said the prognosis isn't great at this
point. He said
there is the option of hospitalizing him and doing a whole host
of test,
Xrays and a transfusion, but I really don't want to put him
through that at
this point, especially since he is FELV+.
I am devastated....I have only had Jake for 5 months (he is
about 2.5) and I
just love him. I started crying when the vet told me all this.
I hope he
turns around from this and since you are all experts on these
issues I am
eager to see if anyone has any suggestions or information to
share..
