Marnie, I'm so sorry about your cat. I've lost many FelV cats to anemia,
and I too was advised against transfusions. They are very expensive, and
they only buy the FelV cat a little bit of time.
Lorrie
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>From: Marnie Miszewski
>To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.or
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> *From:* Marnie Miszewski
> *To:* "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:48 PM
> *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Anemia & blood transfusions
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> I apologize in advance if this topic has been discussed r
hrough this.
Beth
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From: Marnie Miszewski
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:48 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Anemia & blood transfusions
I apologize in advance if t
ney because the FELV will
continue to attack the marrow and he will continue to need transfusions.
I read that the transfusions can last longer each time you get them, but I
don't know if that's true. Has anyone had a cat in this situation? Did the
transfusion last more than a few
that we do the things which will be remembered"
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:59:31 -0700
> From: mr_mok...@yahoo.com
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] URGENT: help needed re: info on transfusions/epogen,
> etc
>
> did the vet have a
Re: [Felvtalk] URGENT: help needed re: info on transfusions/epogen,
> etc
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 10:13 PM
>
> Sounds like the vet is not too interested in working with felv cats. Gave
> up before fighting, huh.
>
> With a hematocrit
NT: help needed re: info on transfusions/epogen, etc
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 10:13 PM
Sounds like the vet is not too interested in working with felv cats. Gave
up before fighting, huh.
With a hematocrit of eight the cat's in real trouble. If it's
THANK YOU, honey--i was hoping you'd jump in.
okay, here's the latest--she's found an er vet that she's worked with
before and likes (this one she took kitty to yesterday was a
desperation choice, as she's moved recently--and everything to him is
money.) they've got the bloodwork from the first ve
PS. My vet did more than 5 transfusions on a positive and never had
problems.
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Baileys anemia was non regenerative and epogen and prednisolone kick
started his red cell production and he did fine for almost 6 months, he
passed from undiagnosed pancreatic cancer but his HCT when he passed was
still at 33%. He started the epo when his HCT was at 18%, it dropped to
15% (th
ifference
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> MaryChristine
> Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org
> )
> Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:24 PM, jbero tds.net wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > With respect t
cial-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org)
Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team)
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Sara Kasteleyn
wrote:
> Just another two cents to addwe had very good luck with two transfusions
> of typed blood on our kitty several years ago. She didn&#
Just another two cents to addwe had very good luck with two transfusions
of typed blood on our kitty several years ago. She didn't have FeLV issues.
Sara
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[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of gary
thanks, gary! i cannot for the life of me figure out why the vet
didn't check for hemobartenellosis, and no, cat is NOT on doxy! on
clavamox. (don't even ask.)
MC
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MaryChristine
Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed R
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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] URGENT: help needed re: info on transfusions/epogen,
etc
I always caution people about transfusions based on my own experience.
Our kitten needed a transfusion due to her levels being so low which she
did get. After the transfusion she perked up and seemed li
An HCT of 8 is critical, if it isn't stopped very quickly, the cat will die
shortly. My vet did transfusions on two of my FeLV cats, she should
definitely seek a new vet. The vet should have been able to tell if the
anemia is regenerative or non-regenerative. If non-regenerative
s.org)
Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team)
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:24 PM, jbero tds.net wrote:
> Hey,
>
> With respect to blood transfusions in cats. Most cats are blood group A -
> around 99% in the US. As it is in people you need to match the blood
> types. Because t
Hey,
With respect to blood transfusions in cats. Most cats are blood group A -
around 99% in the US. As it is in people you need to match the blood
types. Because there is such a high prevelance of type A in the US, they do
not always do a type and cross - to me this seems foolish as it would
ineleukemia.org
Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 3:53:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] URGENT: help needed re: info on transfusions/epogen, etc
I always caution people about transfusions based on my own experience. Our
kitten needed a transfusion due to her levels being so low which she did get.
After
I always caution people about transfusions based on my own experience. Our
kitten needed a transfusion due to her levels being so low which she did get.
After the transfusion she perked up and seemed like she was getting better
however an hour and half after she started to crash. Three hours
just got an email from a rescue i work with, about someone who adopted
a FeLV positive a few months ago. kitty is NOT doing well--with a
hematocrit of 8. she asked her vet about doing a transfusion, and he
said that's not done with FeLV cats. well, other than getting a new
vet, i'm asking you guys
One more thing to consider when you are possibly looking at a transfusion.
Depending on where you live and where you go, the cross-matching process might
be a lengthy one. I don't have problems with that, because the employees at
my vet's are glad to have their own animals donate God thanks.
No rush, I have like 100 new links to add so far... you have plenty of time!
Phaewryn
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The easy way out has a bad reputation.
Why would anyone take the hard way out?
"The door? No thanks, that would be the easy way out. I'm jumping out the
window."
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Phaewryn,
Haven't forgotten about the anemia thing, will try and get it next
week, am getting caught up on some things. Started a website for hubby
and his relatives in WV, kind of like a genealogy thing, been working on
that for the last 3 days.
Can you take a few minutes and do a goo
Thanks again for the responses, I'm looking into the very kind suggestions
made here.
Barry
how long is he going between transfusions, and how low has his pcv gone?
michelle
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Thanks for all of your replies, I'd love to hear about successes in treating
FELVs where the cat's bone
her. I won't put the cat down as long as he's not in distress/pain, and
he's happy. Yes, I know the conventional wisdom about this stage of FELV,
but In fact, the only real positive thing that his vets say is that he
seems to be thriving between transfusions despite the FELV, and persistent
anemia...
n as long as he's not in distress/pain, and
he's happy. Yes, I know the conventional wisdom about this stage of FELV,
but In fact, the only real positive thing that his vets say is that he
seems to be thriving between transfusions despite the FELV, and persistent
anemia...
Wow, then the old thought of once it's in the marrow it's hopeless no longer
exists?
Can you take a few minutes and do a good write up of the treatment options
for that late stage Belinda... I will post it on my website. I'd do it but
you have experience, so you're better for the job!
Phaewryn
h
y, it wasn't the anemia that killed him but the undiagnosed cancer.
When repeat transfusions do not show improvements it's a sign that the
FELV has attacked the bone marrow.
--
Belinda
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No but Bailey non-regenerative anemia was completely reversed with
epogen and prednisolone, they both contributed equally to the turn
around, atleast that is what my vet was told by a specialist she was
consulting with.
Has anyone had any positive experiences with repeat transfusions of an
When repeat transfusions do not show improvements it's a sign that the FELV
has attacked the bone marrow, and it's probably really close to the time to
come to terms with the fact that FELV is a terminal illness. I'm so sorry to
have to tell you that. You can keep doing the transfus
My Simon was helped by repeat transfusions, but he had lymphoma in his bone
marrow and just needed to buy time for the chemo to kick in, which it did.
What is the situation? If I were going to do transfusions, I would also do
steroids (pred or dex) and either epogen or acemannan, both of
Has anyone had any positive experiences with repeat transfusions of an FELV
cat that isn't producing red cells? Any results that show that transfusions
(in the absence of any other symptoms but anemia) can at least keep an FELV at
status quo? Thanks.
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