[Felvtalk] Please help! Anemic felv kitty, what can be done??

[Belinda]

     When my Bailey was anemic and yes it was non regenerative anemia, 
we tried Epogen, it kept his HCT within normal range, I have also used 
Procrit, when my CRF kitty was anemic.  My vet didn't think it would do 
any good but I figured what did we have to lose except his life .... he 
lived for months until the cancer we could diagnose took him.  We knew 
he had cancer but non of the tests or ultra sounds gave us a definitive 
diagnosis.  After he passed my vet did a necropsy and he had pancreatic 
cancer which I suspected because he didn't want to eat and sometimes his 
tube feedings seemed to bother him.

There is also something called Eprex, which I have not heard of or used.


On 2/27/2015 12:21 PM, Katherine K. wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM, N. E. Juskowich <nej917 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:nej917 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Time is of the essence for us and I need to know if there's
>     something else that can be done for my sweet little
>     just-turned-one-year-old boy.  He had a PCV of 12% and received a
>     blood transfusion, his PCV went up a little, then back down, then
>     up to 17% over the course of 24 hours.  He was put on 7.5 mg.
>     prednisone, 25 mg. mycophenolate, 18.75 mg. plavix (to prevent
>     clots from the pred/mycophenolate combo), 25 mg. doxycycline (in
>     case of mycoplasma infection), and 5 mg. famotidine to prevent GI
>     issues from the pred.
>
>     His anemia is currently non-regenerative with two most likely
>     potential causes: he was agglutination positive, a sign of immune
>     mediated red blood cell destruction; he may have leukemia in the
>     marrow.  We did not do a bone marrow aspirate because cancer would
>     be too advanced at this stage, the severe anemia indicating this
>     to be the case.  The doctor said it could take a few days of
>     immunosuppressant therapy for the bone marrow to respond.
>
>     Two days after the PCV of 17% we had a recheck and it is now down
>     to 14%.  He is going to receive another transfusion.
>
>     I need to know as quickly as possible: Is there anything else that
>     can be done at this stage?  I was looking into treatment with
>     TCyte (LTCI), but my vet said it would be a waste of time and
>     money.  I'd read on a forum that a severely anemic felv kitty
>     responded very well to the drug and I would've been willing to
>     give it a shot.  My vet is of the opinion that I should not have
>     bothered with this second transfusion (he had to go to emergency
>     hospital for it) and the TCyte is "hogwash". I'm sitting here
>     feeling hopeless and wondering if this really is the end and what
>     do I do now if he doesn't respond to the transfusion.
>
>     Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  No sugar coating
>     necessary, but please be gentle.  If nothing can be done, what can
>     I do for him to keep him happy and comfortable?  Will he need
>     euthanized or will he pass peacefully?
>
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