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

[Belinda]

PS.  Bailey was diagnosed at 5 months old, he was 11 years old when I 
lost him.


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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