[Felvtalk] Merlot

[Maya D'Alessio]

Hey everyone,

Merlot is my 3.5 year old cat. Last summer my other cat passed away from
FeLV (we had no idea she had it), and we had Merlot tested. He tests + on
the snap/pcr test, but - on the ELISA. This gave me a little bit of piece
of mind, in the hope that he would not become persistently +.

Last night he was completely uninterested in dinner (very unusual for him),
and he seemed a bit warm and lethargic. I took him in to the vets this
morning and they wanted to do bloodwork. He has a temperature of 40.5 C. First
results come back all normal except a very low platelet count.

They gave him a small dosage of prednisone, and a shot of penicillin and
sent me home with doxycillin and some food to force feed him if he won't
eat on his own. They want me to watch him and come back in to the vets in 3
days to re-test his blood.

Any experience with low platelet count, what that means and if there is any
treatment?

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Maya D'Alessio
PhD student
B1 377B, x32320
Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator
Biology GSA Vice Chair
GSA Director At-Large
University of Waterloo
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