[Felvtalk] Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat

[Amani Oakley]

That is very strange indeed. Usually, any jaundice develops rather slowly. Your description leaves me confused. Have they tested her again to see what the current values are?

I don’t understand the numbers you have posted, by the way. Perhaps they are in different units than what I am familiar with. I also don’t recognize the abbreviation you used. If you want more information, please post the results exactly as you have received them, along with full titles of the tests and the reference ranges.

Amani


From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: December-13-16 4:38 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat

Hi Amani. She is hospitalized. I am going up to see her again as soon as I get out of here. She hasn't had the Winstrol now since Sunday at noon. The jaundice was sudden. She was wobbly Sunday night but still eating. I made an appointment for her right away but I couldn't get in for 5 hours. I gave her a little tuna water and I swear within 15 minutes her ears had turned yellow. So I took her right in. She is very sick. I can't imagine her pulling through this.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com<mailto:aoakley at oakleylegal.com>> wrote:
The jaundice is probably a side effect of the Winstrol. Is she still on it? If so, discontinue. You don’t need it right now anyway with her blood counts doing so well. From what I saw in my cats, any of them whose liver enzymes increased, would show a quick and steady drop of the enzymes once the Winstrol was continued. After a rest period, I could start them on it again. However, my cats didn’t actually show any jaundice, though their liver enzymes (ALT, ALP, AST, Total Bilirubin, Direct Bilirubin) might increase.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org>] On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: December-13-16 4:27 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
Subject: [Felvtalk] Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat

I just wanted you all to know that my cat Bogey made an unbelievable recovery in her counts in the last 6 weeks, only to become jaundice suddenly yesterday and is not doing well at all.

Her platelets had jumped to 112 from the lower 20s. Her RBC was up to 4.9 and it had been half of that. The amazing jump had been in her hematocrit was al the way up to 38 from 15. She had been feeling so good and then everything went south in less than a day.

Her enzymes are at 29. And the scale at the DR says the high end of the scale is .9. She turned yellow and I got her to the vet within the hour. She has been on IV trying to flush things out for about 28 hours. She is eating. But is very disoriented. I believe she is less wobbly today but they are not retesting her blood until tomorrow. I have had 2 visits with her and she knows my voice.

My doctor isn't willing to do anything else for her if she does't improve tonight. With her normalized blood test now, I am wondering if maybe they should look for a bile obstruction or something. She has no fever, normal bowel movements. Her urine is dark.

I was just wondering if I should be trying to find another vet if this one will not even ultrasound her. Suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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