[Felvtalk] Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat

Tue Dec 13 18:03:14 CST 2016

Yes…here are her comparison results. I just visited with her and she appears
better this evening. She seemed less out of it. Walking better. Ate a
little. Even the guy who cleans the ICU there said he saw much improvement.
Hoping and praying. Amani they gave me two sheets of test results this time.
It’s the one that shows the enzyme levels and such. I will post that in a
bit.

  Range 12-Dec 26-Oct 30-Sep 16-Sep 24-Aug
 RBC 6.54 12.2 4.99 2.54 2.9 2.57 2.43
 HCT 30.3 52.3 35.1 14.8 17.9 15.3 15.3
 HGB 9.8 16.2 10.4 5.2 6.2 5.5 5.3
 MCV 35.9 53.1 70.3 58.3 61.7 59.1 62.6
 MCH 11.8 17.3 20.8 20.5 21.4 21.4 21.8
 MCHC 28.1 35.8 29.6 35.1 34.6 36.2 34.9
 RDW 15 27 22.2 24.5 25.2 23.7 23.9
 RETIC 3 50 27.4 89.9 82.1 78.1 61.5
 WBC 2.87 17.02 8.59 13.05 12.01 14.47 13.46
 NEU 1.48 10.29 5.42 3.97 3.96 4.07 4.03
 LYM 0.92 6.88 2.21 7.8 6.81 8.83 7.75
 MONO 0.05 0.67 0.87 1.16 1.17 1.52 1.58
 EOS 0.17 1.57 0.08 0.11 0.06 0.004 0.01
 BASO 0.01 0.26 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0
 PLT 151 800 122 28 53 88 50

From:  Felvtalk <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org> on behalf of Amani
Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com>
Reply-To:  <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
Date:  Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 4:46 PM
To:  "felvtalk at felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
Subject:  Re: [Felvtalk] Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat

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>
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] On Behalf Of
Sherri Godschalk
Sent: December-13-16 4:27 PM
To: 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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