[Felvtalk] FW: FW: Questioning FELV diagnosis

[Amani Oakley]

Randy

The news is good. Whatever works. I am a big believer in keeping close tabs on the bloodwork and adjusting the medication, depending on what the lab results show.

Given that Curley is eating and you are getting an improvement on the red cells already, I agree that the Winstrol and Doxy should help even more. Keep track of the blood work and adjust accordingly.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Randy Henke
Sent: December-23-16 11:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Questioning FELV diagnosis

The situation with Curly is getting a bit more complicated but in a good way. Her blood work a week ago showed an RBC of 9 which is critically low. White cell count was 3.1. After one week of Prednisone her white cell count is 3.7 which is the low end of normal and her red blood cell count is up to 13 which is still very low but a very significant increase in just one week. So the Prednisone alone is making a big difference. We've now had two positive ELISA tests, a negative IFA and severe anemia that is responding well to just Prednisone. I am very confused. Even our vet seems surprised by the sudden improvement in her numbers. He thinks we should do a bone marrow biopsy for a definitive FELV diagnosis but I don't really want to put her through that procedure.
We did start the Winstrol a day ago so I would think that could only help more. We should be tapering down the Prednisone dose at this time but our vet now wants to continue the full dosage for another two weeks before running another CBC. And the Doxy will be started on Monday. I'm beginning to think she might pull out of this crisis and we might have a little more time with her.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:46 PM, Ardy Robertson <ardyr at centurytel.net<mailto:ardyr at centurytel.net>> wrote:
Best of luck to you with Curly ---- just wanted to mention there are appetite stimulant pills available. One that I remember that I used with Tigger was Mirtazapine and I only had to give a small part of a pill every 3 days. Amani knows of another one but I can’t remember the name of it.

Ardy
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