[Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results

[Sherri Godschalk]

Great ideas on the KFC, tuna and such. I will get some tomorrow for her. I
am trying to find something with not much salt as I was always told that
thins the blood. Is that an old wive’s tale?

On 10/26/16, 7:29 PM, "felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org on behalf of
dlgegg at windstream.net" <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org on behalf of
dlgegg at windstream.net> wrote:

>RE:  APPETITE, TRY A CAN OF MACKEREL, THE STINKIER THE BETTER THEY SEEM
>TO LIKE IT.
>
>---- Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com> wrote:
>> Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is
>>eating, you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low platelet
>>count but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming right now. Were
>>there clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count? See if your
>>results have anything at the bottom about the recheck they did for the
>>low platelets.
>> 
>> Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or
>>tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried
>>Chicken for her (without the covering!).
>> 
>> You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't
>>giving up, and neither should you or Bogey.
>> 
>> I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly,
>>though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is willing
>>to try it now.
>> 
>> Amani 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
>>Of Sherri Godschalk
>> Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM
>> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
>> 
>> Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the
>>fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made him
>>think we needed to add something. He is going to look into Interferon
>>for her and I am going to research that this evening as I have only seen
>>it mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I am awfully glad
>>about that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't think Bogey is ready
>>either.
>> 
>> Sherri
>> 
>> On 10/26/16, 1:59 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"
>> <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org on behalf of
>>aoakley at oakleylegal.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >Hi Sherri
>> >
>> >Yes, some of the results are worse (especially the platelets) but the
>> >retic count is actually up a bit. I hope that adding the Doxycycline
>> >might help.  The haematocrit and red cells are down, but nowhere as
>>low 
>> >as I have seen them in cats with FeLV, so there is a lot of cushion
>> >still there. The best piece of news is that she is eating and drinking
>> >and gaining weight.
>> >
>> >Amani
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
>> >Of Sherri Godschalk
>> >Sent: October-26-16 12:59 PM
>> >To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>> >Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
>> >
>> >Just a bit of information regarding Bogey¹s last lab results. She had
>> >been sleeping a lot and not as active so this really didn¹t surprise
>>me.
>> >Everything has taken a down turn.
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  
>> >	Range		26-Oct	30-Sep
>> >RBC	6.54	12.2	2.54	2.9
>> >HCT	30.3	52.3	14.8	17.9
>> >HGB	9.8	16.2	5.2	6.2
>> >MCV	35.9	53.1	58.3	61.7
>> >MCH	11.8	17.3	20.5	21.4
>> >MCHC	28.1	35.8	35.1	34.6
>> >RDW	15	27	24.5	25.2
>> >RETIC	3	50	89.9	82.1
>> >WBC	2.87	17.02	13.05	12.01
>> >NEU	1.48	1.029	3.97	3.96
>> >LYM	0.92	6.88	7.8	6.81
>> >MONO	0.05	0.67	1.16	1.17
>> >EOS	0.17	1.57	0.11	0.06
>> >BASO	0.01	0.26	0.01	0.01
>> >PLT	151	800	28	53
>> >
>> >
>> >The only bit of good news is the doc did start her on Doxycycline
>>twice 
>> >a day. So she is going to be on that and Prednisolone and Stanzolol. I
>> >also give her Petinic twice a day and am going to add Lysine. I hope
>> >that the Doxy isn¹t arriving too late to help.
>> >
>> >Bogey is not suffering. She is eating, drinking and gaining weight,
>> >although just a little, playing once in awhile. She is hiding now
>>which 
>> >she never did before. My heart hurts today.
>> >
>> >Thanks for listening.
>> >
>> >Sherri
>> > 
>> >
>> >
>> >
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