[Felvtalk] Bogey...

Thu Oct 27 17:02:34 CDT 2016

Thank you Robert. It is a roller coaster of emotions. I sleep very well
when I hear her playing with her wad of paper in the hall in the middle of
the night.

Cute story about the your cats and the mystery leaves. :-) I have decided
that cat toys are a complete waste of money anymore. A cotton ball, qtip,
bubble wrap, feather earring all are more interesting to Bogey.

I am starting to see that her good days are not as good as they were a
month ago. No butt wiggles or jumping out to surprise the pups. She is
just a tiny little 6.2 pound cat and had such a big personality. She does
seem content like you described. Purrs and guards the bird feeders through
the window from her condo. She probably sick of all the attention I give
her, especially at pill time. I do hope she can bounce back.

This is such a terrible, awful disease. Thanks for tips on what your cat
will eat. I am writing them all down so I can try them with Bogey. She had
her first KFC today. She wanted more but I thought I better offer it to
her in small meals.

I agree about the blood tests. It just really affirmed what I already
knew. 

Thank you for writing!

On 10/27/16, 2:46 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of ROBERT CHAPEL"
<felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org on behalf of bchapel at optonline.net>
wrote:

>Sherri...
>My heart goes out to you... I KNOW very firsthand how difficult it is to
>have no idea which way it will go.
>I've thought my little guy was on his way out too many times to count
>already and he just keeps bouncing back... Not always as well as before
>but he still eats well, purrs a lot despite the 7 meds I have to give
>him for his eyes and manages to stay out of reach of his Heavier, insane
>1 yr old " brother" ( also FeLV+ but mercifully still healthy and
>currently engaged in bringing leaves from the porch, individually in his
>mouth, into the kitchen to play with.... I couldn't figure out where all
>the leaves were coming from until I saw him do this, meticulously, over
>15 minutes.... it was "cute overload"!!
>I went to the ends of the earth to find things that Yogi would eat when
>he was at his worst and the ONLY thing that worked for me was to grind
>temptations chicken treats very finely and sprinkle them over all meat
>baby food ( I tried a variety of meats I cooked myself and ground but he
>preferred the baby food)... Sometimes Chicken Broth on a plate inspired
>him to drink a bit more....worked better than a bowel as kitties do not
>see straight down and his nose was, at times , a bit stuffed...  Don't
>know if this is useful but my experience here is that the cumulative
>experience of everyone usually nets some good useable ideas....Please
>try not to stress too much over the blood results.... there was a time
>before we had the ability to know whats going on inside bodies that we
>just judged how well we ( or our creatures) were doing by their
>functioning... and he appears to be functioning reasonably well...  Heck
>... people run marathons with heart conditions..
>
>
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>> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:34:17 -0500
>> From: "Ardy Robertson" To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup
>> today - bad results
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>> I'll be praying the Doxy helps!!
>> Ardy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Sherri Godschalk
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 10:38 PM
>> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
>>
>> Ardy,
>> She has been on the prednisolone since August 1. The Stanzolol about 2
>> weeks
>> after that. Today was first day of Doxy. Thanks for the well wishes.
>> I think we are going to need them.
>>
>> SHerri
>>
>> On 10/26/16, 10:54 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Ardy Robertson"
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can I ask how long she has been on the Stanozolol? And you just
>>> started the Prednisolone and Doxy, correct? My best wishes to Bogey
>>> to improve soon!!
>>>
>>> Ardy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
>>> Of Amani Oakley
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:59 PM
>>> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
>>>
>>> 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 Bogey?s last lab results. She had
>>> been sleeping a lot and not as active so this really didn?t 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 isn?t 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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>> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:40:53 +0000
>> From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk at felineleukemia.org" Subject: Re:
>> [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
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>> It is an old wives' tale. It will not thin the blood.
>>
>> Amani
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
>> Of Sherri Godschalk
>> Sent: October-26-16 11:41 PM
>> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
>>
>> 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"  wrote:
>>
>>> RE:  APPETITE, TRY A CAN OF MACKEREL, THE STINKIER THE BETTER THEY
>>> SEEM TO LIKE IT.
>>>
>>> ---- Amani Oakley  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"
>>>>
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