[Felvtalk] Eye Problems and Prednisolone....

Sun Sep 25 14:05:44 CDT 2016

I'm really at my wits end as to how much more to put my little guy ( 
Yogi) through....  I adopted him 7 months ago and he has had something 
causing him pain at least 5 of them......   I put him on high doses of 
ocular Prednisolone to try to spare his vision after a severe Uveitis( 
bilateral but worse in the right eye) and the Vet said it would likely 
have to be given chronically....VERY unfortunately he developed a huge 
corneal abrasion ( Green dye uptake involved almost his etire eye)...   
Now I've got the poor little guy on atropine and two antibiotics three 
times a day in hopes of keeping the eye from rupturing..... This on top 
of his continuing to lose weight despite healthy appetite and still with 
some blood in the stool.....   The BIG problem in the moment is that I 
really can't put him back on topical corticosteroids if it is going to 
do this to him..... but.....when I tried to back off them before his 
Uveitis returned..... There is a good chance it will return 
again.....     Has anyone ever heard of anything that might be used for 
a cats eye inflammation that is not a corticosteroid??       I'll be 
frank....   this little guy is using up every single dime and then some 
of my retirement " disposable" income and I simply won't be able to 
afford him pretty soon if I don't figure something out..... beyond 
that... it is just too sad seeing him constantly suffering with one 
malady after another....   Winstrol is not going to happen unless I go 
from Vet to Vet and hope I can find one that will work with me but....  
I honestly don't hold out a lot of hope for this guy.... He started 
getting sick very young and it's not gotten any better.....  My other 
guy is holding his own and I haven't had him to the vet more than once 
for an upper respiratory infection.....   I'm not just going to wait for 
the little guy to pass.....  I'm thinking that if the Uveitis returns 
and there is nothing that will control it besides corticosteroids I'm 
going to let him go..... He's just always hurting.... Hasn't been able 
to be a kitten for more than a few weeks since I brought him home ....  
Add to this that my quality of life is pretty crappy at this point as I 
can take very little time away from home....   I'd spend thousands that 
I don't have if I had any assurance that it would make a difference but 
not just to keep him " functional" until he fades away while his life 
becomes enduring constant medication... being nearly blind.... sleeping 
and eating and avoiding the advances of his house mate who still wants 
to play.... His " better" eye does not appear to be very functional 
which leaves him at risk if the other guy decides to jump him.....   I 
sometimes separate them when I am out of the house but it appears that 
he prefers being out in the entire house even with the risk of the other 
guy.... Figure for the time he has I'll let him do as he prefers as long 
as it's not too dangerous......
But back to the original question..... any thought or experiences with 
anti Inflammatory medications that can used ocularly that are not 
Corticosteroids.......

thanks for any thoughts..
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> listen to Amani!! Sandy W ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Margo"  To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, September 
> 25, 2016 6:58:34 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining
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> I never had expected the Interferon to cause red cell or hematocrit 
> changes. Where can I find information about that?
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> -----Original Message----- From: Amani Oakley Sent: Sep 25, 2016 12:25 
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> Elizabeth
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> My experience was that the interferon did absolutely nothing for my 
> Zander. I checked his blood work weekly to track what was happening, 
> and even though I left him on it for several months (with blood 
> transfusions, to ensure there was a chance for it to work), there was 
> no effect at all on the red blood cells or haematocrit.
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> Do not wait if you don?t see improvement. My strong suggestion is to 
> put him back on the doxycycline and try again for some Winstrol.
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> Amani
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> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf 
> Of Liz McCarty Sent: September-25-16 12:20 AM To: 
> felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining
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> Hey... Hodor was pretty steady and eating well, good energy... Until 
> Wednesday. Since then be seems to not have enough energy to move very 
> far. Not eating well, or drinking well. One of his eyes started 
> tearing occasionally. He still gets excited about treats and a water 
> bottle we freeze for him that he likes to lick. He has been on 
> interferon for 2 weeks... This past week was his 7 days off. He 
> started back last night. Has anyone had interferon experience and seen 
> their cats drop on the week off? Any suggestions? I don't want to lose 
> him. We are also giving him prednisone, Pet Tinic and Dmg.
> I don't think the URI cleared before they stopped his doxycycline... 
> Even though I expressed concern they said stop for now... I want to 
> start him again....any thoughts? I don't think his immune system needs 
> this extra stress! He was doing so well when he had the doxycycline.
> Thank you.
> Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438
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