[Felvtalk] Eye Problems and Prednisolone....

Maira Favela mairafavela at gmail.com
Sun Sep 25 19:27:20 CDT 2016


P.s.:  Also, try garlic and apple cider viniger. Make sure you cook the
garlic though. These products help kill pathogens/antibacterial and help
reduce inflamation.

On Sep 25, 2016 12:06 PM, "ROBERT CHAPEL" <bchapel at optonline.net> wrote:

>
> 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..
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 01:00 PM, felvtalk-request at felineleukemia.org
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>> From: Sandy To: Margo , felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
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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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>> Thanks,
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>> Margo
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Amani Oakley Sent: Sep 25, 2016 12:25 AM
>> To: "felvtalk at felineleukemia.org" Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining
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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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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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