[Felvtalk] PLEASE HELP ASAP - VERY SICK FELV CAT

[LORRAINE JOHNSTON]

Oral dosing is okay with human interferon Alfa 2b. You might want to try retromad1, imported from Malaysia. There is a man, John B., on the fivtherapy yahoogroup who has a colony of felv and fiv cats, and lots of good advice. You might want to join that group (felv is discussed there, even though the group name is fivtherapy). Also, I will get in touch with 

John via private email about your kitty. He is in South Africa, so if you’re in the US, there might be a time delay.


BTW, I don’t hear too many success stories about tcyte. Not that it causes harm, to my knowledge, just that it doesn't seem to help.


- Lorraine 

> On September 19, 2019 at 7:50 AM Wendy <Wendy at WendyFrank.Net> wrote:
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>     Hello Lorraine, it is interferon alpha 2B compounded that my vet ordered for our cat from Road Runner Pharmacy.  It shows Cat on the label.  He takes the interferon orally, and not by injection.  Sorry for all of the responses, I’m trying to figure out this system and worried about our precious cat.  Does this help?  Thank you so much, Wendy
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>     On Sep 18, 2019, at 10:26 PM, Wendy < Wendy at wendyfrank.net mailto:Wendy at wendyfrank.net > wrote:
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> >         Hello, Our FELV positive neutered male cat approximately 1 and ½ years old has gotten very sick suddenly.  He is a house cat, and he was neutered in May of 2019.  Would you please let us know what we can do to help our much-loved cat?  A few days ago, he became lethargic and lost interest in eating.  We had his blood drawn yesterday and he had iv fluids yesterday, and today we were told he needed a blood transfusion (or two) and more iv fluids, and then a bone marrow test tomorrow.  We were told that the first blood transfusion today was not very effective because he got so many iv fluids at the same time, so now they are going to give him another transfusion.  As background, we rescued him as a stray from Barbados in October 2018 when he was about 6 months old, and he has been healthy, active, happy and gaining weight, despite being FELV positive.  Since October 2018, we cured him of giardia and bartonella henselae.  On 12/31/2018, he tested positive for the ELISA and IFA, although his blood work was in normal ranges at that time.  In 03/2019, we started giving him 1 t-cyte shot once per month, and we started giving him 1ml of interferon per days for 7 days on and then 7 days off, repeated.  We have continued the interferon and t-cyte in this manner ever since 03/2019.  Just yesterday, here are the results of his blood work that are not in normal range:
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> >         AST (SGOT) 106
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> >         Glucose 178
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> >         CPK 711
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> >         WBC 20.5
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> >         RBC 2.5
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> >         HGB 4.5
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> >         HCT 14
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> >         NRBC 9
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> >         Platelet Count 78
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> >         Neutrophils 1640
> > 
> >         Lymphocytes 17630
> > 
> >         Monocytes 1025
> > 
> >         Basophils 205
> > 
> >         Protein 2+
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> >         Reticulocyte 0.6 and 15000
> > 
> >         Would you please let us know what we can do to help our cat?
> > 
> >         Thank you, Wendy
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> >     > 


 

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