[Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress

[Ardy Robertson]

Sooooo happy to hear this Sherri. Very hard to take some of those vet
comments so it must have felt wonderful to send a healthy picture and good
report. Continued Best for you and Bogey!!  She's lucky she has you! At the
moment, all my strays are healthy and FELV-free, and I still miss my Tigger
who passed from FELV in 2016. Had I been able to get going on the Winstrol,
Prednisolone, Doxy regimen sooner, I'm convinced he would still be with us.

Ardy Robertson

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From: Felvtalk <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org> On Behalf Of Sherri
Godschalk
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:56 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's Progress

Good afternoon everyone. I was a pretty active person on this board when my
new stray kitten Bogey was diagnosed as FELV+ in 2016. We had a rough go of
it the first six months and you all were very helpful and kind and I can't
thank you enough for that. The information was invaluable. I have become ill
myself since that time so I fell off the planet for a bit but I wanted to
take a moment to let you know about my girl.

Bogey is doing very well. 8/2016 - 1/2019 she had been taking 1mg of
Winstrol (half of a capsule) and a half of a Prednisilone. (sp) I also
treated her with a series of Doxy (7 days) once every 3 months. These
dosages seem low but anything higher made her liver very sick and she was
only barely 5 pounds initially.

When I took her for her biannual Chem 17 test 1/2019 ALL of her levels were
completely normal. She has gained about 3.5 pounds and has really thrived.
She went almost 4 months last year without the need of any kind of
treatment. Her numbers dropped a bit last in November, just the low side of
normal and but very low platelets. So she is getting just the Winstrol 4
times a month. I will know next week at her checkup if that needs to be
increased. My vet says that this is not uncommon in the winter
months...hibernation/longer nights/colder temps.

So here we are. I am so thankful that we found a vet willing to try to save
her by prescribing these meds for her. She was failing so fast that I know
she would have been gone years ago. Nothing felt as good as sending her
blood test results and a photo of her to our original vet that said she
should be destroyed because there were "plenty of other healthy cats that
need homes".

Best to all.

Sherri & Bogey



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