<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks Marsha. Yeah it seems somewhat common for thrombocytopenia to develop in FeLV cats. I am assuming that it means it's not a good sign overall for his longer term health. I am hoping to hear of a miracle drug to get his platelets back up, then hope his body can keep it up.<br><div><br></div><div>His platelets were much less than the 200 low limit of the normal range. They tested twice and got 38 and 64, and they did a smear just to confirm there wasn't platelet clumping.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Marsha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martia@lynxe.com" target="_blank">martia@lynxe.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Treatment depends on the cause of the
low platelet count. If it's low enough that blood can't clot
properly, he could develop internal bleeds from minor events, and
become anemic or worse. If the cause was his immune system
attacking his own platelets, the treatment might be prednisolone
to suppress his immune system. But if he's FeLV+, that's not so
likely. Platelet deficiency is called thrombocytopenia.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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On 10/18/2015 1:54 PM, Maya D'Alessio wrote:<br>
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Last summer my other cat passed away from FeLV (we had no idea
she had it), and we had Merlot tested. He tests + on the
snap/pcr test, but - on the ELISA. This gave me a little bit
of piece of mind, in the hope that he would not become
persistently +.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">Last night he was completely
uninterested in dinner (very unusual for him), and he seemed a
bit warm and lethargic. I took him in to the vets this morning
and they wanted to do bloodwork. He has a temperature of 40.5
C. <span style="font-size:12.8px">First results come back all
normal except a very low platelet count. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">They
gave him a small dosage of prednisone, and a shot of
penicillin and sent me home with doxycillin and some food to
force feed him if he won't eat on his own. They want me to
watch him and come back in to the vets in 3 days to re-test
his blood.</span></div>
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count, what that means and if there is any treatment?
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Maya D'Alessio<div>PhD student</div><div>B1 377B, x32320</div><div>Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator</div><div>Biology GSA Vice Chair</div><div>GSA Director At-Large</div><div>University of Waterloo</div></div></div>
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