*`Looking for advice on how to help our beloved Victoria (white cat).
She was recently diagnosed with the beginning stages of kidney disease
and non-regenerative anemia. We've been giving her subcutaneous fluids
at home.
Can the kidney disease and non-regenerative anemia be stopped, or slowed >down?
See this link to an article I posted to our LogicalInsight.net website
about Victoria's health: >http://logicalinsight.net/house/healingpurrrsneeded.html
Victoria Needs Healing Purrrs!
Sweet Victoria has been very sick. She recently had her second blood >transfusion. The diagnosis is that Victoria is at the earliest stages of >kidney disease, has non-regenerative anemia, and a slight heart murmur.
We?ve made several trips from Johnstown to Pittsburgh, PA, to a
specialty veterinary care animal hospital. Victoria has had enough of >needles, syringes (including for feeding at times), probings, and having
her fur shaved, meow!!
Currently the cause of Victoria?s non-regenerative anemia is not known.
A bone marrow biopsy may pinpoint this. We?ve not done this yet as we >understand it to be a painful process but we are thinking about it and
need to do more research. We want to ensure that Victoria?s quality of
life is improving and not stressful for her.
We?ve been giving Victoria subcutaneous fluids at home (Ringer?s lactate >solution) as she is dehydrated. This helps her feel better, keep pumping >those fluids! Plus a drug to stimulate red blood cell growth, an
appetite stimulant, and other important medications. Victoria dropped
down to 7.35 pounds (from around 10 pounds a little over a year ago)
within a short period of time.
Victoria lived with my parents and brother in West Virginia before our >parents passed away. My family wanted a white cat as our father was
mostly blind in his later years (he had 10% of his vision and could see >white). Victoria is our angel kitty and much loved family member. We?ve
been blessed to have her in our lives and want her to be with us for
many more years.
Please send lots of healing Purrrrs to Victoria! If you can provide any >insight on how the kidney disease and non-regenerative anemia can be
halted (if that?s possible) or helped, please contact me. Victoria
meowwws her thanks in advance!
Thank you Mack for your reply. My apologies for not replying sooner. I'm new to Usenet. I use MicroPlanet Gravity (MPG) and cannot get your post to display, nor can I reply to your post for some reason on MPG (I will be looking into this more).Therefore I reluctantly came to google groups and can see your post and reply as well.
I'm now in Pennsylvania. Thank you very much for letting me know about the School of Veterinary Medicine at Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design at West Virginia University and providing their phone number. I'll give them a call.Perhaps someone there could point me to people in our area who could help. I'm happy to make as many calls as necessary.
We're about 80 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Take care, be safe and well,
Peter,
I've checked out Penn Vet's website and see that they are in
Philadelphia. I may give them a call anyway. It's great that they are on
the cutting edge.
Good information on your Maine Coon being treated with Lysine for feline >herpes and the non-regenerative anemia suggesting that the bone marrow
is not specifically involved. We have an appointment with our local >veterinarian in a couple of days so I will be asking about these
matters. Victoria has most of the symptoms that you listed. Yes, seven
years is too young for our angel kitty to be going through all of this
(not good for any kitty at any age).
That's wonderful that your kitty has been symptom free and I hope that
he continues to be well.
Thank you very much for your advice. Best to you,
Bubba and Pookie send her their best wishes!
https://ibb.co/JFXCJCS
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On 01/09/2020 15:38, Mack A. Damia wrote:
Bubba and Pookie send her their best wishes!
https://ibb.co/JFXCJCS
Alma sends her good wishes.
She gimme good head LOL
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A weird troll...
We now have two idiots competing in the same village. Sad. Lagos and Doe, get a room, please. Elsewhere.
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