erythro-leukaemia? Cedar

My heart aches for you Dan.

Cedar

oh Dan, I'm so sorry sweet Cedar is so ill

My cats, who are all FeLV+, sometimes develop a disease where their bone marrow stops producing red blood cells. I cannot for the life of me remember what it is called I know that in these cases, transfusions can help prolong their life, but there is no cure save a bone marrow transplant and, well, you can imagine how difficult that would be to a) find a donor and b) to put the kitty thru that.

You and Cedar are in my thoughts

Poor sweet Cedar. I know he tends to be a fearful kitty, so he must be just beside himself being away from his family and feeling crummy. Poor darling. And poor you not being able to do anything to relieve his fear. Keeping everything crossed that you soon get some good answers and direction, and that he can recover from this. to you all, and many for your sweetie.

Dan i'm holding you both so close right now because i can only imagine what your going through

Mega healthy for Cedar

thankyou to you all It really is just an awful time.

Katie - I think I will need to have a chat with you when I get my head around things.

So... the FeLV test has come back negative which is great.

We are still dealing with Leukemia though just another strain (?) of it. Unfortunatly though the IV fluids & antibiotics are not working to bring his fever down so they are unsure at this stage how to tackle the infection he is currently fighting. Obviously we need this to occur so he can start eating. (maybe I wrote all this earlier so I apologise if I am repeating myself)

tomorrow morning (in exactly 12 hours time) we have an appointment to see a specialist. I will pick Cedar up from the vet at 8.15am and go straight to the specialist for a 9.15am appointment. I am not sure what will happen from here I do hope for some more definite answers in the morning

Hi Danielle I am just seeing this thread and want to add my sympathy and well wishes to the others. It's terrible when they are ill, you feel so helpless. I'm glad you are able to visit Cedar I know that must mean the world to him, and will be watching for news after your trip today.

all paws crossed and praying hard.

xo

I am holding you, Cedar and your darling girls in my thoughts Dan.

The poor baby I hope they can sort him out soon

He's such a timid little boy as well so he must be missing his Mum

Adding more for both Cedar and you

Originally Posted by katiemae1277

oh Dan, I'm so sorry sweet Cedar is so ill

My cats, who are all FeLV+, sometimes develop a disease where their bone marrow stops producing red blood cells. I cannot for the life of me remember what it is called

I know that in these cases, transfusions can help prolong their life, but there is no cure save a bone marrow transplant and, well, you can imagine how difficult that would be to a) find a donor and b) to put the kitty thru that.

You and Cedar are in my thoughts

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Yep that happened to my Leo where his bone marrow would not produce, he then became extreamly amemic and the blood transfusions were $700.00 and he would need them every 3 days.


Praying for Cedar

Oh dear. I was hoping to hear some really positive news. Dan, my thoughts and prayers are still with you and sweet Cedar.

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Just keeping the and prayers flowing for your sweet scared boy.

they'll figure this out and it will be easily treatable! And for poor, scared Cedar.

We have to take Bill in for his annual, so I'll bring the info to my vet. With Tuxie's immuno problem (blood problem), our vet is now like an expert on cat blood diseases.

I'm so encouraged that Cedar wasn't anemic yet - that means they caught whatever this is very early.

Laurie... that would be wonderful and I would really appreciate it!! thankyou

I am back from the specialist. Its not good news unfortunately.

He is presently getting another blood test done (for a 2nd opinion) and a bone marrow test. Unfortunately we still may not get any concrete answers but either way, the news is not good.

I will await the results and post a bit later when my head is in a better place. I am a bit too teary right now.

Holding you close, Dan.

Just checking in and renewing the

oh Dan I'm keeping the vibes up

I am typing this as I am bawling my eyes out. Things are very very bad

so we went to the specialist this morning who couldnt give me many answers as the results were so inconclusive. To cut a long story short he recommended either a 2nd blood test for a second opinion (the minimum) or a bone marrow test.
He said that I needed to prepare myself for (1) we may not get any more answers or (2) any answer we get is going to be bad.

I said I wanted both done even though the cost of that bone marrow test almost scared me, but I never ever want to question myself and think i could of done more. So I left him there for the day. This afternoon on consultation between the specialist and my vet they agreed that I should bring him home (at least for 24 hours) in the hope that his fever will lessen and he might eat (thinking maybe he is so stressed out which is causing the fever and non eating). I of course thought this was an absolute MAGNIFICIENT idea so I promptly went and picked him up.

The test results came back this evening confirming Erythro-leukaemia.

Worse news (if there can be worse news) is that even though 3 days a go he was not anemic he is now which means the cancer is aggressive.

He is so lethargic and his breathing is so very very labored. This is not the Cedar I know at all. He is not very well and I fear that he is dying in front of my eyes and I can not do a thing to stop it. The specialist mentioned a medicine (?) that we can try but I fear it is just far to late. I know I probably could call the emergancy vet now and get him back on IV fluids (its 9pm at night here) but I dont want him in that cage any more, not when he is so frightened.

oh gosh, this is just my worst nightmare. A week a go he was just running around like normal