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post #61 of 76
2/16/11 at 4:55pm
That's great! I'm so happy to read this!
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post #62 of 76
2/16/11 at 6:43pm
It makes me very happy to know that Tuxie is doing much better.



Robin
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post #63 of 76
2/16/11 at 9:26pm
I'm so glad that Tuxie is doing well!!!

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Tuxedo:


For comparison, Sheldon:
And these pictures just take my breath away- they are so beautiful! I love tuxedo babies .
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post #64 of 76
2/17/11 at 12:21am
Am really pleased to hear some positive news, you must be so relieved.
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post #65 of 76
2/17/11 at 2:59am
ALL RIGHT!!!!!! So happy to hear good news!
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post #66 of 76
2/17/11 at 7:05am
Fantastic! So happy to hear that Tuxie's sooo improved!
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post #67 of 76
2/18/11 at 4:14am
Yeah!!!!!!!

That is so great!!!!!! I am happy that he is a-okay!
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post #68 of 76
2/25/11 at 12:42pm
Thread Starter 
I'm posting this for Jalindal, but don't want to hijack Mackerel's thread.

Here is the thread I started when the vet told us there was little hope Tuxie would make it (13th of May, 2005, after batting anemia for over a year) : Please pray for Tuxie...it doesn't look like he's going to make it.

Here is the post in that thread where he turned the corner, and the vet was convinced a real miracle had happened: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=39

This was Tuxedo - 14 pounds, when he was transitioning from being outside to inside:



This is Tuxedo sick. I'm not sure how much he weighs here:



This is Tuxedo when he was being diagnosed, and had to have a bone marrow aspirate done to see if his bone marrow still worked (it was done on his hip. I'm not sure why his shoulder is shaved too, don't remember):



I don't know how much he weighs in this picture, but it's three weeks after the post in the thread above where he'd turned the corner. In THAT post, he'd gained 3 oz per day that week - he had gone from 6 lbs 5 ounces (he'd lost over 50% of his body weight) to 7 lbs 13 oz. And this pic was taken 3 weeks later - so he could easily already be 8/9 pounds here.



Same day - but notice how white his paw pads are:

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post #69 of 76
2/25/11 at 6:04pm
Wow, these pics give me real hope. :-) You said in my thread that Tuxie's RBc was down to 7? Mackerel's was at 8. Miracle babies, both of them.

He looks so healthy now. :-) When I first saw this thread I was really surprised because I'd associated anaemia with weightloss because of Mackerel... so Tuxie looking so healthy was very surprising.

I hope his little nose stays nice and pink. Go Tuxie!
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post #70 of 76
2/26/11 at 8:44am
Thread Starter 
Yup, they really are miracle babies. I can only credit vibes from around the world helping! Mack's increase in her red blood cell count is really encouraging! I don't know if you read any of the original thread, but basically an RBC below the mid-to-low teens isn't survivable for long, but upper teens is, so long as they mostly rest and you keep them eating (keep all their organs working), there's hope! Tux looks so good now because his real battle was from 2004 through 2005, though there have been plenty of ups and downs along the way, and we still have to monitor him pretty closely.
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post #71 of 76
2/26/11 at 9:00am
It must be the vibes! XD I said as much to my vet when they gave me those blood test results that showed that she'd improved and he was... skeptical. :P But we know the truth, don't we!

The last blood test showed Mackerel at 17.4 and we'll do another on Friday, which will hopefully show another increase. The membrane under her eye is still very white, but I think I'm going to ignore that because if it didn't show a change from 8 -> 17.4 I'm not sure it'll really reflect very accurately how her anaemia is... and I was just getting worked up about it! lol.

Does Tuxie have any other chronic health problems? It looks like Mackerel is going to have permanently decreased kidney function at this point in time (moar vibes please! Haha) but... hopefully the anaemia wont be something that she struggles with beyond this 'insult'/'event' whatever you want to call it.

Does Tuxie eat well on his own, or do you have to encourage him and pester (lol) him into eating?
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post #72 of 76
2/26/11 at 11:14am
Thread Starter 
Oh... and re: Tuxie, right now, he's eating like a pig. The depo always boosts his appetite. One of the signs that he's having an issue again is when his appetite goes off.

Tuxie doesn't have any other chronic health problems. His "only" problem is the ongoing fight with anemia. From everything, so far, in Mack's case, it seems to me like her anemia may be (or get) permanently resolved, but the ARF damaged her kidneys. With Tux, they never figured out what's causing his problem with anemia, but it's not affecting any of his organs, not long term.

When he was severly anemic and fighting it for those initial few years, his liver, spleen, and heart were enlarged. But once we got him out of the "danger" zone with the anemia, over time they went back to normal.

Mack's case is obviously different, because whatever happened, it appears to have damaged her kidneys ( ), but the anemia (hopefully) is temporary.
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post #73 of 76
2/26/11 at 2:13pm
Wow, Tuxie was a very sick baby back then, and I am glad he is doing so well with your care..... how can he not. Believe in miracles!!!!!
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post #74 of 76
2/26/11 at 7:20pm
Tuxie's certainly got his cross to bear with this anemia! But at least he has a great family to look after him and care for him with such vigilance and determination!!!

Yeah, you got me, I've been trying to draw a comparison between Tuxie's wonderful recovery and Mackerel's potential! Haha. I think the best case scenario with Mackerel is that the anemia is resolved completely and her kidneys keep recovering to a point where she can survive on her own, maybe without medication. She's making progress with her kidney numbers but it's very slow... so I guess hopefully that just keeps improving.

How many cats do you have? I'm not sure whether any of the ones on your profile have crossed over.
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post #75 of 76
2/27/11 at 3:27am
Am glad that his appetite is back to normal.
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post #76 of 76
2/27/11 at 5:56am
Laurie I am sorry I missed this thread before. Obviously Tuxie did okay without my added vibes, he and you have had plenty, and I agree TCS vibes do help, but I'm so glad to hear how well he's doing.

to you both.
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