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Hi All,
I have a 2.5 years old super sweet girl at home, her name is rice cake. She was tested to be FELV + early last year. After that she’s living happily with us without any sign of illness.
About two weeks ago, we noted that she’s losing appetite and she’s less active than before. Thus, on Feb 8th we brought her to the vet and had some regular exam + body function blood test. Hard to believe, but the result of blood work shows she cannot produce enough red blood cells anymore. Below is a snapshot of the blood work result (only including those that indicated low or not normal):
Urea Nitrogen: 13
RBC: 1.9
Hemoglobin: 3.8
Hematocrit: 11%
Lymphocytes: 888
Absolute Reticulocytes: 3,800
Although the result doesn’t look good at all, she is still doing okay in general and the report didn’t indicate any other sickness beside anemia. She’s still drinking/eating and following us around at home (climbing stairs, jumping up and down from our desks). Thus, we did a lot of research online in the next few days and found some possible treatments for her.
On Feb 12th, we gave her 60ml blood transfusion, a B12 injection and the first shot of LTCI (lymphocyte T-cell immunomodulator). This experimental drug is our last hope for Rice Cake at this stage. I heard that LTCI takes some time to start noticing effects, and it might not work for her either. After the blood transfusion, her HCT increased to 15 and she had her appetite back. Hope the transfusion could give her some more time for LTCI to show effects.
Since people here are very knowledgeable and had a lot of experiences, I am just wondering if there's any experiences on LTCI to share.
In addition, please let us know what are some other treatments we can try to comfort her and prolong her life.
Thank you in advance. Greatly appreciate.
I have a 2.5 years old super sweet girl at home, her name is rice cake. She was tested to be FELV + early last year. After that she’s living happily with us without any sign of illness.
About two weeks ago, we noted that she’s losing appetite and she’s less active than before. Thus, on Feb 8th we brought her to the vet and had some regular exam + body function blood test. Hard to believe, but the result of blood work shows she cannot produce enough red blood cells anymore. Below is a snapshot of the blood work result (only including those that indicated low or not normal):
Urea Nitrogen: 13
RBC: 1.9
Hemoglobin: 3.8
Hematocrit: 11%
Lymphocytes: 888
Absolute Reticulocytes: 3,800
Although the result doesn’t look good at all, she is still doing okay in general and the report didn’t indicate any other sickness beside anemia. She’s still drinking/eating and following us around at home (climbing stairs, jumping up and down from our desks). Thus, we did a lot of research online in the next few days and found some possible treatments for her.
On Feb 12th, we gave her 60ml blood transfusion, a B12 injection and the first shot of LTCI (lymphocyte T-cell immunomodulator). This experimental drug is our last hope for Rice Cake at this stage. I heard that LTCI takes some time to start noticing effects, and it might not work for her either. After the blood transfusion, her HCT increased to 15 and she had her appetite back. Hope the transfusion could give her some more time for LTCI to show effects.
Since people here are very knowledgeable and had a lot of experiences, I am just wondering if there's any experiences on LTCI to share.
In addition, please let us know what are some other treatments we can try to comfort her and prolong her life.
Thank you in advance. Greatly appreciate.
