My 11-year-old cat was diagnosed with feline leukemia last week. (I have no idea how she got it. She's an indoor cat, hasn't lived with other cats for 4 years).
She is anemic. Red blood cell count was 14 on Monday when she was checked in to the vet, dropped to 11 that afternoon, then she got a transfusion which got it back up to 14. I took her back home on Wednesday, and her count was up to 16 on Friday morning. I am told that 30+ is normal.
Right now she is on interferon and prednisone. She is also on a syringe diet since Friday because she won't eat, and that's the hardest part. I have to feed her 30ml 3x a day, and we both hate it. She threw up one of her meals today also, which upset us both.
Also she's been on this syringe diet for 2.5 days and still no poop. Is that weird? I know I should ask the vet, and I will tomorrow, I just want some other opinions.
I don't know what to do. I love this cat. I don't want her to suffer. Is there any hope that she will have a halfway decent life after this? I have another vet appointment on Friday. I think if she hasn't improved by then, it will be time to let her go. I've never had to do this before.
Does anyone have advice or stories of their own about feline leukemia? I need to figure out what to do.
She is anemic. Red blood cell count was 14 on Monday when she was checked in to the vet, dropped to 11 that afternoon, then she got a transfusion which got it back up to 14. I took her back home on Wednesday, and her count was up to 16 on Friday morning. I am told that 30+ is normal.
Right now she is on interferon and prednisone. She is also on a syringe diet since Friday because she won't eat, and that's the hardest part. I have to feed her 30ml 3x a day, and we both hate it. She threw up one of her meals today also, which upset us both.
Also she's been on this syringe diet for 2.5 days and still no poop. Is that weird? I know I should ask the vet, and I will tomorrow, I just want some other opinions.
I don't know what to do. I love this cat. I don't want her to suffer. Is there any hope that she will have a halfway decent life after this? I have another vet appointment on Friday. I think if she hasn't improved by then, it will be time to let her go. I've never had to do this before.
Does anyone have advice or stories of their own about feline leukemia? I need to figure out what to do.