On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Laurie Davis wrote:
> Nancy,
>
> You and Jake are in my prayers. He's come through rough times before. He
> strong and determined. Lots of love and healing vibes your way.
>
> Laurie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy A. Schmall <schmall@comp.uark.edu>
> To: felvtalk@MailingList.net <felvtalk@MailingList.net>
> Cc: katseven@pcsia.com <katseven@pcsia.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 11:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Jake
>
>
> >Hi all,
> >Thank you so much for your kind messages of thoughts and prayers! They
> >are so important to me and help me through these bad times.
> >
> >As you know, we took Jake to an oncologist/internist in Tulsa yesterday.
> >She did a chest x-ray and ultra-sound. Her conclusions were these
> >regarding his aggressiveness (and more or less, his lethargy): 1) from the
> >ultra-sound it looked to her
> >like when his platelets were real low, blood may have leaked into his
> >bladder causing pain--he *had* a urinalysis a couple weeks ago,and my vet
> >found nothing. The internist said she'd talk to my vet about possibly
> >repeating the test--until then I could use Hills C/D diet even though if
> >they found some different crystals in the urine, it might mean a different
> >diet. The C/D wouldn't hurt, but it may not help; (2) behavior problems
> >stemming from being pilled twice each day, and going to the vet monthly
> >for immunoregulin shots--he may just have *had* it; (3) a brain tumor
> >which could be detected by a catscan which could be done by a neurologist
> >in Missouri. If it's a brain tumor, it could probably be removed
> >surgically. This option I've completely ruled out. I won't subject Jake
> >to the stress of even going to a neurologist, much less having surgery.
> >If he were otherwise healthy, I would probably do it, but with his low
> >platelets . . . the way it is, we'll be lucky to have him around many more
> >months. She did say if the aggression continues, we could try feliway or
> >something else.
> >
> >With all this, I decided to switch to C/D and start feeding Jake Iam's wet
> >food and mix in home-made protein (chicken, egg, yolks, liver, etc). I
> >also decided to cut back to once a day medicine and only the necessary
> >stuff with *one* another item (right now it's vit.c. and thymus in one
> >capsule). I won't bring him in to have monthly immunoregulin shots unless
> >his mood improves. I'll try subq at home *if* it doesn't stress him to
> >give him a shot (I have my doubts).
> >
> >I'm subtly trying to work healthy things that he will eat and drink into
> >his diet, i.e. putting aloe vera juice into the water, mixing his
> >interferon with liver, which he loves (making sure it's only 10% of his
> >diet).
> >
> >He'll have to stay on the prednisone, which I hate--but he'll bleed to
> >death if he doesn't. I've read where giving it every other day does less
> >to suppress his immunity. I'm going to check with the vet and see if we
> >could give a double dose every other day. Perhaps a miracle will happen,
> >and eventually we can lower the dosage.
> >
> >Sorry to make this so long. Any suggestions/input would be really
> >appreciated. Nancy
> >
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