If you can get hold of a product called Pet Tinnic. Most vets have it or
veterinary suppliers. It's an excellent product for the blood. Also make
sure he's eating, force feed him if you have to. A/D, a food by Hills
should be available from a vet. Often times cats like this product. You
might try a urinary acidifier. Usually available from a vet supply, also.
Try raw chicken or beef liver, warmed slightly. They like this too and
it's good for the blood.
Keep on line--we will support you and give you advice as this continues.
Good luck, STacy. We're here with you. Nancy
The doctor warned me that the fel. leuk. had finally affected
> his bone marrow, and that this could be the beginning of the end. He put
> him on some routine antibiotics to try to kick the bladder infection. I
> asked him about drugs such as interferon, etc., and he said he could check
> into getting them and the cost, etc., but that he really didn't believe they
> were any help. Now Tom has been on the antibiotics for three days, and he
> is getting worse. He is finally eating some, though he needs lots of
> encouragement to do so. He is weak and lethargic, and I fear he is maybe
> hallucinating. He is gazing around as if following the movement of a fly or
> bug, but there is no bug, and he prefers to hide in the cabinet where it is
> dark. I could not get off work to stay home with him and I'm really worried
> that my doctor is just not going to do anything to work with me on this. I
> worry that he should maybe be on an IV or that there is something else we
> are not catching. The doctor also said his urine is extremely diluted.
> Does anyone have any advice? I plan to call around to other vets during my
> lunchbreak, and to go home to check on him. I don't want him to have to
> ride in the car in this state. His health just went down so fast, in just a
> few days time. I would appreciate any advice.
>