Tina
18-04-2008, 12:18 AM
Hi folks
My ten month old kitty, Mouse, was diagnosed with non-regenerative anemia on Friday. At that time her RBC was at 6.32% (should be 25 to 35%?) and she was lethargic and not eating. She was put on prednisone and antibiotics and bloodwirk was sent for testing. All bloodwork has now come back clear for everything they tested. On Tuesday night she was rushed to the vet with severe breathing difficulty, her RBC was at 5.5% and then gave her an emergency blood transfusion in the middle of the night (the vet's own cat was the donor). She has "perked up" quite a bit and is now eating and breathing better and her RBC is at 15%. Bone marrow aspiration was done on Wednesday morning and we hope to have the results tomorrow or Monday. The vet thinks that her problem is likely genetic and that it has been going on for some time even though she only became lethargic and stopped eating a week ago....and not even so much that I noticed right away.....we took her in because she kept trying to eat the cat litter and we thought she had worms! Has anyone experienced this, or know what kind of prognosis we might be looking at for a bone marrow disorder?
Note: FELV and FIV were negative and she is fully vaccinated......also our older cat is in perfect health, so likely nothing contagious.
Thanks for listening!
My ten month old kitty, Mouse, was diagnosed with non-regenerative anemia on Friday. At that time her RBC was at 6.32% (should be 25 to 35%?) and she was lethargic and not eating. She was put on prednisone and antibiotics and bloodwirk was sent for testing. All bloodwork has now come back clear for everything they tested. On Tuesday night she was rushed to the vet with severe breathing difficulty, her RBC was at 5.5% and then gave her an emergency blood transfusion in the middle of the night (the vet's own cat was the donor). She has "perked up" quite a bit and is now eating and breathing better and her RBC is at 15%. Bone marrow aspiration was done on Wednesday morning and we hope to have the results tomorrow or Monday. The vet thinks that her problem is likely genetic and that it has been going on for some time even though she only became lethargic and stopped eating a week ago....and not even so much that I noticed right away.....we took her in because she kept trying to eat the cat litter and we thought she had worms! Has anyone experienced this, or know what kind of prognosis we might be looking at for a bone marrow disorder?
Note: FELV and FIV were negative and she is fully vaccinated......also our older cat is in perfect health, so likely nothing contagious.
Thanks for listening!