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alyssa

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Hi everyone. Sorry, I haven’t had the energy to make a post as I’ve barely been getting any sleep. It has been a very rough time. Sassy is still with us but we are teetering.

I tried more than once to call dr. dodds, and so did my vet. she is out of the country, and her assistant never got back to us.

Sassy had a transfusion that she ate through in less than 24hrs. Her whites also went up to 30/ and… her bun? I think, the kidney value. it was high and we were worried of renal failure. She was at 14 PCV before and only at 16 the next day, with platelets at 40 (from zero). So, we were already preparing for another.

I mentioned the IVIg in an earlier post and that it was out of the question because the ONLY place was nearly a 4 hour drive and she was not strong enough to do it. Well, I left Sassy for her second transfusion with little hope and got a very unexpected call. My vet called and told me the specialist was willing to call our hospital, the human one, and release the IVIg to her and explain the procedure. At that point I couldn’t say no and I gave her the money to go buy it from the hospital. So she had half a transfusion last night and a slow drip treatment of IVIg. She did well through the night, and ate a grilled cheese this morning. We did not test her PCV last night because we were going to come straight in at 8:30 and finish it, and wanted her to keep every drop of blood she had. She was with the vet until around 10 last night, and it was a blessing she came home and was with all of us at midnight (New Years). We all hugged and kissed sassy for New Years and everyone was crying.

It was a very long night but uneventful. sassy got some deep sleep. I made myself a grilled cheese around 6am and she wanted it from me so I fed it to her (it was at least whole wheat bread and fat free cheese). we left at 8 and she was there until around 11. after finishing the second half, her PCV is only at around 15.8%. She’s just come home. However we’ve had some encouraging signs:

-Whites have gone down to 24
-the kidney value returned to normal
-bilirubin went from 4.8% to 3.3%
-and the big encouragement was platelets went to 150.
-she’s doing baby stretches when laying down and readjusting herself. before she would give up trying to get her foot in the right position for instance and we’d have to move and position her entire body for her.
-she wants to be pet

We are praying so hard she is stabilizing at this number. If we can just stop the rapid destruction. The rate is insane.

I had the vet start baby aspirin and sulfarlcate (spelling?). She has diarrhea that is pure water. I have a tube of tarry looking medicine to squirt in her mouth to help that.

All we can do at this point, is hope the IVIg works and try to buy her the time. Hemopet is OUT of packed red cells until the 7th. No one in the state has it, either. That is what we wanted to order to have on hand, but our only option is more whole blood. My vet called an emergency clinic about 1.5 hours away (open nights and holidays), and they are willing to sell her blood instead of force us to bring sassy there. so if she starts crashing that is our backup plan/only option.

I’ve put out a plea on my Facebook to ask for donations…
I’m doing everything I can but that IVIg was 2,000 alone. that isn’t counting the 2 transfusions, pills, test, and after hour visits.

I’m sorry, I do not have her test results. I’ve gotten so little sleep and have forgotten to get copies every single time. Angry at myself. I know today she told me her protein was low.

It’s difficult finding anything she wants to eat right now, and she’s very very thirsty.

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