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  • #76
    Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

    sounds like a positive aspect in the life of xander.....you go boy.....
    big hugs....

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    • #77
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      How's Xan doing now that he's home?
      A house without a puffer is not a Home.

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      • #78
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        Well, every day is so much better than the day before.  I got up yesterday at 7am and went down to his regular vet to talk to them before taking Xan in.  I ended up talking to a tech and dropping off all his records.  Dr. Hendrix was going to be in at 9am.  He called me at 9:45 and said the records were really good and he was able to get a very good idea of what has been going on since last week.  Then he asked if I could bring Xan in at 10am for bloodwork.  Heck yeah!!  :)

        Dr. Hendrix said that he really likes how Xan is looking, especially based on what he's been going through.  He said he didn't expect him to look so healthy!  We have a very sick little kitty, but he is on the mend...I can feel it!  His bloodwork yesterday showed his PCV is a little low again, but his Bilirubin levels have gone down and that's good.  His liver enzymes were so high that they didn't even register on the report.  Dr. H said not to panic though because his little body seems to be working hard to level out again.  He added one more med to our regiment.  It's a pill to help his liver do it's job.  We go back tomorrow for another round of bloodtests, then again after the holiday weekend.  We have a long road, but I feel really good about it.
        Our Fishhouse
        Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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        • #79
          Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

          Great news!

          Mark
          What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

          Robert Anson Heinlein

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          • #80
            Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

            Great news, keep us updated.
            A house without a puffer is not a Home.

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            • #81
              Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

              that's very very good new traci...
              you hang in there xan.....your a good kitty...and your human loves and adores you .....

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              • #82
                Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                I hope Xan continues on the road to a full recovery.
                Raul
                PokerFace

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                • #83
                  Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                  And he is continuing on the road to recovery!

                  We had another vet appointment today, more blood work, and his HCT is 35%!!!!!!!!

                  [Hct] 24-45
                  Hematocrit The hematocrit is the percentage of the blood volume occupied by red blood cells.

                  How great is that?!  So now we don't have to go back until Xan finishes his liver meds (9 more days).  Dr. Hendrix said that the more he's seeing Xander improve, the more he's leaning towards the diagnosis being the blood parasite (Hemobartonella).  I hope I hope I hope.  The blood parasites can be eliminated by the antibiotics he's on, the immune-mediated hemolytic anemia is something that would always be in the background.  

                  Today was a good day!!  

                  Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and words, I have no doubt that's what has helped us through.  :)
                  Our Fishhouse
                  Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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                  • #84
                    Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                    I'm glad today was a good day...you needed it! We are sending a few more words, thoughts and prayers your way since they worked so far! (I don't mean to think that ours were the only ones that worked   )
                    215g Malawi Peacocks and Mbuna
                    180g Tropheus Ikola and Bemba and Clown Loaches
                    58g Bristlenose breeding and grow out

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                    • #85
                      Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                      That's great news.   I'm sure being home has alot to do with it too. Mommy's love can heal almost anything.  And it sounds like Xan has lots of that.  :wink:
                      A house without a puffer is not a Home.

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                      • #86
                        Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                        woohoooooooooo
                        *happy dance*
                        That is awesome news Traci!
                        5.5 fw fluval chi - class N top bar snake chested endlers/ red marble bn/ 4 stripe RCS/ pumpkin shrimp
                        20 sw cube - a few damsels and a colony of bristleworms
                        29 fw - self cloning crayfish..which can't seem to clone haha
                        29 fw - mollies / albino bristlenose / ghost shrimp and snowball shrimp/ glo danios
                        29 fw - crs/ amano/tiger shrimp /assassins/ whiptails/ plants/ 3 emerald cories
                        55 fw - steatocranus casaurius (20ish)/ tetras/ rainbows/large Jack Dempsey
                        75 fw - large Jack Dempseys / pictus cat/ yoyo loach/ Red gippicep                        / 10+" oscar/ parrot

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                        • #87
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                          380G For Sale $3000 Acrylic tank & stand
                          300G Petrochromis Trewavasae and Tropheus mpimbwe Red Cheek & Duboisi
                          180G For Sale $1,100 Oceanic Cherry with Stand, T5HO Lights, (2) Eheim 2262
                          150G Tropheus Annectens Kekese & Ikola

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                          • #88
                            Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                            2 months later, 3 days in the ER, visits to the vet every 2 weeks for bloodwork, 50 steroid pills, 28 antibiotic capsules, and 10 pills to improve liver function....

                            We got a clean bill of health from Dr. Hendrix this morning!!  Whoo-Hoo!!

                            Xander's HCT has held at 44% for the last 2 weeks, with no meds.  And he is up to 14 lbs!   8O   (when this all started, he was down around 10 lbs)

                            Dr. H said to just keep an eye on him and if he starts acting 'odd', check his gums to make sure they are pink.  If they are pale, bring him in for a quick PVC test.  He said there will always be a possibility for a relapse, but he could also go the rest of his life without a problem.  I'm hoping for the latter.  

                            :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

                            Our Fishhouse
                            Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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                            • #89
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                              Congratz!!  I'm So happy he is better!!!   :emtthumbs:  Thats a cute picture of him.

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                              • #90
                                Re: **UPDATE** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS???

                                Looks like nap time is high on the list of things to do today..... :)

                                Way Cool

                                CF
                                Truth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.

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