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laurie w - 20 Jul 2005 18:55 GMT

Koko was seen by the reg vet on tuesday ( monday they were full)
they are totally stumped by potential herpes virus, recommended
opthamologist....
$30 for office visit......

vet opthamologist ($239) said probable feline virus, 90% of florida
cats have it......
will treat as feline herpes , based on her response to treatment, tests
and other medications to follow.....
here are her meds listed for the next 2 weeks, then another checkup.

idoxyuridine -1 drop 4 times daily both eyes ($55)
enrofloxcin -1 drop 2 times daily both eyes
interferon oral - 0.1 ml daily orally ($40)
acyclovir oral 1.25 ml daily

the 2 meds i listed the $ on - if she does HAVE herpes virus - she will
most likely be on for life.

Hopefully, that will be all of the meds that she will have to be on
forever,
and hopefully, this will lengthen the time between her 'flare-ups' to
more than 4-6 weeks.

She is the most lovable, TOLERANT, sweet kitty you could imagine, and
her coat is as soft as silk.
She sure has had a tough life too, being so sick , so often.... she is
only 1yr 3 months old.

some pics of her bad eye are up on our site,

http://www.richandlaurie.com/gallery/

our animals, then the shadow, gabby, koko folder.

in a few days, i promise, i will put up some more kady/koko pics.......

-laur

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Becky Smith - 20 Jul 2005 23:34 GMT

Koko is lucky to have you! My cat also has herpes and had an awful eye
infection and a respiratory infection that just wouldn't go away. She was
on antibiotics for the first 8 months of her life. She's been to several
specialists for different problems. She is on Llysine (when she'll take it)
and Interferon. The interferon isn't really that expensive - I think I
spend $32 and I get it compounded in a fish flavor from a local human
pharmacy - it lasts about 3 month but she gets it 5 days on and 5 days off.
She started out 7 days on and 7 days off but she was throwing up toward the
end of the 7 days on. She thinks it is a treat. He eye dr really stressed
that she should take the Llysine.

Good luck!

BTW - Zoey is 8 years old and has no idea she is sickly.

Becky

> Koko was seen by the reg vet on tuesday ( monday they were full)
> they are totally stumped by potential herpes virus, recommended
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> -laur

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