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I am treating an FIP kitten by the name of Felix. He was presented to me with an enlarged kidney, anemia, dehydration, and ataxia. Five veterinarians looked at him and did not have an answer for me, including three specialists. I then did ten hours of research on my own to come up with dry FIP as a potential diagnosis. I contacted several universities and was able to procure the experimental drugs used to treat FIP.
My name is Zach. I am a licensed veterinary technician and pharmacy technician who is big into research and finding solutions where they appear to be none. I rescued Felix from a veterinary clinic that found him roaming around outside their veterinary clinic. They immediately determined that his kidney was larger than normal as evidenced by an ultrasound, and he was anemic after running some bloodwork. His packed cell volume was 16%, and he should be at 25% to 28%. Five veterinarians looked at him and did not have an answer for me, including three specialists. I then did ten hours of research on my own to come up with dry FIP as a potential diagnosis. I contacted several universities and was able to procure the experimental drugs used to treat FIP.
He is on day 18 of 84 for his treatment regimen. He is to receive an injection every single day for 84 days to reverse the FIP along with a weekly b12 injection to combat the anemia. We threw on doxycycline for 30 days to rule out feline infectious anemia since you sometimes will see that with dry fip diagnoses. Last year I successfully treated two wet fip cases. Fortunately, wet fip cases are much cheaper and less stressful to treat in my honest opinion. The owners that adopted the kittens who later turned up with wet fip paid for their entire treatment plan thankfully.
He has gone from 3.4 pounds to 5.2 pounds in under two weeks, his anemia has reversed, his pale gums are no longer pale, and his fever of 106 is now back to normal. Kidney size now normal. His entire treatment cost is going to be $2000. All of this information is being gathered as a case study so that I can help the momentum to pass an FDA approved treatment. While not directly involved in the trials, all of this information is being sent to the pathologists who guided me on his treatment plan.
I am currently not working since I spend so much time running the cat rescue for nothing in a rural community so I need to drum up some funds - since the rescue will never be funded enough to provide pay. We raised $700 of the $2000 but feel we have tapped out our community - and grants won't fund a novel and experimental treatment in most cases. If anyone has any unique ideas, please let me know. I thought about making a t-shirt with his face and coming up with a catchphrase or something.
Dry FIP Kitten Treatment, organized by Zachariah Atteberry
My name is Zach. I am a licensed veterinary technician and pharmacy technician who is big into research and finding solutions where they appear to be none. I rescued Felix from a veterinary clinic that found him roaming around outside their veterinary clinic. They immediately determined that his kidney was larger than normal as evidenced by an ultrasound, and he was anemic after running some bloodwork. His packed cell volume was 16%, and he should be at 25% to 28%. Five veterinarians looked at him and did not have an answer for me, including three specialists. I then did ten hours of research on my own to come up with dry FIP as a potential diagnosis. I contacted several universities and was able to procure the experimental drugs used to treat FIP.
He is on day 18 of 84 for his treatment regimen. He is to receive an injection every single day for 84 days to reverse the FIP along with a weekly b12 injection to combat the anemia. We threw on doxycycline for 30 days to rule out feline infectious anemia since you sometimes will see that with dry fip diagnoses. Last year I successfully treated two wet fip cases. Fortunately, wet fip cases are much cheaper and less stressful to treat in my honest opinion. The owners that adopted the kittens who later turned up with wet fip paid for their entire treatment plan thankfully.
He has gone from 3.4 pounds to 5.2 pounds in under two weeks, his anemia has reversed, his pale gums are no longer pale, and his fever of 106 is now back to normal. Kidney size now normal. His entire treatment cost is going to be $2000. All of this information is being gathered as a case study so that I can help the momentum to pass an FDA approved treatment. While not directly involved in the trials, all of this information is being sent to the pathologists who guided me on his treatment plan.
I am currently not working since I spend so much time running the cat rescue for nothing in a rural community so I need to drum up some funds - since the rescue will never be funded enough to provide pay. We raised $700 of the $2000 but feel we have tapped out our community - and grants won't fund a novel and experimental treatment in most cases. If anyone has any unique ideas, please let me know. I thought about making a t-shirt with his face and coming up with a catchphrase or something.
Dry FIP Kitten Treatment, organized by Zachariah Atteberry
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