Zita

[nyogtha]

Zita is at Arbor animal clinic awaiting some possible donor kitties. Apparently all the donor kitties in Austin are tapped

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[teencake]

Poor kitty. How has she ended up low on blood?

[nyogtha]

Anemia caused by Chronic Renal Failure. She developed antibodies to the protein we gave her that tells the body to produce red blood cells. She had her first transfusion 3 weeks ago. Each transfusion is expected to "last" much less than the last. She was doing really well for about 18 days.

[sheilagh]

*hugs y'all and virtually skritches Zita*

[sheilagh]

how do they identify donors?

[teencake]

I was going to ask the same question.

[ilana_gefen]

Their people allow them to be donors, they are of the right blood type, and negative on FIV/FeLuk and other beasties.

[ilana_gefen]

From what I can tell, some vets have kitties or their techs have kitties that they sometimes go to for donating blood. That is how Zita is getting her blood today.

[teyli]

I can ask my vet, possibly one of my four could make themselves useful as well...