Fitzie wrote:
kate wrote:
Kate again,
Well latest is we are on the pred with remarkable results. Started on
2 tabs per day and now after 1 week, on one tab in the morning. He is
still maintaining good movement etc on lowered dosage. Appetite is back
and he seems much happier in himself.
However, we still do not have a diagnosis, so we are still not out of
the woods yet. Vet 1 still thinks it is probably an auto immune
disease.
However it is so good to see him have some normal quality of life for
now.
Thans again,
Cheers,
Kate

Kate, my kerry blue terrier was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease at
age 6. He had a terrible time getting up but when we took him to the vet
the adrenaline was up and he walked fine so it took some time to
diagnose. He was on cortizone tablets for some time. However, this
caused pancreatitis so we had to be careful about what he ate. Also,
because cortizone suppressed his immune system it left him open to other
diseases. He died aged 10 of urinary tract cancer. Get your vets to tell
you the possible side effects of the drugs your dog is on.

Fitzie

Hey Fitzie,

Yes I know what that is about when you go to the Vet. My dog took
forever to pick up and manoevure into the car. Once we got there it
was party time, sniffing around etc.
I'm sure the Vet thought I was making it up when I told him of the
dog's deterioration.
We are very aware of the effects of pred. Already he has had 2
decreases in dosage in 2 weeks.
He is still very good which we are pleased about as we have seen no
deterioration since the lowered dosage.
We realise there will probably be a point where we will have to say
this is the correct dosage that will give him quality of life albeit
the side effects, however, we are hoping to be able to rid him of the
pred altogether if posible.
The worrying thing for us presently is that while he has come back
physically, big time, we still do not have a diagnosis after 12
weeks!!!!!
We still have to be guided by the Vet on whether/what we test him for
next. We really want to know what is wrong with him and from what you
have said and from what I have researched,I do not want him on pred for
any length of time. It has given him a quality of life we could not
have envisaged 3 weeks ago, but we are not naive enough to know this is
not for good. It's a waiting game again.

Cheers,Kate