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I love the photo!! He is just precious. I know Vally, those cute looks hide the little stinker inside. ;)
Thank you again, Bingo, for the smiles!!
xoxo. Linda and Sadie
That’s him peeking around the wall into the kitchen to see if dinner’s ready. I say “Not ready yet”. He’ll go away for about 2 minutes and then come and have another peak. I’ll say “Not ready yet”, he goes away. This goes on and on.
Mary and Mable, he’s going well. Tomorrow will be the second day he skips his 1/8th tablet (day 5 of 8). He has good colour. He has been quiet but it’s been raining for a couple of days and he hates the rain. No sign of lameness which is great.
Love Vally & Bingo
Linda, I’ve only just seen your earlier post – I’m sure it wasn’t there before.
Grey hair – raises hand and yes I have no doubt Bingo has been the great contributor.
Linda you’re absolutely not doing the wrong thing by doing alternate drops. The Atopica seems to affect Sadie so much, then that’s what needs to be dealt with. We’re all dealing with whatever symptoms our furry friends have. In fact Bingo’s vet did say some time ago we’d be doing alternate drops, but since we go to every second day with the Neoral (cyclo) we’ve just reduced the prednisone. When first added, Bingo was taking 25mg Neoral twice a day. This was eventually dropped to once a day and about a year ago, dropped to every second day.
On another issue, remember the bumps on Bingo’s ears, the local vet said they were bites, probably flea bites. They are all still there, although one ear has recently become much better. Stupid me never thinks to ask his specialist (I am still always in such a state when I’m there). I am now convinced they are calcium deposits.
Oh Vally – thanks for the reassurance. I needed to hear that. I worry so about Sadie’s totally non-traditional weaning. She seems well though, and with each drop (Atopica, especially) she kind of regresses for a day and then bounces back by mega amounts. It’s been scary and interesting at the same time.
Poor Bingo, his ears. But he is really doing well on the nitty-gritty low doses he’s on now and it sounds like it REALLY agrees with him. Who know, those ‘flea bite’ bumps may disappear completely. I wonder though, as you say, if it is calcium deposits? Can they do a scraping?
I know what you mean about forgetting to ask the vet questions. I have to type it out and print to take? Then, anal me, I leave space between questions to write the vet’s answers. How bazaar is that?!? They don’t even roll their eyes at me anymore. They say, ‘pull out your questions’ and we proceed. I really should tip (meaning a monetary tip) them for putting up with me. ;) But then, I figure for all I’ve spent with them, it’s okay.
So, exactly what ‘good/bad’ drugs are you giving Bingo at this point – and dosage, when? Does he know what a lucky pup he is?!? Well, of course he does!!
Love to you and Mr. Peeker (such a sweet face),
Linda and Sadie
I think my furry friend is feeling the effects of the last pred lowering. We’ve dropped one of the 1/8th tablet every fourth day. Have skipped a total of 3 days so far with the last skip on Friday. Yesterday morning I woke up and he’s just sitting up on the bed looking a bit sorry for himself. I thought he may need to go out or have an upset stomach, but he didn’t respond to the “outside?” question. I put him down on the floor and called him. He didn’t want to move but did follow me but seemed very unsteady on his feet. I though “oh oh, pain is back”, but he didn’t really seem to be in pain, just very uncoordinated. I put him back to bed as he didn’t want to go out. It was 5.30am at this time, which is when he gets his thyroxine , so I gave him that and we went back to bed. I was worried he needed his prednisone so I got him up again at 6.30 and called him out for food. He seemed a little slow, but came after me for food and then no further problems. He got his big dose that day of a quarter of a tablet and was fine for the rest of the day – maybe a little quiet but no staggering. This morning, I put him off the bed and he looked okay, but I definitely saw him lose his balance again soon after that. He got his 1/8th tablet and again, he’s been fine all day, maybe a little quiet again.
I’m trying to find some information on line if the staggering may be related to the lowering of the prednisone. During the day and at night he’s fine, a little quiet but otherwise good. He was racing after his ball this afternoon, ran home after the park. Loud as usual at breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack times. Doesn’t seem to be suffering stress after exertion.
My first reaction was to forget the next no-dose day and just give him his 1/8th tablet, but I’m now thinking I should persevere with the next skip a day, which is Tuesday morning. If the staggering is the worse of it, it only happens for a matter of seconds first thing in the morning – that would surely be better in that he is slightly lower in his dose. I guess my fear is that on skipping the next dose, he’ll be worse though.
So I now THINK I’m going to persevere on Tuesday morning and not give him his prednisone. I’ll ring his vet if he becomes worse and see what he says.
I thought I found the wonder cure for prednisone weaning and the adrenal glands, being licorice. All good until I read that licorice stops cyclosporine from working, so that’s no good.
Vally & Bingo
Hi Vally & peekaboo boy!
Mmmmm – this is a tricky stage you are at. Liquorice can also cause diarrhea as well as interfering with the cyclosporine, so that’s that out then. I don’t know if you remember poor old Worzel going through a scarily quick drop in the prednisone because he was in such a mess – he suffered very, very badly & I distinctly remember him being wobbly, very tired & lethargic. I was terrified, even though I tried to hide it – he was definitely suffering a bit from Addisons (adrenal insufficiency) & I watched him like a hawk in case he went into crisis. Then all of a sudden (presumably when the adrenals woke up & kicked in) he became his old self again. I know we have discussed at what stage of the pred reduction does this happen? Also is it better to alternate the days to stimulate but not stress the adrenals? None of us are really sure, but Worzel was definitely much worse at the beginning of the reduction.
I presume he’s been OK on the seizure front lately? Also I was thinking about his arthritis – maybe the drop in pred is affecting that too. The stiffness is always worse on waking & first movement until things loosen up a bit. Maybe once he gets moving about, he’s fine. It certainly sounds good to me if he’s running around after the ball & maybe it’s just his creaky joints causing the morning wobbles.
I think your idea of persevering is the best option – but have a chat with your vet (maybe even a quick blood test) to put your mind at rest if you are worried. Ha ha says she – when are we not worried about something?
Let us know how he is, Vally. Hearing about him racing about makes me think all is well though. He’s an amazing lad – we all love him to bits.
Love Sheena, Worzel & Ollie
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