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Hope,
He’s probably got a little bit of an irritable bowel. Have you been trying the pumpkin? About a tbsp should be fine twice a day. Add some plain yogurt and it tastes like pumpkin pudding! This will give him some bulk and replenish his good bacteria.
Keep an eye open and it it does not resolve within the next day see the vet.
my best patrice
Good morning Hope,
to replenish the good bacteria yoghurt is great, I also had great success with Kefir. I don’t make it myself, just get it at the grocery store. It has even more strains of active bacteria than yoghurt.
Sorry I can not remember brand or store that I saw the bowl but the name bloat bowl that Vally mentioned is something that will help you find it. Oh and here it is:
Best wishes,
Brigitte
Hey Patrice!
I wasn’t really giving it to him regularly, just when his stool looked really loose. I gave him some right after the diarrhea last night and it looked a bit better during his 4:00am potty break. I’m just going to plan to give it to him 2x a day like you mentioned.
Thanks so much!
Hope
Hi Hope
Clotting is a very complicated mechanism with lots of different factors involved. The two anti -clotting medications work in different ways – Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium) decreases thrombin, so prevents fibrin clots and is good for preventing & treating pulmonary embolism & deep vein thrombosis. Ultra-low dose aspirin is extremely complicated, but is basically an anti-platelet agent which inhibits the production of thromboxane. I would discuss with your vet when you get the next blood results done.
I think the reason your vet probably gave Steve aspirin was his platelets were a bit high on the blood test you posted on here (2nd June). They may have come down now, so you can talk about if he needs to carry on with that. Lovenox can reduce platelet numbers (a side effect), so you need to keep an eye on that. You know the big risk with this disease is abnormal (or inappropriate) clotting, so there could be something else your vet has spotted that needs the Lovenox too. Either way, I would be happier if Steve continued on some form of anti-clotting meds . Please read the following – it’s really important.
https://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com/AIHA_Terms/abnormal-clotting/
I confess am the anti-clotting nutcase on here – I go absolutely mad when vets don’t prescribe them when they should, as this is by far the biggest cause of death with AIHA without proper medication. Preventable deaths are unacceptable in my world.Your vet has been excellent on this front, so I’m really glad to say you don’t need to worry about their judgement so far. Your vet will be able to advise you better than I can about which (or both) to continue with, according to what the next blood test reveals. Linda’s Sadie is still on anti-clotting meds after a long time – it’s just one of those things that often has to be continued for a quite a while to prevent any clot formation – it’s not worth the risk. There are side effects, of course, so any prolonged bleeding & tummy irritation need keeping an eye on. And no, a couple of spots in his pooh is nothing to worry about unless it gets worse or keeps happening.
On the pred front, I totally agree with Brigitte’s advice.
Hope this has helped you understand a bit more & not bored you to death!
Love Sheena, Worzel & Ollie xxxx
Hey Tamara!
I can (sadly/embarrassingly/pitifully) honestly say that the most I learned from grad school in Neuroscience was that I have no interest in Neuroscience as a career. Lol! Awful expensive way to figure that out but it was a good experience overall!
Hope Mr. Ashki is doing well today!!
Hope (and Steve and Stink bomb)
apologies again! can someone delete? apparently copying and pasting from word doesn’t work for me!
hope
hello all!
many apologies – i didn’t see that my picture of the kids had been posted! Steve and Gas Master thank you for your compliments! They do definitely love each other, though I think Jeffrey typically likes Steve more than Steve likes him. Jeffrey will go and lay on top of Steve and snuggle up on him.
Vally – don’t let Jeffrey’s smushed little face trick you! He’s got the devil (and a rotting animal, I think) inside of him!
Inspector Sheena – thank you for all of the links and for your research! Means so much to me! I’m going to give it a thorough read through this evening! No slacking off for this student!
I totally 100000% agree with you about the anti-clotting concerns. From the minute that I read about the danger of clotting and PTE’s with this disease I was on my general vet’s case to start him at least on low-dose aspirin. She kept telling me that it wasn’t really recommended. It ended up being a godsend almost that he had the port-colored wine the first night she sent him home.. that’s when the internal med vet took over his care. and that’s when he started on both the low-dose aspirin and Lovenox. I never asked – I know the results I sent around were old, but did they tell you anything really interesting/indicative about Steve’s case?
Mr. Steve went in today for a checkup! His PCV was at 36% (37% on Saturday) and his TS (which I looked up and found to be total solid aka total protein) was 6.2g/dL. I don’t really know what the latter means.. any ideas?! Husband had to take him because I had class (but of course!) and he said that the internist was super impressed and optimistic about Steve.. he said that he’s really immpressed with how quickly Steve has responded to treatment because in most of the cases he sees, the improvement is not that fast. With that though, he wants to decrease Steve to 30mg (15mg BID) of Pred a day!!! :( I am very unhappy with this.. it’s a 40% reduction. Husband told him that I was concerned about anything > 25% and he said that given STeve’s “rebound” and responsiveness and clinical progress he feels that it is appropriate. Everything else will stay the same – Lovenox, Famotidine, low dose aspirin and MMF. He said the MMF has less sever side effects than Pred so that’s why he’s okay with leaving it as is. When he took Steve in the back for bloodwork, he said he was trying to bust out and was running up and down. The vet said that the blood in his BM last night might have been from a diet change or from straining, as y’all said! He took a fecal sample anyway and samples for another full blood workup, as well as urine culture just to check for stinky pee pee. We are supposed to go back Friday for him to check him again… what do you guys think? 40% decrease is not smart right?! Husband told me I need to cooperate because he said the vet was genuinely engaged and optimistic and seems to know what he is doing with Steve (as opposed to our dear general vet who was a little out of her depth). Thoughts? I’m in a tissy!
Thanks all!
Hope and Steve (and gassy little brother)
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