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Hi Hope, I’m sorry you and Coco are going through this. It’s a terrible time, I know.

Yes, many many dogs survive and it’s often a case of hitting this disease quickly and hard in the early days.

Hopefully the azathioprine will help. It that doesn’t work, ask your vet to add in Cyclosporine.

Is Coco on any other drugs? stomach protection? blood clotting protection like aspirin?

Do you have a copy of Coco’s blood test results. If you send them through on Urgent Advice, Patrice, the site owner can have a look at them. She’s very clever with understanding what is going on and can help you to understand.

Coco will probably get worse before he gets better, I’m sorry to say, but don’t give up hope.

Ask anything.

Regards, Vally

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Hi Jen, welcome to the site, although I’m sorry you had to come looking.

Coco is sounding as though she is doing great and I’m so pleased. Your work to get help I’m sure saved her life.

As Patrice said, so many times we’ve come across vets who just didn’t know what they were doing and did so many unnecessary tests and the right treatment wasn’t implemented fast enough and what became apparent was that fast hard treatment was so important.

Foodwise, stick to what Coco normally eats, although make sure it’s not too high in fat. I wouldn’t change her diet too much, especially if she has a delicate tummy. One thing I would do is make sure she’s getting good quality lean meat food. You want to avoid any chance of pancreatitis, especially while she’s on prednisone.

Do upload the paperwork. Patrice is amazing at understanding it all and can help you understand what’s happening. And yes, if you don’t have a copy of all the tests, ask for them. I always said it helped me to get my head around it all if I could compare the tests to see progress.

Coco, you are a very lucky girl to have such a great mum.

Regards, Vally.

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I sorry I didn’t know Teresa from the old Forum. I only joined it towards the end, before it was closed down.

I’m sure she’s playing with her fur babies and looking down with heaps of love for you and your family.

Big hugs from me.

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Great news Tim. Good luck with the reduction.

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She’s sounding very good Lily. A drop of 1 is not a problem. In fact I always found that after a reduction in prednisone, there always seemed to be a bit of a drop, as though the body were readjusting.

The liver pill, is that Denamarin? That works a treat.

Regards, Vally

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Hi Tim, and welcome, although as you said, it’s not a place you really want to visit.

Molly sounds as though she is really rallying and I suspect she will do even better as the meds are reduced. Totally agree, never reduce two meds at once.

Mycophenolate is not one of my favourites, but more and more vets seem to be going that way now. Yes, ironically, it can cause bone marrow suppression which reduces production of red blood cells.

Good luck with your girl. Any queries, don’t hesitate to ask.

My very best wishes.

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Hi Lily, thank you for the update. The drop of 3 is not a concern as it can depend on how hydrated or dehydrated Ellie is when the blood is taken. The more hydrated, the lower the reading. It’s constant drops that are more of a concern.

Good luck with the next test.

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Hi Lily, thyroid medication can help the marrow to produce red blood cells.

How did Ellie go with the blood test?