Patti, Scarlett took Denamarin, which contains a standardized extract of milk thistle seeds, and SAMe. Her liver values went down towards normal, and she felt great for a month. Then, her...
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Patti, Scarlett took Denamarin, which contains a standardized extract of milk thistle seeds, and SAMe. Her liver values went down towards normal, and she felt great for a month. Then, her...
Kathy, Rosie is adorable. A puppy truly does make a house a home!
Patti, be careful about "white coat hypertension" Scarlett's regular vet was out of town and I let her be over-treated with Hydralazine (a drug I would suggest avoiding) supposedly to avoid a stroke....
Kathy, it is wonderful that you take care of your parents. I know that can be stressful as I took care of my mother who had Alzheimer's, which made her a very difficult person to help. So sorry for...
So glad the SEB is helping Buddy - everything is nicer when our babies have good digestion!
In loving memory to one who truly rescued me rather than the other way around, I have made an album for Scarlett and one for Chloe, a new addition to the household as of June 18, 2013!
Cyclosporine helped Scarlett tremendously, she took the Neoral brand 25 mg every day to start (she weighed 12 # at the time age 7 she started), then after a year, every other day. She switched on...
This is exactly how I felt from the time Scarlett was erroneously diagnosed with Cushing's in 2009, and then for the next three and a half years dealing with all the things she did have. I always...
Sorry the good nights were short lived. Hoping the vet calls today and the vet visit this week brings good news.
When Scarlett was five, before she started on cyclosporine, she took temaril-p, which combines trimeprazine, an antihistamine, with prednisone. Her vet at the time said it was more effective than...
Kathy got it just right, The Three Musketeers! A beautiful family, I am so happy for you!
Kathy, I hope I'm wrong but ask the vet about GME. Terriers are prone to this and my Scarlett died from it. It can be treated if caught fast enough, treatment involves prednisone and cyclosporine....
Patty, So sorry a wonderful love story ended this way for you and Fella. Something of the same sort happened to me, I made a bad treatment choice that made Scarlett feel worse for two months. She...
Thanks for all the supportive messages, much appreciated in this trying time. Chuck has had to deal with the unexpected death of one of his cats. She was 13, but coming out of the blue the very day...
Sadly, after an episode of labored breathing that was too much to be explained by the chronic lung inflammation, Snowy went into the vet at 11 AM today. An X-Ray revealed that in the month since her...
Sharlene, I know Chuck is taking Snowy in this coming week and he'll post an update after. I'm in my 50's and Chuck a little older :) so keeping current on the boards is not as automatic for him as...
Elli, I have kicked myself many times and cried many tears for not having been smarter and/or more intuitive during the three and a half year's journey that started with a mistaken diagnosis of...
Among the may problems Scarlett dealt with in her 16 years of life, yeast infections of her skin were among them. Malaseb, KetoChlor, and Mal-A-Ket were all equally effective in keeping her free of...
Scarlett died yesterday, April 12, 2013. The neurological deficits turned out to be GME. The symptoms were kept mild for the first eleven months she had it, because she was taking cyclosporine for...
Scarlett apparently never had Cushing's but took Triolstane from Sept 2009 to April 2010 after being misdiagnosed as so having. At the bottom of this post I have listed all the things she is dealing...
Scarlett has been to another clinic where she has had a much better experience with a board certified internist, this vet works closely with her regular vet and is totally up to speed on the blood...
I think it was the increase in the BP meds, both at the hospital and at home for a week after because my regular vet said since her BP was likely not really elevated except at the stressful moment it...
Thanks for all your replies. Scarlett's being put on the extra high blood pressure medicine that drove her creatinine up from 2.2 to 4.6, and BUN from 74 to 154 was done under the supervision of a...
Off trilostane since May 2010, and no idea what cortisol levels are now.. Will have to ask for it to be included on blood work I am having done this week. What screen includes this, I am afraid I am...
Scarlett is a 15 year old silky terrier, weighing 8.5 pounds. she weighed twelve pounds at diagnosis in August, 2009. She was urinating and drinking a lot, had a pot belly. Her blood panel showed an...