Beautiful Dally with IMHA

Hi SueBee, I’m so sorry to hear about Dally. My boy was diagnosed in November 2011 and I remember crying just before Christmas and telling someone that he probably wouldn’t make it to Christmas. I was wrong. He did..

It is the most hideous disease and I know your heart is breaking but Dally is still fighting and if he seems happy and is wagging his tail, he’s feeling better than he looks. Good luck today and I’m praying for you ad Dally and crossing everything that there’s some improvement.

The prednisone dose such a number on them, but all of that starts to reverse when they stabilise and the prednisone can start to be reduced.

Is Dally on any other medication? Prednisone isn’t enough. It’s very very rare that that alone will do it. A second drug, preferably Cyclosporine (Atopica) as it has fewer side effects is often essential. Also what about tummy protection. Prednisone is very harsh on the stomach. Bingo ended up with an ulcer, so he started Sucralfate and that takes care of their tummies.

The cost is horrendous, we all know that. Try and source drugs from pharmacies or Costco and Amazon by using a prescription. It’s cheaper than buying from the vets. Transfusions costs are unbelievable so I’m praying that Dally doesn’t need any more.

SueBee, for the tough ones, the best thing to do is contact Dr Jean Dodds. If Dally isn’t improving, that is what I would do. You can ask you vet to contact her, or if they’re not happy to do it, you can do it yourself with an Online Consultation. She responds very quickly. It costs $175 for an owner consult, but once you’ve paid that, you can simply respond to her email in the future and she gets back to you, so it’s really a very inexpensive consult as it’s a one-off charge. She is brilliant with this disease. This is a link to her page, the second box is the owner consultation.
https://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com/hemopetresources/

Is Dally on thyroid medication? She uses it as a standard protocol in her treatment. Actually her protocol is also on that page. Thyroxine has often turned dogs around as it helps the marrow to make red blood cells.

I’m always checking in but in Australia, so a different time zone most likely, but don’t hesitate to write.

Good luck today.

Vally & Bingo (diag Nov 2011, in remission)

Actually, I was wrong, the Owners Consult with Dr Dodds is US$150 not $175. If you do that, its best to give her as much information as possible, preferably the last few blood tests. The upload only takes one document, so what I’ve done is scanned everything together into 1 document and attach it.

How did Teako go?

Vally and Bingo

That’s like I can’t say Bingo is cured. He’s in remission.

Vally and Remission
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