imha

[marilyn rowe]

I just found this website and it appears to be a wonderful place for questions and advice.
I have a 4 yo small poodle 9lbs and was diagnosed with imha on 12/10/16. Cuppie is her name and she became listless, weak, and had zero appetite overnight so I took her to the ER. Her rbc’s were dropping and her gums were very pale. The ER Vet put her on low dose (5mg) pred and the following Mon morn I took her to our reg vet. Her RBC’s in just 28 hrs had fallen to 1.87 so she was given transfusion, depo injection and started on 20mg pred am and pm, along with atopica 10mg a day, orbax 1 cc q day, cimitidine and carafate. Cuppies blood count ofcourse began to rise a little bit over the next 3 weeks then she accidentally got into my granddaughters chicken wings and needed enemas and xrays…cuppie is now having reg non occult bms, her urine is yellow, and her appetite is good. 2 weeks ago the vet lowered her pred to 10mg am and pm and she continued to gradually climb in her numbers. Then last wed he dc’d the atopica, her rbc’s were 4.08, hct 29.5, hgb 10.0, ret 133.0, wbc 21.09, lym 2.19, plt 873…I realized he was concerned about a bleed however her stool did not indicate one. Last friday I called the vet asking if I could bring her in for a cbc and was denied. repeated this on sat. So Monday her rbc’s fell to 3.76, hct 26.7 hgb 9.6 wbc 20.46, ret 51.9. She received a depo and vit b injection, and he started her again on atopica 10mg per day. I am now taking her to a diff vet today. This is a horrifying rollercoaster, expensive isn’t the word for it, and I am an absolute mess emotionally. I just want to give her a chance to live since she is so young and I do completely love her so..we are so attached, and she can’t bear for me to be out of her sight for any amount of time. I will lovingly appreciate any advice…