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Marla,
I just feel a bit like an idiot…. thinking this reduction was ok. Thank goodness there are some people here that know more about cyclosporin and caught the mistake. We certainly don’t want little Dewey to relapse!
Best wishes,
Brigitte

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Hi Marla

That is a great improvement on the PCV – well done Dewey!!!!!

BUT this reduction is way too risky & not what Dr Dodds recommended. We are all begging you not to do this so quickly. Please stick to Dr Dodd’s advice. When Dewey gets down to the correct cyclosporine dose for his weight – in a few weeks, please, not a few days (!) – and his PCV is in normal range, you can reduce the prednisone SLOWLY.

You know we all love you & Dewey to bits & we are trying to help get him better.

Loads of love & hugs

Sheena, Worzel & Ollie xxxxx

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Alyssa,
as far as I know Dr. Dodds has approved of this tapering of the cyclosporin. Dewey’s immune system is still very suppressed by the prednisone so there should not be a problem. At least this is how I understand it. Having Dr. Dodds approval behind it would be good enough for me:)

Brigitte

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Hi Marla,
fantastic news! Yes this disease sure keeps us on our toes. We start to observe our dogs very closely and of course most of us have some form of paranoia. Small things become scary huge problems. It is great to have a vet on your side that knows where those feelings com from and understands. Yes, it sure shakes you up and you treasure every moment with your dog. The fact that Dewey has improved so much is just wonderful! i think you are giving him petinic. Is he also on thyroxin? The thyroid supplement was a big turnaround for my dog.
Marla, keep doing what you are doing, obviously you are doing it right! Dewey is a superstar and he is doing it right as well:)
Best wishes,
Brigitte

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Emily – what are you? A superstar, that’s what! I can only say yeeeeee-haaaawwwww!! Good luck on the next reduction – lovely news.
Love Sheena, Worzel & Ollie xxxxx

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Hiya Lynn

Don’t worry about the 2 posts – no problem – easy to do!

All is sounding wonderful with little Hayley – yippee – I am really happy she got such a great report – a weight off your mind, I bet. A PCV of 50 is excellent – give her a BIG hug from me. She is amazing – you must be so happy, Lynn.

But I’m sad to read about your sister’s fur baby – even when they get to an old age, it is still just as hard to get bad news. My goodness, that is some age indeed – incredible. I will be thinking of her & please could you send her all my love & support. None of us ever want to hear that our dear loves have cancer – it’s always heartbreaking & devastating – they are truly irreplaceable.

Much love from us all
Sheena & the boys xxxxx

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Arianne

TP is used as a guide as to how hydrated/dehydrated they are & this gives us an idea of how “accurate” the PCV is – I wouldn’t worry about it at all as it it only slightly above normal anyway. It probably means that Carsten was a little bit dehydrated, that’s all. Congratulations on such a wonderful result!!!!
Here is an explanation of TP
http://www.2ndchance.info/dxme-TotalProt.htm
This wonderful site has normal blood result figures on it too.
Hope that puts your mind at rest
Sheena

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Hi Arianne

Great news on that PCV, but what a nightmare eating all that awful stuff! They are such little thieves. Hope everything comes out the other end OK really soon!

The acepromazine story is a lesson we should all learn from – I would advise EVERYONE to be extremely careful about giving their dog any drug (including some antibiotics) with this disease because many are AIHA triggers or can cause blood dyscrasias (blood abnormalities). Before giving your dogs anything, please ask us for help checking it out. I am always happy to help with that – I’ve nearly made a mistake myself because our local vets gave Worzel something he shouldn’t have had (an antibiotic) & I didn’t look it up. I just assumed he knew what he was doing – I felt pretty stupid for not checking it out – so we cannot always rely on the vets, as I know very well! Never assume.

Another thing that always sticks in my mind – Patrice once told us a story about a dog on no stomach protection who was in such pain that he/she tried to eat anything to stop the agony & ended up eating all sorts of awful things including socks. When they opened the tummy up, they were shocked at what they found – terrible ulceration & bleeding – poor little dog. Sorry to have to repeat that. but it shows how important sucralfate & other tummy protectors are. These drugs are very hard on the GI tract. They also make them ravenous & it’s hard to keep an eye on them every single minute.

Good luck with tomorrow’s test

Sheena x