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Kristen, yes I’m sure it’s the meds. You can try pumpkin for the diarrhea. Just plain pumpkin, add a little to his meal. Make sure it’s NOT the canned one with sugar.
I’m sure he’s over the moon to be home and I have no doubt that helps with recovery. Yell out if you’re worried about anything.
Vally
Kristen, hypothydrism can be an auto immune disorder and the thyroid controls the whole body, so it’s important to check it out. Thyroid medication can also encourage blood production, so it’s often recommended for our dogs. See here:
https://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com/AIHA_Terms/hypothyroidism
Regards, Vally.
Kristen, it really is different with all dogs. My boy, Bingo, was in hospital for about a week and, I agree, I was terrified bringing him home.
Had anything happened in the days/weeks before? Any vaccinations, infections, possible stings or bites? Do you know if they have tested for ticks? Any info you have about what they’ve done so far would be great. Can you make sure they test his thyroid too. I’m sure they are doing all that but doesn’t hurt to ask.
Regards, Vally
Hi Kristen and welcome. I always say sorry to find you here because that means you are very worried, but you are very welcome.
First of all, it’s quite normal to see bloods drop down after a blood transfusion because the transfusion is just to buy time for the drugs to work. It’s the drugs that need to start working to get the numbers to go up and stay up. Hopefully they’ll start to work quickly.
Your doggie is in the best place right now.
Ask anything.
My best, Vally
Hi Marian, and welcome to the site.
Every dog is different, but most important is to treat quickly and aggressively, so the drugs are used at high doses to stop the immune system and then when a dog is better, then they can slowly be reduced.
I’m a bit concerned that the reductions are happening quickly. Does your girl have diabetes? It’s better not to do two reductions at once. Usually we would do a reduction of prednisone, as it has the most side effects, and then perhaps another drug, but only when a dog has been stable and in the normal range, or close to it, and have been there a while. The danger of too quick a reduction is the risk of relapsing. Bingo did relapse twice, when we were doing reductions, so I’m always paranoid about it.
Bingo started to recover when he was commenced on cyclosporine, that seemed to do the trick with us, but as I said, all dogs are different.
My best, Vally
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