Simon was put on a high dose of prednisone for a period of 4 months, after which it was tapered off and now he is on no medications. Also, as he was tapering the meds, I was working on rebuilding his confidence about putting things in his mouth, because at that point, I was hoping he would still be able to do service work. I started by having him take a towel or a sock in his mouth, and slowly building up. But, the important part is the high level of pred. I believe it was 80 mg / twice a day for a while and then once a day, and then slowly tapered off from there. It was pretty scary.
TheRedQueen wrote:Christine, in case you're interested...I emailed the other trainer that has the lab with the acute case...here's what she told me about his meds...Simon was put on a high dose of prednisone for a period of 4 months, after which it was tapered off and now he is on no medications. Also, as he was tapering the meds, I was working on rebuilding his confidence about putting things in his mouth, because at that point, I was hoping he would still be able to do service work. I started by having him take a towel or a sock in his mouth, and slowly building up. But, the important part is the high level of pred. I believe it was 80 mg / twice a day for a while and then once a day, and then slowly tapered off from there. It was pretty scary.
amazincc wrote:I don't know if they checked his blood for anything else once she suspected MM...
I haven't given him any Pred yet - I was waiting for you guys to chime in first.
Edit: Just looked at my paperwork, and, no, they didn't do any other blood work.
Marinepits wrote:
Probably wouldn't hurt to get a urinalysis done, then, especially if he keeps peeing and having accidents, and chugging down a LOT of water.
You don't see a pink tinge or any blood in his urine, do you?
Marinepits wrote:Hey, if they told you to start the meds, start the meds. I'm not a vet and don't know all of Seppel's history -- I'm just throwing semi-educated ideas out there. He *most likely* has MMM and needs the pred to get better. He *might possibly* have a UTI, and that's really quite fixable at any time.
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