Hi, all,
Thought I'd give a little update on Layla who, as you may recall, has lost weight despite a very good appetite. Bloodwork turned up a low B12 and nothing more. Ultrasound showed nothing but lots of gas in her colon.
I opted to try a 2 weeks of Prednisone treatment before going straight to endoscopy/biopsy. I just couldn't justify spending $2K and putting Layla through so much stress without at least trying the less invasive option first. I started the Pred on Saturday. She's getting .35 cc of liquid once a day.
She has also had a couple of B12 shots and will be receiving another tomorrow.
She is in great spirits, very active and animated, but doesn't appear to have gained any weight, despite increasing her food intake quite a bit since going on the Pred. Her last weigh in, about 3 weeks ago, was 6.15 lbs (up very slightly from 6.1 lbs about a week before that).
Her poop really does not look any more formed than it was before the Pred (I was hopeful that maybe the antibiotics she was on for her ear infection were causing the loose stool, but she's been off of them since Saturday).
I know I have another 8 days or so of Pred before we take her back in for weigh in, but I'm still concerned that this isn't working and we're going to have to think about getting a biopsy to look for lymphoma.
Any advice, suggestions, would be greatly appreciated.
Thought I'd give a little update on Layla who, as you may recall, has lost weight despite a very good appetite. Bloodwork turned up a low B12 and nothing more. Ultrasound showed nothing but lots of gas in her colon.
I opted to try a 2 weeks of Prednisone treatment before going straight to endoscopy/biopsy. I just couldn't justify spending $2K and putting Layla through so much stress without at least trying the less invasive option first. I started the Pred on Saturday. She's getting .35 cc of liquid once a day.
She has also had a couple of B12 shots and will be receiving another tomorrow.
She is in great spirits, very active and animated, but doesn't appear to have gained any weight, despite increasing her food intake quite a bit since going on the Pred. Her last weigh in, about 3 weeks ago, was 6.15 lbs (up very slightly from 6.1 lbs about a week before that).
Her poop really does not look any more formed than it was before the Pred (I was hopeful that maybe the antibiotics she was on for her ear infection were causing the loose stool, but she's been off of them since Saturday).
I know I have another 8 days or so of Pred before we take her back in for weigh in, but I'm still concerned that this isn't working and we're going to have to think about getting a biopsy to look for lymphoma.
Any advice, suggestions, would be greatly appreciated.
