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    Memebelly Update 9.6.07

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    9.6.07 update

     

    Thanks for checking in on my Meemers, she has perked up amazingly today. The specialist told us the new medication would take up to 2 weeks to reach full potency, but even Cynthia remarked today that Mia is brighter and bouncier than she has been ALL SUMMER!!

     

    She is on 20mg Pred twice/day until the new meds are up to full potency so the potty accidents have begun again, you have about a 10 second window to get her outside once she tells you it is time, but that is ok because I have a steam cleaner and I know how to use it! :lol

    Memebelly Update 9.6.07

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    Can hounds get Systemic Lupus? If so, have they tested her for that? Can they give a hound Cyclosporine(surpresses the immune system) Just curious...sounds like she's feeling a lot like me and my Systemic Lupus!

     

    Sending my prayers for your sweet blue girlie!

     

     

    Suzie, Lupus was one of the things mentioned. We are still working with the same specialist who saw her when she was Very Very sick in June and she was even mentioning the possibility of this happening back then and Lupus came up then as well.

     

    Basically what the vet said was despite the name we give it, the treatment is going to be the same, so she didn't recommend doing all of the testing to find out if it is lupus or some other name. :(

     

    I can ask about the Cyclosporine once we have the final test results back, we went ahead and started Mia on azathroprine, which from the tiny bit of research I have had time to do is an immunomodulator (non steroid). The plan is to take her completely off of the prednisone once the azathroprine is at the right level in her system.

    Memebelly Update 9.6.07

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    Did you do a PCR test for e ewingii? What about the other tick diseases? I bet she has a tbd not yet identified. Did you treat for 8 weeks?

     

    Sending lots of prayers!

     

     

    We are doing a PCR test now to make absolutely sure about the Erlichea. The tests from NC State were definitely negative for everything except erlichea and we treated with doxy for 10 weeks at the higher dosage.

     

    The PCR test is to try to make absolute sure the erlichea is gone, if it is then this is probably an immune mediated response and she will likely be on medication long term and possibly for the rest of her life, according to the specialist. :(

    Memebelly Update 9.6.07

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    9.6.07 update

     

    Thanks for checking in on my Meemers, she has perked up amazingly today. The specialist told us the new medication would take up to 2 weeks to reach full potency, but even Cynthia remarked today that Mia is brighter and bouncier than she has been ALL SUMMER!!

     

    She is back on the higher dosage (20mg Prednisone twice/day) until the new meds are up to full potency so the potty accidents have begun again, you have about a 10 second window to get her outside once she tells you it is time, but that is ok because I have a steam cleaner and I know how to use it! :lol

     

     

     

    9.4.07

     

    We are back from the vet. Again. We have been sloooooowly (like snail's pace) backing down Mia's pred dosage. We had a checkup appointment last Tuesday and backed it down to 20mg once per day and this weekend she started slowing down and acting like she didn't feel well.

     

    Last night her fever spiked up to 104, so this coupled with feeling lethargic, moving slowly, etc, this morning we took her to the vet.

     

    The pain and swelling is back in her joints and it looks like she has an immune mediated disease caused by the Erlichea. We are sending her blood off to be cultured to make absolute 100% certain that the Erlichea is completely gone, but the vet really feels like this is her immune system attacking itself.

     

    As of right now, she is back on an increased dose of Prednisone and she is starting on a new medication, azathroprine (? I haven't looked it up online yet) that is supposed to suppress the immune system better than pred with less side effects for long term use.

     

    So if you can spare any good healthy thoughts for my Meemers, she and I would both greatly appreciate it. I so want my little girl to be healthy!

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