Steriod therapy it is!!

**coco-bean** · 03-17-2007, 10:44 AM

Well as most of you know corona had her blood work ect. found out she had a mild protein defiency and i switched foods and it seemed to be working.
She was pooping wonderfully, by the way! Last night she had diahrea in her kennel really bad, including pee! We put all the pups to bed about 9:45 and i smelt the poop at about 1:00. It took me a few minutes to realize it was actual poop and not a fart or anything.
Anyways i called the vet and he reluctantly wasnt too thrilled about mentioning this but...said we need to put her on the Steriod Therapy no doubt about it.
I gave her, her first pill about half hour ago and on wed. im supposed to call him back and tell him how it's working out and then he'll reduce her med. to one pill a day. She is now supposed to be taking two a day and it will increase her unrine time and increase hunger and thirst.
I really hope this works!
the only good news out of this vet visit was the bill was about 9 times less today then it has been the last two weeks!
wish the little one luck and man o man i hope it works this time!!!

**GrabaLab** · 03-17-2007, 12:17 PM

I'm new here, so I didn't know how to find the thread telling about what is causing the problem that has led to trying steriod therapy. Would you mind telling me about it or directing me where to read? Thanks

**coco-bean** · 03-17-2007, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by GrabaLab

I'm new here, so I didn't know how to find the thread telling about what is causing the problem that has led to trying steriod therapy. Would you mind telling me about it or directing me where to read? Thanks

yea sure ill just give you a little breaffing of it.
Well there really isnt anything that is causing the problem...first the vet said it was inflamation in her colon but she was having diahrea in her kennel, just at night. and she wouldnt poop during the day, just at night. then the med. didnt work for it anymore, so they ran 2 blood tests and the second one said she had a mild protein deficiency, and putting her on some better food would help her. everything was going well with the change of food so i called the vet yesterday to tell him all was good...
well last night she had another accident in her kennel so i called...and here we are!
hope that kinda explains it....

**Taz_Zoee** · 03-17-2007, 12:45 PM

OH my, I really hope this works for Corona. You've had enough vet visits lately....poor thing. BTW how is the one with the owie leg? Sorry I couldn't remember if it was CoCo or Cainan. Do you have a thread going about it?

**coco-bean** · 03-17-2007, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee

OH my, I really hope this works for Corona. You've had enough vet visits lately....poor thing. BTW how is the one with the owie leg? Sorry I couldn't remember if it was CoCo or Cainan. Do you have a thread going about it?

yup it was coco, she seems just as hyper and her coco self as ever. I removed her stitches ohh about 2 days ago or so and she was a champ through the little ordeal. She layed real still for me while i took each one out and now just waiting for the last little bit of scab to fall off, otherwise all is good!
Thanks for asking!!

**Taz_Zoee** · 03-17-2007, 06:29 PM

Oh good! It sounds like your puppy clan is getting all healthy again! Woo Hoo!!

**GrabaLab** · 03-17-2007, 12:46 PM

Thanks! We have labs, too. Since they will eat anything they pick up if we're not right there to encourage them to drop it, leave it, etc.. I was curious what had been going on. We have an older Country Vet, and he sends us to the Dollar Store first to get something over the counter to try when their guts are upset before he does anything costly.