Aw, I'm sorry to hear about Ellie Mae. The Pred will help a lot but everyone is right, she'll gain weight. My Creamsicle is on it and she's really packed it on. I'm concerned about diabetes later on, too, especially w/her being a CH baby but if I take her off the Pred, she loses her hair. We do what we have to do for our furbabies and somehow muddle through. I'm glad that Ellie Mae has put on just a little weight now, though, and hopefully she'll be feeling much better soon.