Mary said her cat Yodie had an ear polyp but I think she mentioned that it was so big that equipment wasn't needed to see it. In Tiger's case, if he does have one, xrays aren't picking it up (he's had 7 of those so far). The endoscopy that was done was just in his throat area and esophogus because they didn't have a camera that was 2.5 mm to fit into his nasal passage for rhinoscopy where polyps sometimes grow so I might be going to see a vet who will be able to do that for Tiger if the 'fresh air' experiment doesn't improve things.I don't know if they can use endoscopy equipment for the ears but my vet (the first vet we went to 6 weeks ago) said that she had gone looking for a mass or a polyp when he was under but her clinic doesn't have any endoscopy equipment so she could only see what she could see with her eyes and that's when she recommended we go to the next vet we saw who did have the equipment but as it turned out, not the smaller 2.5mm camera. This sure is a learning experience!
I definitely remembered what you had said yesterday about the Benedryl and kind of shuttered at the thought that I had tried to give it to Tiger a few weeks back but thankfully he wouldn't eat it. For some reason though both the pharmacist and the vet said there was no issue with giving benedryl with prednisone when I asked about it. But, the fact that you had said that they shouldn't be combined was enough of a worry for me to not even go that route, especially since there is the option of chlor tripolon which everyone seems to agree is safe. The dosage recommended by the pharmacist didn't match what the vet suggested which I found a bit un-nerving but I'm going with the vet's prescribed dose (2-4mg twice a day).
I just checked on him and he seems a little more comfortable than yesterday. Here's hoping that this has been a reaction to pollutants in the air. That is something we can definitely solve.
Thanks again.
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