Ellie-Mae not doing that great...UPDATE: 2nd update

[carole]

UPDATE.

Well Ellie finished her two weeks of steroids, and then was to go on one per day, however she was not doing well at all,she had a couple of good days, but eating was still painful for her and i had a devil of a time getting her to get enough food in, but we did do that, so i decided enough is enough off to the white coats again.

Just got back from there, Gabe my vet said the reason the steroids are not working as well is due to the condition becoming worse, which is not good news, i asked whether i would need to Put her to sleep, and he said if it continues as is i would, i just cannot imagine my life without my girl, it just does not bear thinking about, and i WON'T right now, anyhow he gave her
some Depomedrol 40mg, Convenia Injection, and we are trying a new pill on top of her steriods, Cycloblastin tablets, one every five days, poor wee girl, she is drugged to the max right now, asleep on the bed, but at least she won't be in pain at the moment.

She had lost weight down from 4.1 to 3.95, not a good sign, but not too dramatic either,but on steroids you usually have to worry about weight increase, little girl has the moon shape look about her face now, which is one of the side effects of long term steroids.

So please keep all your fingers and paws crossed, prayers for my little girl, that this works and Ellie will be with me for a lot longer, it has only been two months since i lost Ash i am not ready to loose another furbaby, not now, not ever really,at least my ole guy had a good long life ,but Ellie is only ten and she had six yrs of a horrible life,and i want her to have many more happy years with me, i love her to bits, she is so unique in her purssonality,she is very special.

thanks for your time.

I have just checked out those pills online, i forgot to ask gabe what they are , and by gosh they are chemotherapy drugs, he did tell me to make sure i am careful and wash my hands after handling, which of course i do anyhow,gee i dunno, poor wee girl, i hate all these drugs in her system, but still if they work, that will be great, but i do wonder about the drawback side effects of them. maybe her doseage is small and that will make a difference, here's hoping.