Okay so first the good news. My girl has not had nausea, vomiting, or cerenia since the end of January!!! So, as much as we have hated the side effects, the prednisone worked. She is off all of the other meds. I am reserving final judgement until a full two weeks passes since she just weaned off her last dose of omeprazole. The last time I took her off of it she had her worst episode of nausea ever. So we shall see. But I am basically on board with trying to get rid of any drugs we don't think are necessary, because man she was a pharmacy there for awhile and she wasn't even symptom free.
She has had urinary incontinence of varying degrees since starting the prednisone. She just went through a battery of tests last week for blood glucose and checking for uti, and so far everything is normal but I do think there is a culture one that hasn't come back yet. The plan is to switch her to budesonide hopefully this week when all those other tests rule out other causes for the incontinence. My vet tells me the side effects are less on this drug. I asked again about trying her off of it all when I was with my regular vet this week and he said yes but not yet, she needs a few months of remission.
Her current diet is: 2 1/2 cups of THK Keen and 3 1/2 scoops of Ziwipeak lamb, split into 3 meals per day. She gets digestive enzymes and probiotics, and Phyt'n Chance. I've got her back up to 65lb. She still seems just weaker than before and less coordination. Not in a serious, we need to go to the vet way, just, wow...she kind of looks her age to me for the first time.
So the last piece of the puzzle is her stools. She has had looser stools than I like since starting THK. At times kind of like a plop pie. Mostly formed but soft. At first LOTs of undigested food. Interestingly, now they are looking much more like poop and not the food that she just ate. I am hopeful that this is a good sign that maybe her system is working better? But I still wonder if this is a good diet for her as soft as they often are? She had HORRIBLE gas for about the first two weeks on honest kitchen, I mean peel the paint off the wall. This has mostly gone away.
So, I am not sure this diet is the best thing for her? Or if I should try something different and if so, what? The only other thing I can think of is home cooked which I still really can't do because unfortunately my vet got ALL my money again. I actually had the money for the freezer! And then both of them had to go to the vet unexpectedly and poof, it's gone again.
Also we are talking about putting her on Prolin (sp?) for the peeing. She is continuing to frequently pee in her sleep at night. Both vets feel, and there is supporting evidence, that she had subclinical beginnign incontinence before the prednisone and it just brought it out.
So, any thoughts on her diet, the meds, ect?
She has had urinary incontinence of varying degrees since starting the prednisone. She just went through a battery of tests last week for blood glucose and checking for uti, and so far everything is normal but I do think there is a culture one that hasn't come back yet. The plan is to switch her to budesonide hopefully this week when all those other tests rule out other causes for the incontinence. My vet tells me the side effects are less on this drug. I asked again about trying her off of it all when I was with my regular vet this week and he said yes but not yet, she needs a few months of remission.
Her current diet is: 2 1/2 cups of THK Keen and 3 1/2 scoops of Ziwipeak lamb, split into 3 meals per day. She gets digestive enzymes and probiotics, and Phyt'n Chance. I've got her back up to 65lb. She still seems just weaker than before and less coordination. Not in a serious, we need to go to the vet way, just, wow...she kind of looks her age to me for the first time.
So the last piece of the puzzle is her stools. She has had looser stools than I like since starting THK. At times kind of like a plop pie. Mostly formed but soft. At first LOTs of undigested food. Interestingly, now they are looking much more like poop and not the food that she just ate. I am hopeful that this is a good sign that maybe her system is working better? But I still wonder if this is a good diet for her as soft as they often are? She had HORRIBLE gas for about the first two weeks on honest kitchen, I mean peel the paint off the wall. This has mostly gone away.
So, I am not sure this diet is the best thing for her? Or if I should try something different and if so, what? The only other thing I can think of is home cooked which I still really can't do because unfortunately my vet got ALL my money again. I actually had the money for the freezer! And then both of them had to go to the vet unexpectedly and poof, it's gone again.
Also we are talking about putting her on Prolin (sp?) for the peeing. She is continuing to frequently pee in her sleep at night. Both vets feel, and there is supporting evidence, that she had subclinical beginnign incontinence before the prednisone and it just brought it out.
So, any thoughts on her diet, the meds, ect?