My 5 year old male wire dachshund went in for disk surgery and after MRI and spinal tap was found to have probable GME. He's on prednisone now. Any advice or support would be greatly appreciated.
It was an emotional roller coaster of a day. They anesthetized him to do the MRI. They did not see any disk issues but did see a "mass" in the cervical spine extending from C1 through C2. There was also extensive inflammation in the same area. They decided to do a spinal tap while he was out. Long story short...the spinal fluid results showed more inflammation than would be expected for a tumor so the doctor feels it is probably granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME). He'll be treated with steroids and if he shows a good response a continued slow taper over the next 5-6 months. Re-eval at that time. He's on 5 mg of prednisone 2 tabs 2 x day for 7 days, 1 tab a day for three weeks then 1 tab every other day. He told me what to watch for with the steroids, but didn't advise pepcid. Gus is happy to be home....no crate rest!