Noelle, I am so sorry to hear about Natia. When I read your posting it crushed me. I was really hoping she'd make a miraculous turn around. She sounded like a...
Noelle, I am soooooo sorry that you lost your beloved, Tia. Please don't blame yourself, or do the coulda, woulda, shoulda thoughts. You did the best you...
the reason for my post today is to see if anyone needs some cyclosporine. on me. i threw everything else out in a fit of rage the day i came home without...
Noelle, My heart goes out to you. I lost my 2 year old Maltese 2 1/2 years ago after a 9 day illness. Both my vet and I were in shock that she went from ...
Does anyone else have this problem? Maybe it's just Bailey. I tried... really tried at 2:30 this morning to give him his second shot - my vet did the first...
Jackie, It shouldn't hurt. Are you raising a "tent" and injecting into that? There aren't many nerve endings there. If anyone wants to respond to Noelle's...
Noelle, Please accept my condolences on your loss of Natia. Few would have tried as hard as you did to save her. She was lucky to have you and I hope in the...
Jackie, It's always harder in the beginning. I think they know we're scared and it translates to them. Here's what I do: I have someone hold Dino with a milk...
Hello everyone, My name is Mary Ann Condit,I joined this group a few short months ago with a just 2 yr old yorkie.I will be forever grateful for being sent...
Mary Ann, I'm so sorry about Harley. You loved him enough to try and help him, so please remember that while your heart is hurting right now. Yes, Harley is...
Bailey has his first labs Friday afternoon - the six day one to check the liver toxicity and also the neutrophil count from the Cytarbine injections. Dr....
Mary Ann, I'm sorry your Harly did not respond but glad he's spared from suffering. I hope you can soon remember only the happy times. Donna ... ago with a...
Jackie, I have all the labs done at an outside lab that will be used for drug monitoring purposed (most vets use either Antech or Ideex) and faxed to Dr...
Hi Mary Ann, I am so sorry to learn that Harley has gone to the Rainbow Bridge with so many others from this terrible disease. I am glad that you have found...
Mary Ann, I'm also heartbroken for you and Harley. I will tell my beloved Hugo to look out for him, so he'll have a friend there ight away. All the others...
You should have the vet send the bloods out to a lab and NOT run them in house. Then, get every blood result to Dr. Sisson. That's how everyone does this....
Mary Ann, I too am so sorry for your loss. I don't know if this is your first loss or not, as Natia was mine. She passed last Tuesday. I still wonder when...
From: Alex Eisemann ... Well, actually, Kisa *did* have her bloods and chems done in house, but she was being treated at a specialty referral veterinary clinic...
i know you guys sent this a while ago, but i want to add to the part of a non-profit for GME also!!! In 19 days i ran up a $7000.00 bill. i guess i had...
I hate to say this but I think one of my other dogs may be showing signs of GME. It will two years on August 12th that I lost my Sandy to this God awful...
Hi All, Remy's neuro feels that he has the begining signs of slight GI tract bleeding (Slightly elevated BUN:Creatine ratio and slightly lower red blood cell...
Vanessa and Remy, I so understand your concerns about lowering the pred. From the experience I've had with Dino, I am always uncertain if what I'm seeing is...
Remy is normally 11-12 lbs. Now, he is 13 and change. This weekend went well. I kept thinking I have been seeing tremors but there are no other signs so it is...
Hi Vanessa, Frida has the tremors too. On top of that, she's a chihuahua, so she trembles when something exciting is happening... so I was always second...
Hi All, Thank you for all the help and support provided through this difficult time. I, of course, have another questions/issue. Remy has had diarrhea off and...
Vanessa, To help answer your question, I need to know whether the leflunomide or cyclosporine has ever been increased, what the dosage change was, when that ...
Reading Vanessa's post about Remy, she said the pill giving takes awhile because they can't be given at the same time. I didn't know that. Dr. Sisson didn't...
Hi Jackie, I was told by Dr Sisson that the Pred should be given in the AM and the leflunomide given in the PM. We've done that since the very beginning but...