Posts Tagged ‘prednizone’

Lu’s on Juice

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

So Luther will be remaining on a large prednizone dose for another week, before being weened down in dosage.

He was supposed to be on his final large dose day today, but due to his tremors persisting, the vet wants to keep him on the drug at the current 20mg daily dose for another 7 days.

As for his stomach issues, they have all but disappeared, meaning that the prednizone is actually helping him, but the shaking is persisting.

According to his vet, the shaking is generally the last symptom to go away once a dog begins treatment so we’re hoping that another week of the higher prednizone dose will do the trick.

He appears to be having nausea also, a side effect of the prednizone because he is taking his sweet time eating, a teltail sign that the drug is making him feel a little off.

All said though, he is definitely doing better, and continues to regain muscle tone in his back legs.

His excessive drinking is gone, and he is begging more and more, a sure sign that the old Lu is somewhere not too far from the surface.

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Its Not a Broken Record: “Luther Update”

Friday, December 4th, 2009

So Lu went for blood work yesterday, and it appears that his pituitary gland is functioning far below the level that it should be.

This is a direct result of his lysodren overdose, but the hope was that by medicating him with prednizone that this would counteract that damaging effect of the drug.

He has been on prednizone for the last 3 weeks now, and although he did appear to perk up, the last few days have been more of a digression for him.

He has also begun shaking, ya know the kind of shaking that dogs do when they are scared of something, something I brought to the vet’s attention yesterday.

According to the vet, the shaking, and upset tummy Lu, and I have also been dealing with can be a direct result of a steroid deficiency in the body, meaning that now, his prednizone dose has been significantly bumped up.

He will be on the drug for the month of December, but in a larger dose, as the previous dose he was on did not result in any movement in his steroid levels at all.

He does appear to be a little more lively as of late though as I mentioned in my last post.

He goes up stairs, not willingly but he will do it, and he is a little more interested in what is going on around him, begging on a regular basis, lol.

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Luther Update

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

So Luther has been on prednizone for nearly 3 weeks and has noticably improved.

He is not shying away from going up stairs anymore, and although it takes him a while to climb a flight, he is doing so willingly.

He is also more active in general, seeking attention, and reverting back to his hoovering ways of old.

I never thought I’d ever miss having to keep an eye on him to make sure he stays out of trouble, but over the last little while, seeing him just lying down doing nothing, I’ve come to miss the lusifer side of Lu.

He goes back for a blood test at the end of the month, at which time I hope he can begin his maintinence phase of lysodren.

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