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Rosie Update

Rosie is in the best place for her recovery with her family about her. Fingers crossed that you will see a big inprovement over the next few days. :luck: :luck: :luck:
 
Fingers crossed she carries on improving. It is nice to hear she is more comfortable. Failed to get through to my friend, but the treatment Rosie is having sounds very similar to the treatment my friends bitch had. She is now okay, so keep hoping.

A xx
 
Fingers crossed she carries on improving. It is nice to hear she is more comfortable. Failed to get through to my friend, but the treatment Rosie is having sounds very similar to the treatment my friends bitch had. She is now okay, so keep hoping.

A xx
 
Unfortunately it appears that Rosie is suffering from a common side effect of prednisolone, vomiting.

She has been unable to keep any food down today, including the tablets she had this morning :( I am waiting for the vet to phone me to let me know what to do as I don't want to see her losing weight and becoming even more poorly because of the treatment :(

So far she has only had two tablets, one yesterday and one this morning so it isn't even established in her system yet :unsure:
 
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i hope she settles down and then gets back to old self, sending hugs all round
 
Just catching up Jane, and so sorry Rosie is still suffering. I share Annie's worry that prednisolone will mask another potential problem, having had a bitch which just that happened to. However, you have had advice from people whose whippets have suffered with meningitis, and it does seem that Rosie has the symptoms.

My girlie had a temperature or 106, and in obvious pain. Over a few weeks she was tested for just about everything you can think of including Lupus, and other autoimmune conditions. They tried her on prednisolone, and she improved instantly. However, if we tried to wean her off them, she got very ill again. She started to need higher and higher doses to keep her well. She had a test called a serum protein electrophoresis test, which showed she had acute inflammation somewhere in her body. They did an exploratory laparotomy, and found her liver was terribly diseased - she had a condition called cholangiohepatitis. This liver problem hadn't shown on early blood tests, and the later ones that did show up anomalies with the liver, were thought to have been caused by the prednisolone. Strangely prednisolone was contraindicated for this condition, but it did stop her temperature rising, and her being in pain. So, the advice from the specialists was to keep her on preds, as well as the desired antibiotic Metronidazole (which isn't often given due to side effects). So had she not had prednisolone in the beginning which masked her symptoms for some months, and the vets had been able to diagnose her problem, we might have had her in our lives for longer. Cholangiohepatitis although common in cats, is notoriously difficult to diagnose in dogs. She lived another 6 months following her exploratory op, but she deteriorated and we had to let her go just before her 7th birthday.

I hope I don't make you to sad or worried with this story, but just to be on your guard as Annie suggested that prednisolone although a wonder drug can mask some underlying problem. Keep us updated with Rosie's progress, and if anyone can nurse her better it is you :huggles: xxx
 
CASONOVA had to have to lots of tummy liners one 2 hour and another 1 hour before his steroid maybe its a bit much for her tummy fingers crossedxxx to rosie
 
Rosie now has to have a third of a Zantac tablet before dinner and her steroid and antibiotic have to be in the dinner.

She had dinner at around 7ish tonight and, so far, it has stayed down :thumbsup: Hopefully it will stay that way :)
 
June Jonigk said:
Just catching up Jane, and so sorry Rosie is still suffering. I share Annie's worry that prednisolone will mask another potential problem, having had a bitch which just that happened to. However, you have had advice from people whose whippets have suffered with meningitis, and it does seem that Rosie has the symptoms.
My girlie had a temperature or 106, and in obvious pain. Over a few weeks she was tested for just about everything you can think of including Lupus, and other autoimmune conditions. They tried her on prednisolone, and she improved instantly. However, if we tried to wean her off them, she got very ill again. She started to need higher and higher doses to keep her well. She had a test called a serum protein electrophoresis test, which showed she had acute inflammation somewhere in her body. They did an exploratory laparotomy, and found her liver was terribly diseased - she had a condition called cholangiohepatitis. This liver problem hadn't shown on early blood tests, and the later ones that did show up anomalies with the liver, were thought to have been caused by the prednisolone. Strangely prednisolone was contraindicated for this condition, but it did stop her temperature rising, and her being in pain. So, the advice from the specialists was to keep her on preds, as well as the desired antibiotic Metronidazole (which isn't often given due to side effects). So had she not had prednisolone in the beginning which masked her symptoms for some months, and the vets had been able to diagnose her problem, we might have had her in our lives for longer. Cholangiohepatitis although common in cats, is notoriously difficult to diagnose in dogs. She lived another 6 months following her exploratory op, but she deteriorated and we had to let her go just before her 7th birthday.

I hope I don't make you to sad or worried with this story, but just to be on your guard as Annie suggested that prednisolone although a wonder drug can mask some underlying problem. Keep us updated with Rosie's progress, and if anyone can nurse her better it is you :huggles: xxx
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if you give too much pred without liners it can cause liver damage ring jay p and she will put you on to jo tucker who is such a help with immune probs,
 
starswift said:
June Jonigk said:
Just catching up Jane, and so sorry Rosie is still suffering. I share Annie's worry that prednisolone will mask another potential problem, having had a bitch which just that happened to. However, you have had advice from people whose whippets have suffered with meningitis, and it does seem that Rosie has the symptoms.
My girlie had a temperature or 106, and in obvious pain. Over a few weeks she was tested for just about everything you can think of including Lupus, and other autoimmune conditions. They tried her on prednisolone, and she improved instantly. However, if we tried to wean her off them, she got very ill again. She started to need higher and higher doses to keep her well. She had a test called a serum protein electrophoresis test, which showed she had acute inflammation somewhere in her body. They did an exploratory laparotomy, and found her liver was terribly diseased - she had a condition called cholangiohepatitis. This liver problem hadn't shown on early blood tests, and the later ones that did show up anomalies with the liver, were thought to have been caused by the prednisolone. Strangely prednisolone was contraindicated for this condition, but it did stop her temperature rising, and her being in pain. So, the advice from the specialists was to keep her on preds, as well as the desired antibiotic Metronidazole (which isn't often given due to side effects). So had she not had prednisolone in the beginning which masked her symptoms for some months, and the vets had been able to diagnose her problem, we might have had her in our lives for longer. Cholangiohepatitis although common in cats, is notoriously difficult to diagnose in dogs. She lived another 6 months following her exploratory op, but she deteriorated and we had to let her go just before her 7th birthday.

I hope I don't make you to sad or worried with this story, but just to be on your guard as Annie suggested that prednisolone although a wonder drug can mask some underlying problem. Keep us updated with Rosie's progress, and if anyone can nurse her better it is you :huggles: xxx
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if you give too much pred without liners it can cause liver damage ring jay p and she will put you on to jo tucker who is such a help with immune probs,
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Thanks for the thought Serena, but this was an old story, and we lost her in Feb 2000.
 
Glad to hear rosie kept her food down last night and hope she continues on the right road for you :huggles: .
 
Rosie has had a good night and has kept her food down :D

She is quite bright this morning and joining in with the morning routine as normal again so, with any luck, we are over the worst now!! :thumbsup:

Many thanks for all the wonderful advice and support - K9 is an amazing forum to be part of as the levels of knowledge and experience are second to none. I really can't put into words how grateful I am that you are all out there ....... but I am!! :* :thumbsup:
 
jinnyfizz said:
Rosie has had a good night and has kept her food down :D She is quite bright this morning and joining in with the morning routine as normal again so, with any luck, we are over the worst now!! :thumbsup:

Many thanks for all the wonderful advice and support - K9 is an amazing forum to be part of as the levels of knowledge and experience are second to none. I really can't put into words how grateful I am that you are all out there ....... but I am!! :* :thumbsup:
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so pleased to read shes getting better Jane...naughty girl she had us all worried :wub: :wub:
 
Good news to start the day off :) Keep it up Rosie x
 
Both Paula and I send our best wishes and healthy thoughts for Rosie.

Karen
 
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