We got great news today at the vet! Dinah's red blood cells were up to 37%! They were 35% in June, which was normal, so this is terrific! The treatment seems to be working.
My vet did speak with Dr. Dodds this week for quite a while, she said. Dr. Dodds agreed with everything that she was doing, and just had one other idea. She said that sometimes in older Cavaliers with advanced MVD, and the blood flow just isn't right, it's like it hits a brick wall and can't get around properly. I'm not sure I'm saying this right. I should have written this down, but I was so happy with the news that I wasn't thinking. She said that could be killing some of the red blood cells. She thought this could be happening in combination with one or more of the other things that we're treating for. She said that she would have given antibiotics for tic-borne diseases (even though titers were negative) and possible dental infection, as well as prednisone and Imuran for possible IMHA, just as my vet is doing. She, like my vet, is not sure that Dinah really has IMHA, but the Coombs test is rarely a false positive. She does not think that the rabies vaccine had anything to do with this. She said that if it did, she thought her red blood cells would be much lower than they were after 3 months. That's what my vet thought, too, but I was not sure about that. I'm glad she got to discuss that with her. She thinks the Anipryl could possibly have contributed, and since I quit that and her red blood cells went up, I wonder about that too. This is not a known side affect to Anipryl, but it could be one that has not been noted yet. We'll never know exactly what happened I guess. Anyway, I am just thrilled with the results, and I start cutting the prednisone back today but not the Imuran yet. I am again feeling like Dinah will reach her 13th birthday in January. I appreciate everyone who responded to my questions about IMHA earlier. Carol Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/";>Carol's Cavaliers</A> "My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." Edith Wharton ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
