Michelle, I do remember your Simon. Fu is on Leukeran and pred. I was letting him eat dry food this week which he likes because he has been losing weight. I guess that is what has caused the severe constipation. I'm worried that he may soon be too be too weak to try to pass the stool.
Bonnie www.elephants.com ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, July 9, 2005 3:03 pm Subject: Re: Fu's severe constipation was:: canned pumpkin > If his lymphoma is out of remission, I would suggest talking to > the vet about > putting him on dexamethasone and depomedrol shots instead of > prednisone > pills. They are stronger and also reduce the need for pilling. > They shrink > lymphoma. I don't know if you were on the list and following when > my Simon was sick. A > month before he actually died from anemia, it seemed like he was > dying from > his lymphoma and the vet would not give him more chemo and sent > him home to > die, which we thought he would. We loaded him up on steroids (a > depo and a dex > shot one day, then dex for two more days) and he got better enough > to get chemo > and do well for another month. > > I would highly suggest keeping him on slippery elm. You can > syringe it to him > by mixing it with water, preferably hot water, until it is a goopy > texture, > cooling it, and syringing it a few times a day. It really does > wonders with > intestinal lymphoma. My Josephine had intestinal lymphoma, and the > vets were > amazed that she never had diarrhea or other bowel problems the > whole time. I > syringed her 3 cc's of slippery elm syrup (which I made by boiling > the powder for a > second or two with water, stirring and cooling) twice a day. > > Michelle >
