Kerry, I really think you should try the I-R. I had success with it
with Ginger when she had a long-term (3 week) bad URI and was not eating, and
with Patches when she had pneumonia. And it sounds like Smokey has a
similar if not identical problem to Bandy's, with the intermittent fevers
and URI signs, and apparently the I-R has worked much better than the
antibiotics and steroids.
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck can be from bad infection somewhere (when I
had mono the glands in my neck were huge) or from lymphoma.
Michelle
In a message dated 3/3/2006 4:32:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Nina,
No we haven't used immuno-regulin...His vet doesn't seem to like to use
it..She told me that she hadn't had good results with it so I really haven't
pushed the issue with it..
His temp has been spiking alot the last week so she told me yesterday to
keep using the dex as needed to keep the temp down..He usually gets 1/2 pill
weekly, but the last 2 wks, it has been going to over 104.5 every 2 to 3
days...so finally Thurs morning I gave him a whole pill..When we saw the vet
on Thurs afternoon, it was 100.5..and he seems to be doing ok today...so
far...I think this past leg injury has really caused him some problems over
the last 6 months so that may be why the fever keeps going up and
down...Nobody seems to know...I still find that really strange...
What exactly is the immuno-regulin suppose to do? I will go read
some more on it, too..I think I printed some info out on it last yr so it is
probably in Bandy's records..If I remember, there is info about it here, too,
right?? Hope all your babies are doing well these days..
Best regards to you and your furr-babies,
Kerry, Bandy, Buster and Lil Rascal
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