Hi All,
Thank you Kerry R for taking the time to send support and share your's
and Inky's Mom's experience with me. I'm not able to answer everyone's
posts individually, but please know that each and every one means the
world to me. I'm actually feeling much more light hearted as I write to
you. Spencer has benefited from the dex shots and is feeling MUCH
better. (Thank you, thank you, Michelle!). He's started to eat on his
own, not as much as he needs to, but still, significant improvement.
He's been grooming himself and this morning he once again was able to
join the dogs in the front yard when we went to get the paper! In
addition to the daily dex injections, I've got him on a "general"
homeopathic, (BioPlasma), oral interferon and transdermal Cypro (for
appetite stimulation). Michelle, is it as safe as my vet implies to
give him these daily injections indefinitely? The feline interferon
didn't seem to help him and his reaction to it was not good, so I'm
probably not going to try that again. I called my vet and asked her
about Elspar. Her assistant told me she could prescribe it, but it's
$200 a vial and she seemed a little surprised that I would want to
pursue it. I'm still waiting for a call back for her suggestions. Once
again I find myself in the position of having to make decisions about
just how much I am willing to put a "terminal" animal through in order
to buy time. One day at a time, one moment to the next. Pray my
intuition and communication skills don't fail me.
Nina
- Spencer is feeling better! Nina
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