Re: Michelle - How is Lucy today?

[Lernermichelle]

No, I still have not taken her there. I keep canceling (wonder how many times they'll let me do that).  It's over 1.5 hours away, so probably an all day event, and she just hates the car so much. If it were Patches, who does not mind the car, I probably would have gone already.  When i had to move the cats from MA to NJ, a 5 hour car trip, Lucy had diarrhea (before her IBD, just from stress) and threw up in the car and hid and meowed the whole time.   I do not think they would talk to me over the phone because I have never been there.  And no, I still have not found anyone to prescribe budesonide.   Some cats with IBD do seem to respond to pred and need high doses for a while.  What I worry about, of course, is it being low grade lymphoma, which would also respond to pred but only at high doses. I am just trying to take it one day at a time. Thank goodness for your turkey mush recipe though-- when she is not feeling her best she will not touch her raw food.  I have had to cut the Nu cat vitamins and pumpkin out of the mush, though, as they seemed to bother her.    The strange thing is that she is having totally solid bowels now, but about 3 times a day, versus her normal once a day. I don't know what that means.   Michelle In a message dated 9/11/2006 7:15:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That Lucy is such a little dickens when it comes to getting into stuff she shouldn't.  I'm remembering the olive oil incident, (what's with the oil craving?).  If she's anything like Gypsy, bread crumbs would be enough to cause trouble.  I haven't had Gypsy on steroids for such a long time that I can say without a doubt that it's not a dosage factor, it's from her eating ANYTHING other than her mush.  I mean, for goodness sake, she can't even eat plain turkey without problems.  Have you ever brought Lucy in to see this specialist that's so far away?  Would they discuss her case with you over the phone since she's feeling better now?  Perhaps they might be willing to talk to you, about the ramifications of switching her to prednisolone and the dosage amounts, (you know, hypothetically).  I take it you never found anyone to prescribe Budesonide?  We all need a vet in the family. N