Michelle,
How much dex are you giving Lucy? Could you try to lower the dose
significantly and see if it still helps?
Nina
So what would you do? Switch to dex or keep her on the pred? I have
never had a doubt before about this when I thought my cats were in
their last stages that it was the right thing to give heavy doses of
steroid shots. It has always clearly made them feel so much better,
even, or perhaps especially, with my cat Buddy who probably had dry
FIP. But it is less clear for me with Lucy, both because it is
unclear if on the whole it makes her feel better, and because it may
work against some of the other meds she is on (feline interferon and
abx). Then again, it might help the epogen to work. Without the dex,
on 12.5 mg/day of prednisolone, Lucy was still eating and still very
purry and seemed comfortable, just incredibly fatigued. Part of me
feels like it is better to try to help her stay like that, if
possible, than give her something that brings on fever and congestion,
even with a small temporary surge of energy. But part of me feels
like, wow, she climbed to the top of a 6 foot tall cat tree-- how can
she not feel better?
Please let me know what you think I should do.
Thanks,
Michelle
- Re: what would you do? Nina
-
