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Kerry Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Kerry Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> From: Kerry Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: High Fever
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 4:23 AM
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> Hi,
> I haven't been here for awhile, but I do know about high fevers..Check the
> archives on Bandy. He was my baby...We dealt with high fever from the time
> of his diag.until he passed. We did all the usual things antibiotics,
> etc...without much results..
> Anyway, every time his temp reached around 105 or 106 in the beginning, he
> got a shot of dex and it would go right down within a few hours. After
> months of rushing to the vet for fluids and a shot, we decided to put him on
> dex pills as needed...I could always tell when he was getting a temp, too.
> So my vet wrote a script for dex. .75mg pills... I would give him 1/4 of this
> pill if his temp got even to 103 then it would go down for wks at a time or a
> least a wk. If it were higher, then I would go ahead and give him the whole
> pill. Within a few hours, he was perky and eating good again and just ready
> to go..The bad thing with so much steroid use, is worrying if he would become
> diabetic. He had regular blood work though so that never was a problem for
> him.
> Check with your vet to see if they might let you have some dex pills and use
> as needed.
> Low dose prednisone didn't work for this either as we tried it...only the
> dex.
> You can email me direct if you want.
> Good luck to you and your kitty,
> Kerry and Angel Bandy, Buster, Inky, Lil Rascal and Snoopy
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