Headbutts and love
Laura and the Brat Pack
Nancy A. Schmall wrote:
> Hi all,
> Thank you so much for your kind messages of thoughts and prayers! They
> are so important to me and help me through these bad times.
>
> As you know, we took Jake to an oncologist/internist in Tulsa yesterday.
> She did a chest x-ray and ultra-sound. Her conclusions were these
> regarding his aggressiveness (and more or less, his lethargy): 1) from the
> ultra-sound it looked to her
> like when his platelets were real low, blood may have leaked into his
> bladder causing pain--he *had* a urinalysis a couple weeks ago,and my vet
> found nothing. The internist said she'd talk to my vet about possibly
> repeating the test--until then I could use Hills C/D diet even though if
> they found some different crystals in the urine, it might mean a different
> diet. The C/D wouldn't hurt, but it may not help; (2) behavior problems
> stemming from being pilled twice each day, and going to the vet monthly
> for immunoregulin shots--he may just have *had* it; (3) a brain tumor
> which could be detected by a catscan which could be done by a neurologist
> in Missouri. If it's a brain tumor, it could probably be removed
> surgically. This option I've completely ruled out. I won't subject Jake
> to the stress of even going to a neurologist, much less having surgery.
> If he were otherwise healthy, I would probably do it, but with his low
> platelets . . . the way it is, we'll be lucky to have him around many more
> months. She did say if the aggression continues, we could try feliway or
> something else.
>
> With all this, I decided to switch to C/D and start feeding Jake Iam's wet
> food and mix in home-made protein (chicken, egg, yolks, liver, etc). I
> also decided to cut back to once a day medicine and only the necessary
> stuff with *one* another item (right now it's vit.c. and thymus in one
> capsule). I won't bring him in to have monthly immunoregulin shots unless
> his mood improves. I'll try subq at home *if* it doesn't stress him to
> give him a shot (I have my doubts).
>
> I'm subtly trying to work healthy things that he will eat and drink into
> his diet, i.e. putting aloe vera juice into the water, mixing his
> interferon with liver, which he loves (making sure it's only 10% of his
> diet).
>
> He'll have to stay on the prednisone, which I hate--but he'll bleed to
> death if he doesn't. I've read where giving it every other day does less
> to suppress his immunity. I'm going to check with the vet and see if we
> could give a double dose every other day. Perhaps a miracle will happen,
> and eventually we can lower the dosage.
>
> Sorry to make this so long. Any suggestions/input would be really
> appreciated. Nancy