Thursday, April 30, 2009

Vet visit 4/30/09

Janine had blood drawn again- poor baby, she is getting to hate going to the vet! Most of her numbers were pretty good- a little low on PCV and RBC but platelets normal and ALT only slightly elevated. I told Dr. Kahn she doesn't feel very good, though. We are reducing the Pred to 10 mg BID for a week and then 10 every 24 hrs for another week, then the last check before I leave. (Assuming she doesn't tank again before that- I can usually tell by her lack of color.) If she does then it might be time to try another drug or go back up a bit on the Azathioprine.

She will be happy to be lower on Pred if she can maintain her platelet level. I'll watch her carefully.

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