Janine has been showing some exercise intolerance which I took to be pain. My vet appreciated some irregularities in her heartbeat so thought it might be heart enlargement. She got lower back/hip/knee and chest xrays and it is both. Her right hip is bad, some arthritis, and her heart is slightly enlarged. She had also gained weight. Her lower spine looked pretty good, he didn't really go up to where IVDD problems normally show up, though.
Result: take her off prednisone and sub in cyclosporine (maybe later off azathioprine, too, normally they would not be taken together but she is on a very low dose of the latter and will be on a low dose of cyclosporine. The pred could be getting her heart and causing weight gain, he thought her liver might be slightly enlarged, too.
Tramadol for pain as she can't take NSAIDs. I gave her half of one just now as she had a hard time at the vet's though she was not sedated for the Xrays.
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