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Fellow Frenchie lover here! I am guessing the reason they did not ask you about administering the cortisone shot was because there was no time - meaning Bruno may have been experiencing anaphalactic shock [sudden, extreme allergic reaction] and the cortisone was to gain control over the reaction to avoid suffocation and keep him alive.
A couple thoughts for you.
1 - never give Bruno another vaccine again, ever. You may wish to discuss what happened with your vet, and ask they put it in his file and make it an official record that he had this life threatening reaction so he can be exempt from having to have those vaccines that are required by law.
2 - You can dose homeopathic Thuja Occidentalis to help with the adverse reaction to the vaccine; even though it appears he is over the bad part, the reaction is a chain of events and what often happens after a vaccine reaction is a systemic yeast infection. So first attempt to negate the allergic reaction with Thuja.
3 - Be on the look out for yeast and act NOW. Yeast may manifest as gunky ears or itchy skin - don't wait for a problem, just know you need to head it off before it arrives. Switch to a grain free diet if you do not already feed one, and monitor all treats so ensure they are not filled with grains, sugars and starches and dyes and colorants.
4 - Consider Ted's Borax protocol for dogs, and also alkalizing with baking soda in the water; I alternate between one or the other but some folks have done both at the same time.
5 - Consider Zymox Hcl for ear infections. Get it online. I like to have this around for when the rare yeasty ear occurs in my pack of Frenchies. Great stuff, works great.
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You might consider dosing your boy with activated charcoal. I would try 1 tsp into some wet food - it is light, fluffy stuff that gets all over and makes mud very quickly; use a tasty tinned food or tuna to help mask the earthy taste. I would do this am and pm for 3 weeks. You might also consider offering doggie pedialyte along with his regular water bowl to help with electrolytes as chances are your boy is peeing like a race horse from this drug.
You might find it helpful to keep a daily journal to document your starting point and then track any changes or improvements.
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Regards
Nora.
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I am very sorry to hear about the complictions your APBT developed after taking this drug :-(
Remission is possible, but first read up:
http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/sites/default/files/SteroidTherapy.pdf
This is from a particular case in a cat:
"If diabetes mellitus is confirmed in this cat, you might have a chance of "reversing" Timmy's diabetes. To do that, however, you should definitely not administer any additional glucocorticoids. In addition, we should start feeding a low-carbohydrate canned diet (less than 5-10 of daily calories), and began treatment with a long-acting insulin preparation (eg, ProZinc or insulin glargine) given twice daily.
By controlling postprandial hyperglycemia and lowering the cat's circulating blood glucose to close to normal throughout the day, this may help revert the effects of glucose toxicity on the insulin-secreting pancreatic cells and remission of the diabetic state may occur (1, 7). "
Source: http://www.endocrinevet.info/2013/01/steroid-induced-diabetes-in-cats.html
Please discuss with your new vet what worked for Timmy the cat as it may be an option for your girl.
Please, please report back!
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Thanks,
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Cortisone is horrible. Don't get it for your pet. It kills them.
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You might try putting your terrier on a prednisone detox regimen. Consider these herbs: Milk thistle, Burdock root, dandelion and Essiac tea. Read the recommended dosage on each bottle and adjust by weigh accordingly - your dog might need 1/2 capsule for a doggie dose vs 1 full capsule for adult human dose; this is something you will have to tailor for your particular dog when compared to the particular strength of the herbal product you have in hand, so I cannot be more exact on the dose to use.
For dosing schedule you might do the Burdock Root first thing in the morning and then again in the evening on an empty stomach. Dose the Dandelion Root twice daily also. Dose the Milk Thistle three times a day, with meals. After the 15 days discontinue the Burdock root and start the Essica tea; dose the Essiac Tea for fifteen days, three times a day - you can continue the dandelion and Milk thistle on the Essiac.
Please report back on how your terrier recovers!
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We had to carry her everywhere she wanted to go.
She did not eat for 4 days, and all she did was sleep. The vet gave her the shot for a skin disease and she almost died. After the 4 days she asked for some food.
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This is a common side effect from the cortisone shot - increased thirst, increased hunger, panting when it doesn't feel hot outside and increased urination due to increased water intake.
You might consider Ted's Mange Remedy followed up with a sprintzer bottle of Ted's Anti-fungal/Anti-staph dip to treat any trouble spots on your dog. Alkalizing the water with baking soda can also help keep the hot spots in check.
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{{{{{Jeannie}}}}}}
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in 2002, I took my Great Dane in for a regular check-up and the vet said he heard a heart murmur. He explained dogs can live a long time with them and it was nothing to worry about. So I didn't...
By 2005, we had moved and I had a new vet. By then, the dog was 9 years old (old for a GD), and having trouble with arthritis. Omega 3 fish oil pills helped for a while. Then, the vet said she could give her cortisone shots but explained, if used over a long period of time, they could cause kidney failure. No other side-effects were mentioned. (The heart murmur was never discussed; I assumed she knew of it because she had listened several times). I decided to take the risk to ease the dog's pain, as she would likely not live long enough for kidney failure to kick in.
She got 3 shots over a period of a few months without any abnormal side effects that I recall. Maybe some extra drinking, but she drank a lot of water anyway. Each time, she perked right up and would prance around like a puppy for 3-4 weeks before starting to slow down again.
When it was time for her 4th shot, there was a substitute vet, as mine was on vacation. Everything went fine in the office. But, when we got home, I took her for her walk and she didn't make it far before she had to lay down. Her back legs had completely given out and she never regained her strength. Lethargy set in, she stopped eating and wouldn't move.
Within five days, I had my regular vet come put her down at home. We both chalked it up to the cortisone just wasn't doing it anymore, but I wasn't fully convinced because she dropped so quickly after the shot.
Looking at pictures later, I realized how much weight she had lost in the course of the regiment. I remembered she had not been weighed as was the usual practice before giving her the shot. So, I thought the substitute vet may have given her an overdose for her size. But I never knew for sure.
Now, I think it was the heart issue, and the cortisone exacerbated any congestive heart failure that may have developed from the murmur. I'll see if my thinks that was a possibility.
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The idea that her death served a purpose is actually something I just posted on my Facebook page. That maybe, just maybe, her dying was a way of saving us both from the angst of getting the medications in her and possible complications from the actual cause of the murmur. I have to believe in something good in all of this. It's the only thing holding the pieces of my heart together.
In the same post, I did express confusion as to how she did not realize murmurs and cortisone don't "go together". And that I fully intended to address this with the vet's office. Is she a 'new' older vet? What is her background? She is new to the practice this year, but I don't know anything about her. I need to address this with the vet to save potential damage to future pets and their owners. She needs to consider the idea that small murmurs are still murmurs. And until you know 'why', you can't assume they are negligible. I've read in several places that you can't determine the severity of the murmur based on sound. It needs to be investigated. BUT...it does take money.
Again, I SO appreciate your words. I definitely believe in soul purpose and currently submerged in the belief/understanding of it. I will always struggle with the inability to be with her when she passed. But I suppose if I'd found her in distress and couldn't get her treated in time, it would have just been a whole new set of grief (different reasons). I need to just let it go and appreciate what time we did have together. And the love we gave each other.
xo
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I had the best cat *ever* who died of aortic thrombosis; he was the healthiest cat I knew of, who caught most of his meals - bunnies, chipmunks and the like. Waking up one morning to find him paralyzed in the rear was unreal, and even more surreal the diagnosis from my vet whom I love and respect and would follow to the ends of the earth that PTS was the best option. Goliath was just 12 years old -too soon for him to leave me, but his number was simply up: it was time for him to go on to his next mission, his next assignment. His early leaving allowed him to greet my two senior pitbulls Conan and Sonja who left 6 months and 9 months afterward. In hind sight I do not regret his untimely passing, as I know he greeted Conan and Sonja on the rainbow bridge only like a soul mate could.
I ask that you think about Lucy with different eyes; she has a soul path, a mission, and this early and shocking passing was part of her plan.
Look at her legacy; she sure taught that VET a thing or two!! This is huge - as some vet's cannot be told, but must learn in painful and embarrassing ways.
I urge you to write your vet a letter, explaining the situation. Explain that the murmur was a known pre-existing conditiont, that you brought it up prior to the shot, and that death after cortisone shot in cats is directly related to cardiomyopathy. The vet needs to know that you know... and that others that follow may be just as intelligent as you in their research.
I also want you to consider that CHF in cats is not a fun path to mosey down, and in passing early - while unexpected - saved Lucy pain and suffering and saved putting YOU through a draining experience of watching her waste away before your eyes as you wait for the other shoe to drop.
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{{{Thank you Lucy for your lesson! }}}
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She (vet) heard the murmur a few months ago when they got their shots, but Lucy was so mad being there, it was a possibility that it was stress induced. She was quite flippant about the seriousness of it then AND the night I brought her in last week (I asked it her murmur needed treatment. "No."). I never would have guessed any of this would have happened. Surely she ought to know steroid precautions??
I just can't help but feel like we let Lucy down.
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I am very sorry to hear about the death of Lucy :(
I did research also as the death *yound* Lucy over a cortizone shot baffled me. This is what I found out.
"A less common side effect of corticosteroid use is to uncover hidden congestive heart failure (CHF). If heart disease is undetected (occult), especially if a heart murmur is not heard, fluid can rapidly fill up the lungs causing labored breathing and distress after a steroid injection is given. If the patient is promptly seen by a vet on an emergency basis and CHF is diagnosed by a chest x-ray, oxygen therapy and diuretic injections generally cause the fluid to be urinated out and an echocardiogram can be performed to further define the heart condition."
Source: http://felinedocs.com/dr-elyse-kent/steroid-use-in-cats-is-it-dangerous/
Lucy very likely had an undiagnosed cardiac condition - something your vet could not have anticipated. In hindsight the presenting symptoms are cardiac related, but in such a young cat asthma or pneumonia would be any vet's first guess, and the shot - properly indicated for asthma or pneumonia - pushed the cardiac condition over the edge. I suppose you could do an autopsy to confirm, but it won't bring her back.
My heart goes out to you for your sudden loss of Lucy~
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She was fine when we got home, though the other cats hissed at her per usual when one of them goes to the vet. She was fine at 10pm when I gave her her nightly treats. I woke up the next morning and she was dead. She WOULD HAVE BEEN two years old in January. Devastated!!! I can only think that the penicillin would have caused a reaction within a couple of hours due to the immune system, so I am inclined to think that cortisone was the issue. When I researched death after penicillin, I got a plethora of articles about the cortisone probably being the culprit.
I am devastated to think she was alone when she died. I was with my other cats when put to sleep, but Lucy was so YOUNG and full of vitality! She was the biggest sweetheart ever!! My heart is broken.
Well, here we are and she needs another shot but I'm weary about her having too many. I started using Tea Tree Oil and it worked great but the odor was way too strong. I accidentally discovered something else that seems to work really well. I bought a (what I would call a stupid spray that I believed was a sales gimic) made by Top Paw, with Lavender, it has lidocaine, allantion, hydrocortisone, glycerin, and wheat germ oil.
I always believed her itching was from anxiety not so much allergies, because I work long hours.
You won't believe what I just discovered this morning, you know how lavender is suppose to be calming, I took the lid off the bottle and let her smell and lick it and pretended to spray her back-end where she bites the most and now she's asleep and snoring.
I will get a bigger bottle and continue to use this method as long as it'll work. I'm so excited!!!!!! I'll try to keep posted with the progress. Please let me know if anyone else has tried lavender to calm down their pet. I wish the best to everyone. When Darcy is miserable, I'm miserable. She's a gift from God. :)
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I think you have me confused with Hannah, the OP for this thread.
The DE is for long term, daily, continuous use for worms - and I agree, chemical wormers contain scary chemicals. But you indicated that you used MMS with good result - just wondering why you would not feed a RAW diet - perhaps the healthiest out there for cats - and use MMS if you developed a worm problem.
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As to healthy diet, I am vegan and have been on a veg diet for most of my life.. I don't know what else one has to do with DE to make it work other than the info. online.
As to tapeworm, I have no tolerance for any parasite as they cause nutritional deficiencies , fatigue and a muddy aura.
I am reminded many years ago a vet told me that cortisone shortens life. Is it worth it? And a good thing is probiotics for people and animals. Anyway I wish your sweety is doing better. Please let us know. Namaste, Om
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I will of course consider your advice; what tremendous experience you have gained in treated all those many discarded pets and helping them to health!
I am curious, however, that you discontinued a raw diet with your cats. Tape worms, while off-putting are the least concern when I deal with worms; whip worms, round worms - those worms can cause such harm as to kill, but not tapes. Since you use MMS to good effect, why would you not use MMS to rid your pets of worms?
I also have not had great success with DE for worms internally, but I have spoken to those who have and they assure me I didn't use DE correctly. A top quality diet plus daily ongoing use of DE is what worked for them, not dosing the DE as a pharmaceutical as I tried. Something to think on.
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For many years I have had a hospice for discarded cats and some dogs. All these tests are tests - they do not heal but are a lucrative business, not to speak of the empty wallet and still no results.
Essiac has cured many problems including cancer. MMS has also prolonged the life of some pets with quality , especially in emergencies. Essiac cures also diabetes , see testimonies. Never give antibiotics except perhaps in pneumonia but I think MMS would deal well with that.
The difficulty lies with nutrition. All the vitamins printed on the containers and bags are synthetic. Research brings to light the fact that synthetics are damaging to the body so the cats eat and eat as the body seeks these natural vitamins. This is, of course, ideal for the pet feed businesses.
So I add diluted blackstrap molasses for minerals, kelp powder, MSM powder, as well as nutritional yeast which they really like. The drinking water contains hydrogen perox.
This has actually improved the conditions of all my pet family but I still cannot find good food for them. I tried raw but they contracted tape worm. The deworming meds from the vet are extremely poisonous. DE did not work for parasites after a four months trial. I use it for fleas in the flea season.
If you are very concerned give a half a drop of MMS hourly and then spaced out over a period of time. When you see her perk up, continue with more spacing. It deals also with parasites.
Never give antibiotics. it seems the entire planet suffers from fungal disease which combines with heavy metals and is a precursor of cancer. Feed pet probiotics instead which supports the immune system especially when needed. I hope you will do some research which will bear out the truth about the present allopatic business as opposed to God" pharmacy which is affordable and healing. All the best. Om
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Tanking up/drinking a lot and excessive urination are typical side effects of cortizone injections. The dramatic weight loss is not- you typically see a ravenous appetite and weight gain with these injections.
If the labs came back normal - no renal issues [typically associated with weight loss and excessive urination], you may wish to do additional x rays to check for a malignancy/tumor. For sure work closely with your vet to monitor your Old Lady Cat for diabetes which, although would not be strange for a cat of so many years is also a possible side effect from cortisone use and untreated diabetes will also cause dramatic weight loss.
