Thank you, Everyone. I called back and voiced my concerns, and she said because of the increase in his reverse sneezing since the surgery that they want to control the infammation while he is healing. So I will follow their instructions. 5mg a day for two weeks; then I am to call back and tell them how he's doing and they will lower it if he's doing better (which he has not had one episode in last few days) and bring him back in in three weeks to re-check him and go from there.
I have been cutting in half and giving half with each meal. Now I'm wondering if i should give the whole pill at once since bottle says 1 pill a day. If it hadn't been for you guys and this site, I would be clueless to effects of steroids and not even have known that they need to be reduced slowly when coming off of them (since bottle came with no instructions and no one mentioned that to me). I asked about alternatives, and she said because his case was so severe and the mass most likely was caused by inflammation they want to take no chances of his nose becoming inflammed again so soon after mass removed.
Anyway, I appreciate you all for easing my fears and providing me with knowledge to present to specialist. Now if I only had a cure for all this PEEING going on. I can't keep up with it. But I'd rather chase him around with a towel than ever see him struggle to breathe again. luv corrinne
p.s. thanx for vet referals! |