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Originally Posted by lisaly  I'm so sorry, Jeanie. I know how much you love Tibbe and how you would go to the ends of the earth for him. I wish I could help you more. If you can't find a proper food, maybe a consult with a vet nutritionist could help. I home cook once each day, but many people cook weeks worth of food at a time and freeze it. I supplement Katie's food with BalanceIt, so I know she is getting a nutritionally balanced diet. It's an option if you can't find a proper prescription food.
I think of you and Tibbe so often, and I always pray that you are both healthy and happy. Be well, Jeanie, and give your precious little boy some extra kisses from me. |
Right now I'm hoping that I don't have to cook for him but I will if it becomes necessary. I'm not even cooking for myself lately - been existing off microwavable things and Equate, Special K meal bars - things like that. Standing and walking are just so painful. I'm hoping I can find a food he can tolerate with his liver that will not give him bumps and eye goop. Crystal recommended a food, also, as I recall and I just got a PM from her today and in my reply, asked her about it. I might start off trying it if she thinks it's okay and his vet will give me a script for it. Thank you for your always kind and loving thoughts, Lisa.
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Originally Posted by kjc Skin issues go hand in hand with liver problems. Due to this late onset and diagnosis of MVD, I suspect this might be a Bile Duct problem (sludge/ thickened bile acids blocking the flow of bile from the liver to the gall bladder). Discuss a round of ursodiol with your vet. Ursodiol is a bile acid and improves the flow from the liver to the GB and restores normal functioning to the liver. Symptoms present the same as for LS. |
This is good to know and I think you are right and I'm certainly going to ask the vet about this if his symptoms get bad again. Right now he's not itching at all and his bumps, eye drainage much better and no nausea, spitting up those those episodes were bad this fall. But I'm writing the name of the drug down in my day book to ask the vet about if we go down that road again. Thanks, Kat. I know you speak from experience. Sorry for the extremely tardy response!
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Originally Posted by gemy I was going to suggest an internal medicine specialist, and also think about home cooking. You can better control the ingredients this way, and in consult with the vet nutriontist create a diet that is just right for him.
I am so sorry he is not feeling up to par. (((Hugs to you both))) |
Unless I just have to, right now home cooking is out. But for future reference, I will keep the vet nutritionist suggestion close so if I just have to go that way, they can start me on the right track and keep me there. Thank you for the information and the good thoughts, Gail. So sorry to be so late in responding. If it weren't for those Icy Hot Pain Patches, I wouldn't be on YT right now but between those and the exercising, rest and the injections, I'm slowly getting better.