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Originally Posted by crzy4dogsxx21  Hi everyone. Sorry I have not been on yorkietalk recently but thanks for everyone caring about my baby. She was diagnosed with necrotizing encephalitis at the end of December 2013. After a lot of vet visits and hospitalizations she is doing better but is not like herself yet before this happened. She was on pred 2x a day for about 2 months and she just had her monthly neurologist appt last week and her neurologist was very happy with her improvements and he decided to start to taper her off the pred. So now she is just getting it once a day. She still seems to be doing good but is a little more shaky again so I am going to have to talk with her neurologist if that is normal. I was a little hesitant to change her meds because I didn't want her to regress and get worse again. But now she walks good on her own and likes to go outside and walk with her harness. She just started to do steps again and she went up about 8 steps on her own which greatly surprised me. She can eat good on her own out of her dish now and goes to the bathroom on her own and doesn't have to be supervised as much as before. She also just started to with one of my other dogs today which she has never done since last year. She is definitely a fighter and is doing good. I still worry about her alot because she is becoming more outgoing and "brave" to try new things like jumping up on my leg and standing on her back legs but I am always worried that she could fall again. I don't know if she will ever get back to her normal self because the encephalitis I think damaged a part of her brain. But I love to hear what others have gone through and what their yorkies were on because my Keesha was only on pred and no other meds so I don't know if any other meds would have helped her. But as of now she continues to improve and do more things on her own. |
Many of these pups are treated with only prednisone. Each case is different.
Even Dr. Sisson says this...here is a link where he discusses the various meds that can be used.
Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases of the Central Nervous System of Dogs