Finally got the call from the vet, the results are in on Deano's biopsy. She said that he had white blood cells mixed in the walls of his intestines and the villi were blunt and wider than they should be, both consistent with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. He has an appointment next Tuesday for a B12 shot, which he will be receiving weekly for 4-6 weeks she said and then he will be evaluated to see how often he should get them potentially from here on out.
She is also going to evaluate his physical condition and weight on Tuesday and decide whether or not he should go on a round of immunosuppressants to help him out. I think we are both hoping against that as he's still healing from having that squeaker removed (could he pick any better timing for all of this? lol).
We also discussed some issues he's having as of late, some shaking at random times and what not and we think it might have to do with him wearing the e collar. So she wants me to try putting a baby shirt on him and covering the stitches when we are home and let him go without the collar for a bit. I'm nervous about it, not sure I'll be able to get it back on him right while we are gone during the day, it's one of those ones they tie on with gauze. But if it keeps his stress levels down I might have to try it. he's got another week before we get the stitches taken out. I've also noticed that when we cut the grass this weekend he seemed to have an allergic reaction to it, his eye got really gunked up for a day or two and then cleared up.
*sigh* He's a mess! |