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PILOTthePuppy · 05-27-2018, 11:52 AM

Sorry for the lack of updates. Pax's biopsy result came back on Friday.

Here is the report:

Lesions in the specimen from the small intestine are compatible with the clinical syndrome of inflammatory bowel
disease. Lacteal dilation is slight and may be secondary to inflammation. Definitive interpretation of true idiopathic IBD
requires exclusion of recognized parasitic, allergic, and/or infectious causes of intestinal inflammation.

The internal medicine vet would like to treat for IBD and start him on prednisone (steriod) and cyclosporine (immunosuppressive) drugs.

However, Pax has not had diarrhea or vomiting in over 10 days. He is still taking metronidazole, but was having diarrhea issues even while taking it several weeks ago.

I declined to start him on the medications due the fact he's eating normally and not having vomiting or diarrhea anymore.

I honestly do not think this is IBD and do not want to start him on any steriods or immunosuppressive drugs right now. These drugs are quite serious in my opinion.

Pilot has been doing ok, no diarrhea or vomitting since stopping the antibiotics 2 weeks ago. However, he will no longer eat his normal food on his own. We did feed him bland food for a few weeks and he would eat that right away. Now he just stares at his normal food and will eat some if I feed him by hand.

I am so stressed out over this whole ordeal, it's starting to affect my health to a small degree.

05-27-2018, 11:52 AM	#93
PILOTthePuppy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 142	Sorry for the lack of updates. Pax's biopsy result came back on Friday. Here is the report: Lesions in the specimen from the small intestine are compatible with the clinical syndrome of inflammatory bowel disease. Lacteal dilation is slight and may be secondary to inflammation. Definitive interpretation of true idiopathic IBD requires exclusion of recognized parasitic, allergic, and/or infectious causes of intestinal inflammation. The internal medicine vet would like to treat for IBD and start him on prednisone (steriod) and cyclosporine (immunosuppressive) drugs. However, Pax has not had diarrhea or vomiting in over 10 days. He is still taking metronidazole, but was having diarrhea issues even while taking it several weeks ago. I declined to start him on the medications due the fact he's eating normally and not having vomiting or diarrhea anymore. I honestly do not think this is IBD and do not want to start him on any steriods or immunosuppressive drugs right now. These drugs are quite serious in my opinion. Pilot has been doing ok, no diarrhea or vomitting since stopping the antibiotics 2 weeks ago. However, he will no longer eat his normal food on his own. We did feed him bland food for a few weeks and he would eat that right away. Now he just stares at his normal food and will eat some if I feed him by hand. I am so stressed out over this whole ordeal, it's starting to affect my health to a small degree.