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Originally Posted by KatysMom  You already prepare a nutrient rich diet, but maybe the nutritionalist will have good ideas.
Wylie's Mom worked with a pet nutritionist after her Marcel had been treated for giardia. See her post here. (Related thread is here.) She feeds Marcel raw now.
They seem to be doing so much better. I'm hoping you can manage this without the steroids, etc.
When will the bloodwork results come back?
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Hi there! wanted to provide another update.
I spoke to both our vet and the internal medicine vet and they agreed to hold off on the steroids since his diarrhea has not returned yet.
My normal vet wants me to stop the metronidazole and use Tylan going forward due to possible neurological side effects. However if the diarrhea comes back we're going to proabably have to try and control the inflammation using steriods.
Pax's blood work came back and has good and bad news.
The good news it that his WBC and Eosinophil values came down:
WBC is 8.9, down from 11.1
Eosinophil is 436, down from 1587.
The bad news is his ALT/AST have risen to 166/85, up from 33/44. I suspect this maybe from long term use of metronidazole.
The most worrying value is that his Creatine Kinase is now 1121, up from 407. This indicates some kind of muscle damage.
https://www.idexx.eu/globalassets/do...ve-summary.pdf
Perhaps it was from when the vet was holding him to examine his paws and heart? They had hold him tightly because he was wiggling so much.
He's not exhibiting any pain, panting, or signs of discomfort.]
Seems like this will never end!
Thanks for your support.