Linda and Bear Man
Member Since 2009
Last week: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=24706
Happy Caturday to Lantus Landers Old and New. It's a work day for me, sort of a Wednursday or Thursnesday, somewhere in there. Bear Man has had some backslidage in his flare recovery this past week. Appy is MIA again, and he has been struggling with vomiting and liquipoo. Two medication initiatives are underway that are making me nervous. I have doubled his phosphorus binder, and he may not be tolerating it. I think he is now getting more binder than actual food. The second initiative has me terrified. The vet is bound and determined to get him off Baytril (background: he has been on Baytril continuously for a very long time due to a history of recurrent pyelonephritis). The vet thinks the neurotoxicity may be contributing to his focal seizures. First we halved the dose (which was also required due to his weight loss), and now we are doing pulse dosing: one week on, and one week off. We are currently in the off phase. I do not like this, no I do not. I don't think that even an Energizer bunnybear has another recovery from pyelonephritis in him.
Yesterday I came home from tbp, and although he had been sick during the day, he seemed comfortable enough to nibble a bit of renal kibble without prompting, wash his face, and enjoy a breeze coming through the window. I took some photos in preparation for his Old Timer condo, and posed him next to his nanner. He's still not a fan. He does the same thing with the nanner as he does when I put a dish of food in front of him: he delicately averts his gaze in mild disgust:

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Happy Caturday to Lantus Landers Old and New. It's a work day for me, sort of a Wednursday or Thursnesday, somewhere in there. Bear Man has had some backslidage in his flare recovery this past week. Appy is MIA again, and he has been struggling with vomiting and liquipoo. Two medication initiatives are underway that are making me nervous. I have doubled his phosphorus binder, and he may not be tolerating it. I think he is now getting more binder than actual food. The second initiative has me terrified. The vet is bound and determined to get him off Baytril (background: he has been on Baytril continuously for a very long time due to a history of recurrent pyelonephritis). The vet thinks the neurotoxicity may be contributing to his focal seizures. First we halved the dose (which was also required due to his weight loss), and now we are doing pulse dosing: one week on, and one week off. We are currently in the off phase. I do not like this, no I do not. I don't think that even an Energizer bunnybear has another recovery from pyelonephritis in him.
Yesterday I came home from tbp, and although he had been sick during the day, he seemed comfortable enough to nibble a bit of renal kibble without prompting, wash his face, and enjoy a breeze coming through the window. I took some photos in preparation for his Old Timer condo, and posed him next to his nanner. He's still not a fan. He does the same thing with the nanner as he does when I put a dish of food in front of him: he delicately averts his gaze in mild disgust:

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