so Chester is only 2 points up, not what we expected after few days on prednisone. I am going to see the vet on Tuesday for another re-check and will talk to her about it. I have not heard from her unfortunately, so I do not know if his auto-immune anemia is confirmed.
If it is not and the tests are still not coming in good, then we will have to keep exploring further. What a road that boy has had, I feel so bad for my baby. The AIHA is not a good disease to have, prognosis is that you can not cure it but maintain it with prednisone, but there will be relapses and depending on how strong he is--it will be terminal. We are crushed, I do not know if I want to know if this is it, or to look for something different...
He is however back to his own self, following me all over the house, wanting love and snuggles, curious about everything and eating like a horse. That is making me feel good and hope he will recover.
The bad news is that I can see again that my sweet baby Lily is having problems again with draining fluids. It seems like she has a good response for about 2-3 perhaps 4 weeks and then the dose stops doing its magic. It can only go for so long and congestive heart failure will eventually take her away from us. I am seeing the vet with her on Tuesday for blood work as well and see if we can adjust the dosage yet again...I guess as much as her little body will take. She has not given up on life, still has such tremendous love for us and joy of seeing us and happiness when she sees us, I can tell she is not ready to say goodbye. But her body is fighting a losing battle and it is tearing me apart and making me so sad to see my best friend sick and not being able to do more than give her medications and love.
Do not think however it is all morbid here, we are trying to live with positive outlook and provide as much love and fun for the two of them as we can. We have two peeing, drinking machines who keep us up at night, but show us so much love it is all worth it.
Hugs to all your bullies and very special hugs to all of you on valentine's Day.