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Update on Sola

solaandlunasmom Sep 25, 2007 03:35 PM

Hi there. Since you have helped me so much, I thought I'd give you an update on Sola.

If you recall, Sola was having issues with diarrhea, constipation and vomiting. After and x-ray and ultrasound, a specialist did an endoscopic biopsy and determined that Sola had moderate lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory bowel disease.

Sola was back and forth on flagyl and other medications. We finally found a balance giving budesonide every other day. The vet wanted him to take 1ml every day, but I am very cautious about steroids and asked if I could do 1/2 ml every other day and she said yes.

So, I'm happy to report that Sola has been TOTALLY normal, eating, drinking, no vomiting, normal stools for the last 3 weeks! The vet did not want to start k/d because she wanted to just have him on budesonide for a while and he is also eating Wellness canned chicken food.

He goes in on Friday for another (and hopefully the last!) ultrasound of his intestines. We are also going to re-do bloodwork as his BUN is at 37 and creatinine at 2.3 and his cholestrol is at 221. But his urinalysis is totally normal and his WBC and RBC went from 4.4 and 5.62 to 6.6 and 6.37 respectively. So I'm very excited about that!

I do have one question though. You said you'd reccommend Leukeran. Would you choose that over budesonide?

And thanks again for all your help and advice!

Replies (1)

PHKitkat Sep 25, 2007 06:49 PM

Hi There!

Wonderful news about Sola! Thanks for the update

It's nice that your vet is open to suggestions also, regarding Sola's budesonide dose. And a good sign that he doesn't need it every day.

Leukeran and budesonide are two totally different drugs. Leukeran is a type of chemo, usually prescribed for cats with intestinal lymphoma, and budesonide is a steroid. If a cat has this type of cancer often Leukeran is given, along with a steroid. Some vets may prescribe Leukeran for cats with IBD only, to try to prevent cancer, but most don't. I wouldn't want my cats on any form of chemo unless they actually had cancer.

Your great news made my day!

Regards,
PHKitkat

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