A Quick Update On Layla

[waitingman]

Layla visited the vet on Tuesday afternoon, after about 2 weeks on Prednisone. In that time, her appetite has improved, she's a lot more active & her gums, nose & toes have regained some pink colour. The vet was pleased with her progress, but she's likely to be on the Prednisone for quite some time... though we'll play around with the dosage amount to see what happens. He took another blood sample from her & I'll hopefully hear more about that today

But for now... it seems we shouldn't write off the last survivor of her family just yet

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[buzziecat.livejournal.com]

Good news. I'm happy to hear it and know that Layla is improving.
we'll play around with the dosage amount
I hope you mean the vet will do that. Prednisone (and all cortisone preps) need to be weaned down slowly to lower and lower doses and not stopped abruptly after being given for several weeks or months. That's because it takes the adrenal glands time to get back to their normal level of cortisol production.

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

Oh we'll definitely let the Vet 'play around with the dosage'. Both Long-suffering Partner & I are familiar with steroid dosage (in humans), so we're aware you can't just stop... at least that was Schwarzenegger's excuse...

[buzziecat.livejournal.com]

I hope Layla continues to do well and that you and L-SP can enjoy her company for years and years.

Here's an article about a cat surviving a serious condition and it made me think of Layla. I think you might find it interesting. It's about a tuxedo cat. I rescued a male tuxedo and had him for 15 1/2 years. I love all cats but I especially love the tuxedos and calicos.

Here's the article URL and some great photos of Patty the cat.
http://www.aspca.org/news/senior-fiv-cat-overcomes-odds-pattys-happy-tail?ms=em_new_happy-tails-Patty-20160916&initialms=em_new_happy-tails-Patty-20160916&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_source=newsalertemail-20160916&spMailingID=9529558&spUserID=NjAwNjU0MzQ0ODQS1&spJobID=1001350396&spReportId=MTAwMTM1MDM5NgS2