well, beta has been on the steroids and we have pumped her with pepto and pepcid and she is doing much better. it seems she stopped eating due to sensitivity in her throat. my theory is really bad acid reflux, which would go well with the irritated intestines, nausea and other symptoms.
she wouldnt touch the mashed rice and broth. i finally just made chicken broth and gave it to her cold and she scarfed it down. it has been two days now, and she is sucking down the pumkin pie filling, baby food (meat), boiled eggs and chicken and beef broth. she eats a little all day.
i am keeping her on all of the meds until we go next week for a check up, but it appears that the meds are resolving the issue, that is the steriods….
the biopsies came back and the specialist said there was nothing definative and to treat this as intestinal disease by putting her on a gentle diet. no rice, no corn, no fillers for the most part.
what i find funny is that she was on euk lamb and rice.
here is what i have learned. although the steroids fixed her problem, it was smart, i think, to do the surgery when the xrays, bloodwork, and urine came back clean because she was in so much pain. the doctor suggested the steroids might fix the now problem but could mask a hidden unknown that could resurface down the road.
at this point i have spend about 3500. she is getting better. i will begin researching diet and will probably get them on a diet similar to the raw diets, but cooked.
we have a lot of local basenjis that are on innova, but i will have to do more reasearch and talk with the vet about suggestions.
this could come back. i really dont know what could have caused it. her routine and diet are extremely controlled.
she still is a bit depressed and not as spunky as usual. she has done a couple of crazy dances and has started pacing again.
she has lost a ton of weight, but i am packing it on as carefully as possible.
thank you everyone for your support. i really felt like there were many days where she was in critical condition. i dont know if this is the end of this saga or not.
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