Our Draco gets pediapred 3 times a day.  He gets 1 cc at 7am and 7 pm and
0.5 of a cc at 11:30pm.  I also add 1/2 cc of honey to his evening recipe
serving.  This seems to keep him somewhat stabilized unless I forget the
honey.  I also noted that he was more likely to have a low sugar episode
if I gave carafate up to 1 hour before his pedipred so now I give it 1
hour after.  The pediapred is 6.75mg/5ml.  I try to keep him stabilized
on the lowest dosage possible because when he had surgery in Sept we
found a stomach ulcer.  He had not shown any outward signs previously.
I also noted that a few days before he has a low sugar episode his
stools get soft and thick pudding texture - no blood though till after
the episode.  When he comes out of it he has a tarry stool then
everything goes back to normal.  Draco has hind end weakness but he
also has a liver and pancreas full of growths, which we saw when he had
his surgery.  He had his spleen and left adrenal removed and we left
everything else alone - too many growths to get them all on the pancreas
and his liver was covered with them.  From the way he looked inside, our
vet is surprised he's still with us and doing so well.  I'm thankful for
each day we share together.
 
hugs to all. tle
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[Posted in FML issue 4759]