11/21/12

Well its been way too long since we had a update we are doing pretty good and are back on lantus he is on 7u now and is seeing some blues fairly regular. Had a allergy bath the other day and skin is really doing well on the zymox shampoo and leave on rinse. I use the soft blue e collar on him for a day on days when I use just the rinse on his belly to make sure he does not lick it before it has the chance to soak in. His belly has now a slight covering of fur and most of the itchy bumps of the summer are gone. He still vomits about once a week and I use pepcid most of time for this with occasional use of cerenia. Overall he is doing well he lays by me many a night while we watch hulu tv.

back to levemir

Been back on Levemir now since Oct 6 hope we see better numbers soon he has been too high lately and bouncing bad so giving Lev another shot. He had a allergy bath today with zymox overall his skin is much better but he is still getting these random itchy bumps.

Do Lou testing his feet

8/2/12

Well we are currently very happy with zymox for his skin issues he is still in his blue e-collar but hoping that as his belly heals up he will soon be e-collar free I tried him without it and that was a big mistake and he chewed on his belly again so do not want a repeat of that disaster. He has been playing with his crinkle ball daily which is so cute he follows it by sound. I took a movie of him today listening to a woodpecker on the house he was too cute will post it soon:)

7/1/12

He has not felt well last couple of days talked to the vet and we shall make a trip in this week if he does not improve he seems more himself this morning and hopefully we will get through today with vomiting. He is down to 6.75 u as of now.

6/13/12

Well we continue to battle his allergies we have started the allerderm topicals to see if it helps and also fatty acid supplement in addition to atarax which seemed to making him odd so trying zrytec 5mg today and see how he does with this. Up to 7.5u of lantus now and I think part of this is the on and off pred which I hope to stop if the antihistamine helps. He had a sulfur dip last week trying to go every 2 weeks with those and hope to stop altogether is the allerderm works. His skin is getting too dry from the sulfur.

5/23/12

Hi All Iz is doing pretty good not as itchy myz Bean is going to give meez another stinkyez allergy sulfur dip today I hates them but theyz do helps me to feels so mush betters. My Beanz sayz Iz is on 6.5u rights now of lantus. Mores laters

5/9/12

Well we have been back on lantus a month now and between fighting his allergies and using pred his numbers are still pretty up and down but slowly getting better. He is up to 5.75u as of this morning. He had his 3rd sulfur dip on Monday and his skin has showed amazing improvement it would appear that most of his bumps are allergy related not all but at least I feel pretty confident that a skin biopsy at this time is not going to be needed. I call the vet today he has mentioned a possible food trial which not sure if we will do or not I did this years ago when he had his allergy testing and not many of the hypoallergenic foods are low carb so just have to wait and see we may try them.

4/27/12

Well I am so behind in posting:( Do Lou saw Dr. Joe last week for his skin at this time the vet did not feel like his assorted bumps were cancer but more due to his allergies BUT of course no way to know for sure without biopsy. He wanted to treat them for 2 weeks and see if we saw skin response before talking about putting him under anesthesia. So he is on baytril bid, pred every other day a 1/4 a pill and sulfur dip once a week he just had his second dip yesterday and I am to call the vet on Sat with a skin report his skin does seem to be looking better overall. As of now he is on 4.75 of Lantus of which we also returned to last week in the event the Lev was not agreeing with him. His appetite has also been down the last 2 weeks I am wondering if its his higher numbers or the baytril going to also bring this up when I talk to the vet.

Happy 9th Birthday Do Lou

Its his 9th b-day today whoo hoooo

2/11/12

Well Do Lou continues to do well he is now on 4.5 levemir and overall numbers been staying in blue for most part still been itching way too much so finally gave him a sulfur dip hoping it helps poor thing has had several baths in last couple of weeks and now hides when I put the portable heater in our room a sure sign of a upcoming bath.....more later

1/26 what he up too?

Well not sure what Mr Do Lou is up to these past couple of days on 1/22 he went low 3x in a 24 hour cycle something he has never done and now we have since skipped 3 shots reduced his dose by 1.75 and he is still doing well yeah the Bean here is just totally baffled. He is still itching way too much I ordered a bottle of cortisoothe shampoo and he will get yet another allergy bath when it arrives. Gave him a dose of pred today and I think I will have to use low dose pred off and on again to slow down his attack on his face he is just going to tear his muzzle up he keeps itching it so much. I have a soft e collar on him but its not enough. He has also slowed way down on his dry not sure why?? more bafflement for the Bean until next time.....

Happy New Year

Well we are starting out our new year with a nice blue day today