RE: Re: Daylilies>names/PDN

I had a large dog once on prednisone who got terrible shakes from it but
when the vet reduced the dose to 1/2, he was much better and still got
the benefits from the meds. Maybe this might work for Damascena?



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

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 --- On Wed 07/21, Donna < justme@prairieinet.net > wrote:
From: Donna [mailto: justme@prairieinet.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:28:16 -0500
Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] Daylilies>names/PDN

Definitely the meds doing that.... but what ever you do- you can
not<br>stop them cold turkey... you have to reduce them to like a half
pill<br>before stopping. Poor baby- I know what it is like to be on
those... but<br>they work.<br><br>Keep us posted!<br><br>Donna<br><br>>
<br>> She seems to be OK, and I'm stretching that a bit I think. Her
neck<br>feels<br>> swollen to me, and since she's off the prescription
dog food her tummy<br>is<br>> bad again. I'm going to go get some more
tomorrow. I'll pay the damned<br>vet<br>> bill later. Whatever makes her
the most comfortable now.<br>> <br>> The prednisones makes her think she
is starving to death, and is<br>giving<br>> her<br>> the shivers. She
has these fine tremors running through her<br>constantly,<br>> which the
vet says is most likely the pred. My vet is on vacation,<br>back<br>>
Friday so I'll probably talk with him on Saturday. I don't think
it's<br>> going<br>> to be too long now. She doesn't seem to be in any
pain yet, which is<br>> great.<br>> Thanks for asking.<br>> A<br>> <br>>
Andrea H<br>> Beaufort, SC<br>> <br>> <br>> ----- Original Message
-----<br>> From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net><br>> To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:12 PM<br>>
Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] Daylilies>names/PDN<br>> <br>> <br>> > How
Damascena doing? Are the meds working?<br>> ><br>> > Donna<br>> ><br>>
><br>> > ><br>> > > Thanks Kitty and Pam, me too. Right now I can only
manage to think<br>> > about a<br>> > > few things, the most important
being keeping Damascena<br>comfortable.<br>> > ><br>> > > Andrea H<br>>
> > Beaufort, SC<br>> ><br>>
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