Hi Everyone,
My girl Bluebell was diagnosed late 2015 \ 2016 with IMHA, after a battle we got that under control. Approximately a year later we had weaned off all meds, but this only lasted 1 week. Early 2017 she relapsed / developed IMT. This is where we have been since. Yoyo-ing numbers and no successful weaning protocol. Last wobble was at Xmas, a change in cocktail of drugs (swapped out Atopica for Leflunomide) saw a huge rise in platelet numbers but since then a constant gradual decrease. We are currently at 80.
She isn't crashing (partly because the vet and I are catching any anomalies in behaviour / readings early) but isnt getting better either. They seem reluctant to take her spleen out but I wonder if this might have to be our next step?
She is definately not adhering to normal protocol and so 2 years on we're still on Prednisone, with all its horrid side effects.
Any advice or thoughts greatfully recieved xx
My girl Bluebell was diagnosed late 2015 \ 2016 with IMHA, after a battle we got that under control. Approximately a year later we had weaned off all meds, but this only lasted 1 week. Early 2017 she relapsed / developed IMT. This is where we have been since. Yoyo-ing numbers and no successful weaning protocol. Last wobble was at Xmas, a change in cocktail of drugs (swapped out Atopica for Leflunomide) saw a huge rise in platelet numbers but since then a constant gradual decrease. We are currently at 80.
She isn't crashing (partly because the vet and I are catching any anomalies in behaviour / readings early) but isnt getting better either. They seem reluctant to take her spleen out but I wonder if this might have to be our next step?
She is definately not adhering to normal protocol and so 2 years on we're still on Prednisone, with all its horrid side effects.
Any advice or thoughts greatfully recieved xx
she said that generally BB is OK, her PVC is 54, but that she is bleeding from her bottom probably due to new drugs 
they checked and are not worried about anemia. The bruising on her tummy is also getting better and no new/other bruises or bleeds. They believe this to be a gastro upset so will try immunoglobins (?) to coat the platelets causing less irritation in the gut. If this doesn't work she mentioned a drug that can also be taken by humans to produce more platelets but it's very expensiv (can't remember the name) I think this is all as I understood it ...