GSD having hepatitis

[Milly Cub Find all posts View Profile Close Milly]

What a beautiful well loved boy. Good luck with all your treatment! X

[cosmin_teuton Cub Find all posts View Profile Close cosmin_teuton]

Hello,

MY DOG GAINED 1.5KG IN 1 WEEK!
After trying all the "human use" pancreatic enzimes that I could find I came across a site dealig with EPI that decribed the procedure of treating the dog with ...pig's pancreas. (http://www.ellsbury.com/cheetah.htm)
So I followed their prescription noticing spectacular results. Hamann actually stopped losing kilos and started putting some weight in just a few days. Nevertheless I'm still interested to try Pancrezyme because the pig's pancreas (200g/day) start to make him more.... "windy" and this "treatment" is also pretty hard to come across (nobody actually sells pig's pancreas, although all the human use pancreatic enzimes are extracted from it).

Regarding the breathing problem I guess that increasing the Prednysone dose did the trick. I also tried the antibiotics but it didn't work (nevertheless I will still give him a 5 day cure to better support his imuno-system). Now he is back to breathing normal although I was not a very big fan of this solution.

Keep you posted and thanks for your support
Cosmin and Hamann

[tigger the turtle Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tigger the turtle]

That`s great news!!!!
Glad to hear it!

[kerryclair Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kerryclair]

You are an amazing friend to your dog. Thank goodness you never gave up, kept listening to advice and kept surfing the web for help.

Please keep us poted. LOVE the picture.

[Arazante Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Arazante]

Congrats to your doggy and you! He's very beautiful and I'm glad things are turning up.

[ritabooker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ritabooker]

Thanks for sharing your great news. Yay, Hamann! Cosmin, you are a great dog caregiver.

[cosmin_teuton Cub Find all posts View Profile Close cosmin_teuton]

Hello

The good news continue! I weighted Hamann again today after 1 week and the gain is... 2kg. So the treament really works. He gained 4,5 kg in 3 weeks so we are very happy about how things are evolving in this direction.

On the other hand the chemo is going well and his lymph nodes are diminushing. I'm not very happy with the respiratory problem which seems to return each time the Prednysone dose is reduced but for now I have no other options.

However overall we are doing... better!

Regards to everyone
Cosmin

[petsalive Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close petsalive]

How wonderful to hear of his weight gain and continued good progress.

Just curious - do you have heartworm in your country? If so, has he been tested? Also has he ever had an echocardiogram? There may be something unrelated that is a minor constriction in the arteries leading to his heart and which when the prednisone is given improves because the inflammation is reduced.

I sent the Cosequin via AirMail - please let me know when you receive it (I hope it is soon)

[ritabooker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ritabooker]

Thanks for keeping us posted. We are all rooting for your good boy.

[cosmin_teuton Cub Find all posts View Profile Close cosmin_teuton]

Hello all,

It seems that Hamann is steadly gaining 1 kg/week which is very good. His overall status is good as he is playfull and happy. I've also tried the Pancrezyme that I've received from Sara with very good results (Thank you Sara once again.) However the pig's pancreas seems to work better for Hamann, or maybe his organism just get more used to it.
The lymphoma seems to be in regression and we have just 2 weeks left of the induction protocol. After that we have one year of "maintaining the regression" protocol.
I'm hoping that maybe we get lucky and due to the fact that it's not a classic form of lymphoma the cancer will never return. I also read on this site http://www.sparkyfightsback.com/ that things like this happened before.

So keep your finger crossed for us!

Cosmin

[ritabooker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ritabooker]

All fingers are crossed for your Hamann. Our best to both of you.

[cosmin_teuton Cub Find all posts View Profile Close cosmin_teuton]

Hamann is back!

Hello all

Now I can say it: Hamann is back! He has recovered all his weight loss and now he's back to 40kg. If it wasn't for his fur condition due to chemo I can register him for the Dog Show Competition (the fur become a little bit lean but no major hair loss).
So all in all it's a success. I'm still very worried about lymphoma and how long he'll stay in remission but because its form was not aggresive I have hopes it will never return.

Here's a photo taken yesterday in the woods after a lot of running and playing!

Best regards,
Cosmin and Hamann

[petsalive Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close petsalive]

Cosmin - he is GORGEOUS and looks the picture of good health!!!!

This made my day!

PS - I don't think he ever had lymphoma - he doesn't have the 'look'.

Sara

[celtechfarms Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close celtechfarms]

He is one beautiful dog, your verylucky to have been able to bring him around. Keep us posted and keep up those great photos!!

[cosmin_teuton Cub Find all posts View Profile Close cosmin_teuton]

The bad guy returns

Hello all

The news are bad. Hamann never went into full remission so we're trying again an induction protocol. Overall status is good but I'm very worried about the future :cry:

Cosmin