bluespirit: (Buddy)
Bluespirit ([personal profile] bluespirit) wrote2016-07-08 08:17 am
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Buddy update

The specialist has been in touch & it's not cancer!
Unfortunately, Bud does have severe IBD/Chronn's disease (there's extensive scarring in his stomach & small intestine). The usual treatment would be steroids, but he was put on steroids at the beginning & they didn't help. So, the plan now is to keep him on his special diet & to try him on some different medication. We need to try & improve the diarrhoea & help him regain some weight. He's got to go back to the hospital in two weeks.
So, we're not out of the woods by any measure, but at least I feel like he's got more of a fighting chance with this.
Thanks again for your support, everyone!
Buddy sends big kisses!
*hugs*

[identity profile] rifleman-s.livejournal.com 2016-07-08 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that's really good news about the cancer, and certainly small intestine problems can be kept at bay by diet (speaking as a human sufferer) so that's really good news, too.

I'm sure Buddy's very aware of your love and concern, and hopefully things will settle down now.

*hugs all round*