Day Eighty-Four

Well, today is officially day Eighty-Four of Festus being on Cyclosporine. He went to the vet's office on Saturday March 2nd and got well you guessed it a clean bill of health. Well, except for that pesky thyroid that we thought we had under control but now he is in the hyperthyroid range, which is as simple as decreasing his dose. So over the next two months he is going to be decreased from 2.5mg BID of the Soloxine to 1.5mg BID of the soloxine. Roughly by half dose which is fine by me and then we'll recheck him again on May 4th to see how he is doing on that dose and then have another quick peek at his kidney and liver values to make sure they are still in the green ranges.

 

Here we are waiting at the vet for the blood results. Shortly after this he decided to take a nap.... I seriously love how unphased Festus is when he is at the vet. He just wants to be loved on by the vet and his daughters. This summer we hope to start taking him to the extended care homes to go and visit the elderly and bring some of that big Festus lovin and cheer to them. I'm sure he would enjoy it as would they. He is perfect bed height for them no bending for them (or jumping on his part) would be involved.

 

I know the bloodwork attached is quite small but all the green dots mean good!! He was a little low in his lymphocites, little high globulin, borderline plateletes (he was 199 instead of 200) so all totally acceptable ranges which put a huge smile on my face as the cyclosporine isn't totally destroying his innards while keeping his skin healthy looking and having my boy not itch.

 

 

If you look in the right hand corner of the photo, notice the kitty... that is NOT his kitty. But if you look at him and all his beautiful (he would like me to say handsome) blue hair it is just simply amazing!!

 

 

I also have to give a big shout out to Dr. Kim Johner at Northwest Veterinary Clinic in Blaine, WA. Without you and your staff (Festus says your daughters as well) he wouldn't be where he is now. So Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.