Update on Carli

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Well, we have some news on Carli thus far. Yesterday her tests pointed to her having Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This means that she will be on a steroid-like drug and have a special diet. To some degree, that is the easy part.

Now for the harder part. The seizure and subsequent neurological issues (walking, balance, eye flittering, etc) are probably due to a toxicity to the drug that she was on for the diarrhea. There are rare side effects and she appears to have them. At this point, she is on IV and they are waiting and watching for her issues to resolve as the drug gets metabolized in her system.

We are praying and thinking positive thoughts about her. Thanks for your kind thoughts and many prayers - keep them coming and I will keep the updates coming. The vet should call me around lunch-time today for another update. I have all my fingers and toes crossed as well.