Skye's Latest Vet Visit
01.30.2009
Happy New Year Everybody,
I have another Skye update for everyone who has been following her progress.
We went back to the vet on January 23rd, 2009 for her regular 6 month blood tests. As it has been so cold here, we haven't gotten to go outside to play. So I was dreading the moment she had to get on the scale. Poor Skye went from eating (3) cups of food a day to (2) cups of food a day, and finally landed at 1-1/2 cups of food per day back in July of 2008 because she kept gaining weight. She wasn't getting any extra treats or table food or anything else and her weight had ballooned up to over 63 pounds. No one was sneaking her any food, and she still gained weight. I didn't know what to do, and I wasn't going to lower her food any more than I already had. Along with that we tried to step up her exercise and were trying to get her out every day for at least 15-20 minutes of playing. Even that didn't seem to do anything.
I was at my wit's end trying to figure out why she was gaining weight. So I called Russell Louie at Optimum Choices on October 2nd, 2008 to brainstorm. We had put Skye on BioPreparation and she was on the F3+ formula for her seizures, of which she had had none since going on the BioPreparation. Even after getting into chocolate, which is not only toxic; but a seizure trigger as well. So where did I go from here?
I called Russell and we discussed Skye's thyroid and her endocrine system. Russell explained that human women who had gone through menopause and were having issues, were finding success being on a combination of both the BioSuperfood (human version) F3+ and F2+ formulas. So we decided to do the same thing for Skye, except with the BioPreparation.
We formulated a plan for Skye. As she had seizure issues during the day, I gave her the BioPreparation F3+ in the morning and gave her the BioPreparation F2+ in the evening. In November the autumn weather turned into winter, though winter would not be here on the calendar until December 21st. Now we were stuck inside and our house isn't big enough for Skye to go racing around inside to play. She would have been the "bull in the china shop".
I did have some wonderful success of a different nature. After our vet visit in July, we began a campaign to remove Skye completely from the Phenobarbital. I am happy to say that we got her COMPLETELY OFF the Phenobarbital on January 2nd, without side effects, seizures or anything else happening to her. So the ONLY medication Skye is currently on is Sodium Bromide.
Flash forward to January 23rd and her weigh in at the vet's office. I couldn't look at the scale, I was afraid of what I might see. I needn't have worried. Skye lost 1-1/2 pounds in about 3-1/2 months, after being on both the BioPreparation formulas. All her body functions were normal and the vet was very happy with what he saw. We haven't seen the blood test results yet, but I have high hopes. Her liver and organ functions were normal on the last blood tests (even after the two chocolate incidents), so I have high hopes.
The next step is to get more weight off Skye and see if we can back her off the Sodium Bromide a bit. Removing the weight will be the easy part. I am hoping to convince the vet to let me try to lower the Sodium Bromide levels in her system, as she is on the top end of what is needed.
Wish me luck everybody and stay tuned for further updates.
Love to you all.
Bless you and yours, be they two or four-legged.
Ruthie
