02/12/12 - As I mentioned in my previous post, I dropped Reo's dosage from 100 mg/day to 50 mg/day last week. That same day, even before her first PS dose
in her breakfast, we noticed some decline in her vision - thinking there was no
possible way it could have been from the reduced dosage (since she got 50 mg that
morning as she always does, just not the other 50 in her evening meal). We also noticed some watery discharge from
Reo's eyes, which is new.
We went the whole week with Reo at 50 mg/day of PS, and
didn't notice any chance in disposition, clarity/confusion, etc., but her
vision seems to be poor lately. I truly
don't know if it's a result of PS (since the onset of declining vision seemed
to overlap with the drop in dosage, and it seems unlikely to me that PS would
have such a direct effect on vision?), but I bumped her back up to 100 mg/day
on Saturday (so there was 5 days of a decreased dosage), just in case.
Her watery eyes continue, as well as greatly decreased
vision lately, unresponsive PLRs to normal light (flashlight), but do respond
in sunlight. I'm not sure if she has
allergies, or really what is going on at the moment, but this seems to be a
long period (for Reo) of struggling with sight.
Otherwise, she's doing great in terms of disposition, etc.
Hopefully it's just another "blip"
like we've encountered before, but gets better soon. This seems to be the longest period of time
she's gone with diminished vision, so I'm a little concerned. We're also in the midst of packing up our
house for a cross-country move - I'm sure this could be a stressful situation
for her, too, even though she is navigating the house just fine and not bumping
into things/getting lost (which makes me wonder if her vision is really
diminished or if she's faking!!).
We had an hour-long walk today, and she did really great,
but it was the first time in over a week that the dogs got a walk because it's
been pretty cold!
Anyway, I won't be tinkering around with the supplement
dosages any time for the foreseeable. We're in unchartered territory, but we need to stick to what we know has worked for Reo! Additionally, after speaking with Caroline Levin, I am considering pulsing her Medrol dosage, to help her get through this time of stress for the move.
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