Oh your poor Boy. I have nursed Human Lupus and it is a painful thing. I suppose if it is anything like Human Lupus it can be Hereditary or no apparent cause for it although in humans they have found certain drugs can cause it.

I know in humans it can affect the skin, muscloskeletal, renal failure, blood clots and the nervous system.
Is he on a low protein diet?

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No ones said anything about a low protein diet yet, but the vet wanted to see how he'd respond to the steroids for a week. I'll mention it to him when I see him next week though.

Hi I hope he responses to the steroids. In Human Lupus it can cause the body to deposit excess protein in the kidneys which can lead to renal failure, but do not worry if I remember this was during an extreme flare up of of Lupus.

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ah bless him.i do hope he gets better VERY soon.

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Hi all,
Just to let you all know that Roger is doing ok. His nose and ears are healing well although he has developed some rather nasty looking sores on the front of his hind legs I think this might be because he is still a bit sore and stiff and he tends to drag his back legs over the door step, Neal has very kindly built him a little step now so that he doesn't have so far to jump

Roger had his appointment on Tuesday but unfortunately I couldn't take him because of work commitments and Neal forgot to ask the vet all the questions I wanted so they will have to wait til Monday when I can ask them myself!

The vet is very pleased with Roger's progress and has cut the strength of his steroids which is good and each day he seems to be improving even more. I am still worried about his energy levels though and can't wait until he becomes the bouncy energic little dog he was previously.

hi sally thats great news that he is getting better.

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Aw brilliant! i'm so glad he is doing better! Poor little boy His energy will pick up i'm sure. Give him looooads of love and attention :P i bet he'llbe getting spoiled

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Hi all,

its been 7 weeks since Roger was diagnosed, he is still on steroids which the vet is hoping to cut down soon.

Roger has his good days which fortunately are more often than his bad, but when he's bad he can't get off his bed because his legs seem to hurt so much, luckily this doesn't make him lose his apetite. He still hasn't got much energy and seems to feel the cold a lot more and when he's feeling off he shivers until we put a coat on him.

The Vet's main concern now is his loss of muscle, he doesn't appear to have any on his body at all now... even his temples have sunken, the top of his head is all boney and his bottom is tiny! He's going to take some more blood tests at the end of the month and see if he can find the reason for this.

I was worried if we were doing the right thing in not having him pts so I asked the vet what he would do if Roger was his and he said he wouldn't give up him yet which sounds hopeful

I'll keep you all posted

Hi Sally, I'm glad the vet hasn't given up hope that sounds promising. Hope all goes well...Jill

Aaw poor wee lad...glad to see the vet is hopeful though and he does seem to be improving.

Sendin hugs to you both. x

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