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Well, got the blood results from the vet and she has some elevated levels for liver function but nothing unusual. They biopsied a lump in the abdomen but it was just fat. They want her to stay on the prednisone because really nothing else has worked for her and we have tried a home cooked recipe from her skin specialist before, but she still had big allergy problems, even with desensitizing shots. The diarrhea has cleared up with flagyl and pepto bismol but this seems to reocurr with her. Now they say if it does reocurr, they want to do an ultrasound. I'm reluctant to do that because she is 10 and we went for quality of life (prednisone) over length of life, knowing she would have a shorter lifespan. Also, I'm against doing surgery on her. I did all that with a previous dog and regretted it. I would put her to sleep if she had anything much going on in her abdomen. Sounds cruel, but I think it is actually the kind thing ... hopefully it won't come to that. To answer your question, yes she does have a sway back apperarance due to loss of muscle and her hips stick out, shoulders too. She lost 4 pounds but eats like a horse. She has always been on 3 meals a day. Poor girl. I love her to pieces and she is a real character. Dals have a wonderful playfulness and a sense of humor! The breed really gets put down a lot but she is a really nice gentle girl and good with everyone.
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