Here is a quick update for now... photos before we started the intense therapy course and after. Scroll down to earlier posts for details of medication adjustments and more photos. We have tappered the prednisone down from 60mg for 18 days then 40mg 10 days, 30mg 10 days, and are now down to 20mg per day. All other meds remained the same. We are aiming to get him on an every other day maintenence schedule again. I will update after the next eye exam in a few days and also comment on the side effects of the high dosages. He is still full of energy and still has a great attitude. He is just the best sport ever. I hate to see him as the poster dog for this disease but if this blog could help someone else, here it is. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate his 7th birthday tomorrow. Today he had a fun hike along his favorite trail up Mt Lemmon with the family and tomorrow he'll get to party more... Every day is precious. Did I say how much I love him?...
More later, for now here's a comparison of the pigment changes since May 23:
July 5, 2010:
May 23, 2010:
July 5, 2010:
May 23, 2010:
July 5, 2010:
May 23, 2010:
July 5, 2010: Notice the hyperpigmentation in a place he never had pigment before. It is not consistent this time around:
May 23, 2010:
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