Hi Everybody!
It's been a while but I do have an update with a question.
It's been about 6-7 months since this all began with Walnut. After his liver/constipation issues got better, we've been taking him in monthly for liver-rechecks. Then lowering the prednisolone (steroid) accordingly. He will be on ursidiol (liver med) for the rest of his life.
For the last month he has been on .25 mg every other day - once. He also gained weight, so they put him on a diet. So recheck yesterday - he lost 4 ounces (yay!) and his liver enzymes were perfect. They have been perfect since pretty much two weeks after he got sick.
Vet gave us two options - keep him on low dose of pred and recheck in six months or take him off pred altogether and recheck one month. I emailed her some questions, but while waiting for her to get back to us, what would you do?
We want him off the pred, obviously that is best. But I'm also nervous he would relapse or something. We still don't really know what the heck happened all those months ago, seemed like pancreatitis, then fine, then constipated from food change, stopped eating, liver disease...no one knows.
I did ask vet if we could put intestinal lymphoma out of our minds since second ultrasound was clear (in January) and he has only gotten better these last months. I hope so.
He did have two hairballs over past couple months, but it's so hot here and his hair has all grown back, so he's cleaning and shedding like crazy. We are brushing and give hairball paste a couple times a week. He stopped hairballs completely when they shaved his belly for the ultrasound, before he was on any meds, so I know it's not medication controlling that, I just think he has so much hair again!!!
Would you take a chance and take him off? Or be cautious and keep on low dose for six more months just to be sure nothing comes back?
Here's Walnut!
He is eating well. He doesn't love the pate but he eats it. He's put on weight though, most likely due to prednisolone, so we need to start a slow diet. 
