Mia has been diagnosed with erythema multiforme. She had blisters that scabbed along her back, edge of ears (that had been cropped) bridge of her nose and the pads of her feet (the pads eventually sluffed off). She has been on 30 mg prednisone 2 x daily with good success after several months. The effects of prednisone are wasting of muscle, "huge" liver causing belly to hang and sway in her back, she is tied and depressed. the day she was cleared to begin lowering the dose of prednisone we found large white lesions on the edge and underside of her tongue. At this point our vet has done research and consultations but this is so rare that they have done all they able to, her prognosis is grim. Do you have any information or experience with erythema multiforme?

Adopted a puppy from a NJ humane society. She was a transfer from a Georgia shelter. She was spayed in NJ and also had a stomach hernia surgery the week prior to our adoption. Took her home. Very mellow. Figured it was the cone making her “chill”. Few days later, took the cone off. She got around fine, acted fine, would jump off our bed but never onto it. She had a cough. Took her to vet. Diagnosed as kennel cough. Got treatment. Had blood work done, came back 17.5 RBC. Two days later we had a recheck, 17. Began prednisone. Yesterday marked a week of prednisone, had a recheck - 17.9. Her balance was TERRIBLE and very concerning. Took her to emergency vet last night. They checked her RBC this morning - 23. Her gait is still horrible. We went up to visit her this evening... dry crusty eyes, dried boogers inside her nose, wobbly legs, appeared very thirsty,... that vet is saying without MRI, ct scan and spinal tap there’s not much else... so we are trying antibiotics tonight and they are going to watch her overnight. They are focused on the apparent neurological issues but what about the anemia??? Please help. Read more at: https://wagwalking.com/condition/systemic-autoimmune-disease

Initial symptom was only lameness of her left hind leg, but soon turned into the remaining symptoms. All symptoms diminished to unnoticeable levels soon after beginning the regimen. It has now been 3 months off of all but the Prednisone, and that has been weaned from 2 10mg tablets per day to 1 2.5mg every 3 days.Internist still has not given a pinpoint diagnosis.

I am going to take a dog (Yellow Lab) into my home for a week who has auto immune disease of the spine. She is 11+ years old. she is being treated with Gabapentin 2x day to manage pain and a very small dose of prednisone. Apparently, because of these medications she is susceptible to infections. She was told not to go to dog parks and socialize with others. I have a friend who would like me to watch her healthy 6 year lab for a couple of days overlapping. Do you think that it would be safe to have the two dogs in the same house? I could keep them in separate rooms if necessary, especially I would at night, and not leave them unsupervised when together? What are your thoughts?

My always healthy Molly started limping lightly on her left front leg. We checked her paw, found nothing. A few days passed and it didn't get better, on the contrary. So we took her to the vet. He diagnosed it as a hematoma and gave her Loxicom. Next day she were much better, almost no limping at all. Again a few days passed and suddenly she refused to walk, now her right elbow were swollen. The vet said it were an infection, as she had a slight fever, and gave antibiotics. Again a few days passed, no improvment, so on to another vet for a second opinion. Here they found a fever of 44ºC and an extremely infected and pus filled uterus. They recommended surgery, but were not sure they could save her as it could rupture under the procedure. Lukely it did not, and for about a week she seemed better, but still not walking. The vet now suspected tick born diseases, but suggested a second oppion(vet clinic specializing in diagnosis), as Molly now were so thin she could not withstand too much experimentation. The third vet found pain i her elbows, shoulders and neck. They said tick diseases were highly unlikely and suggested a biopsy. They sent the sample to a laboratory for testing, but said it were polyarthritis and gave us Prednisolone, doxycycline and omeprazole, to keep the symptoms at bay until we got the answers. In the week that followed we were at det vet every second day, her fever had returned and medication could only just get it down to 39. She developed hives, Mouth Ulcers and red marks on her skin. She had an allergic reaction to the medication. The results of the biopsy came back, ..nothing. She was admitted for a week. Her red blood levels kept falling, down to 17%, just as we where about to give up, and let her have peace, her blood level started to increase, as they tried different medication. A few days later we got her home. She is now on Omeprazole, Prednisolone, Marbocyl and Atopica, and is very slowly getting better, but she has had to go on and off the Marbocyl because of infections in her bladder. Her blod level is almost normal, but her infection numbers are still very high and almost not decreasing. She now has a soft lump on her right side of the abdomen. She has alway been a very energetic dog, and enjoyed 2-3 hour daily walks, now she is very thin, has almost no muscles and can barely handle 5 minutes. All tests have come back negative, What could this be? And what is this lump?