Hey all,
I turned here to look for some help as well. We took Snot into the vet last month, he wasnt his normal energetic self, and was wimpering b/c he couldnt bend his neck to get at his food/water dish. The vet ran a bunch of blood work on him, and it cam back as extremly low platelet cout. She immed put him on NovoPred (steroid) and NovoDoxylin (antibiotic) . Two weeks later he's getting his energy back, and his platelet count is up (but still very low). I just took him in yesterday for another follow up, more bloodwork was done, the vet said we could go home and she would call with the results. She ended up calling late in the day b/c she had to contact a specialist to see what was going on. His energy is a little below where it was before all this happend, but no less than what it was when we took him in 2 weeks ago (heck, he prob has a little more than 2wks ago), but now shes saying that his platelet count is back to where it was when we brought him in. She believes this is immune mediated, but is unsure of the underlying cause and wants to put him on a med that is ~$120/wk + continue him on the other 2 meds, and she still isnt sure that this will work, from the way she explained it over the phone yest, he would be on a big dose of it for 3weeks before we found out if it was even working, and then would grad. be weened off of it over the next 4+ months. Im on the way to the vet now to pick up the scripts (they dont carry, it i have to get it filled @ a normal drug store) and will try to post more info when i get back.