For those who are friends with us on Facebook, you know Carmine had a rough few years.
Carmine was diagnosed with kidney disease back in 2018 (I think). Shortly after that, he was diagnosed with steroid-induced diabetes. He bounced in and out of remission - we kept trying to see if he'd tolerate the Prednisolone after a break from it as he had advanced arthritis and moderate to severe allergies the Prednisolone really helped with. Unfortunately, each time we tried it, it sent him back into diabetes.
We eventually tried him on Budesonide as it doesn't tend to cause steroid-induced diabetes as often as Prednisolone does. Unfortunately, that put Carmine back into diabetes, and he never went into remission again after that.
I noticed 2-3 months ago that Carmine was loafing off his tummy. He did this exact thing when he developed chronic pancreatitis. I had initially dismissed a pancreatitis flare because he was already on anti-nausea medication, pain medication, and an appetite stimulant for other conditions.
We ended up taking him to see an Internal Medicine vet, and she thought that Carmine did, indeed, had pancreatitis again. Our regular vet and I worked to try tof ind something to make him more comfortable, but he couldn't take steroids. Nor could he take other medications due to his kidney disease. We were racking our brains trying to figure out some way to make him more comfortable and reduce his inflammation.
