Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Carmine's Immunotherapy

 

Carmine

Hi everyone, it's mes, Carmine! It sure has been a whiles.


Yous might remember that the Mom had mes allergy tested about five months ago because mes was having a lot of problems with mines allergies. Mes was having a lot of sneezy attacks (that's what the Mom calls thems) where mes sneezes 5-10 times in a row! Mes would get a bit congested. And sometimes mines ears were really itchy, too. 


Heres is the results of mines allergy testing.

Allergy test results

Mes is allergic to everything with a dark box with the letter "P" in it. Mes has 22 allergies according to the test theys did. A few of mines allergies are Johnson Grass, Perennial Rye, Wheat Grass, Dandelion, Sage, Mulberry, Willow, Corn, Flax, Peanut, and Rice. 

So after theys gotted the results, the vet ordered mes an immunotherapy kit. The Mom says theys is giving me allergy shots to help mes build up a tolerance to all mines allergies. Hers says if it works, mines allergy symptoms will improve and mes might be able to get off mines allergy medicine someday.

Here are the vials mines allergens come in.

Allergy vials

Mes started with the green vial. Then mes moved on to the blue one. Now mes is getting allergens from the red vial. The red vial is called the "maintenance" vial, and it contains 12 times the allergens as the green one does. That bes a lot of allergens! 

Mes is down to getting an allergy shot once a month. Mes is on day 136 of immunotherapy. The vet said the Mom should notice improvement in mes by about 4-6 months of immunotherapy. Mes isn't as congested anymores and mes has fewer sneezy attacks than befores, so wes is going to stay the course. 

The hope is that mes can get off the allergy medication someday. That stuff sure is smelly! 

That's all for mes today. Tylan recently had dental surgery, but mes will let hims tell yous about that sometime soons. Don't tell hims, but mes actually got a bit upset when hims was gone all day for hims surgery. 

Until next time, everyone! 

17 comments:

  1. We're happy to hear the immunotherapy is helping!

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  2. Carmine, we hope you feel better sooner than six months, but if you've reduced your sneezing, then that's good.
    To be honest, I knew that humans could get a round of allergy shots, but not cats, so I've learned something new today.

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  3. That is some fancy therapy Carmine and I hope the end result is a good one for you! Purrs from all of us.

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  4. We are starting the process with Sunny. We just got his results back and ordered his first kit.

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  5. Carmine we're glad you are better and we send lots of purrs for you to recover and eventually be off the allergy meds!

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  6. I am glad the immunotherapy has made some improvement and hope it continues to.

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  7. Carmine, we send purrayers and Power of the Paw that your immunotherapy continues to help you !

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  8. I hope those shots help you, Carmine. I almost had to get allergy shots too but the vet lady thought my allergies weren’t that bad and decided to hold off. I’m happy about that. ~Ernie

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  9. Wow, that is really cool, Carmine. We hope that immunotherapy keeps on working more and more!

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  10. Wow, that is neato that they now have allergy shots for cats. Hope the improvement continues, Carmine!

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  11. How super nice to hear from you and your mommy today, Carmine. I love that there is something to help with kitty allergies. Mom and I didn't know. You are fortunate to be helped so well and on your way to being free from these attacks. XXXX

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  12. How interesting! My human went through something similar as a child. I hope it works for you! She was a lot less allergic after her shots.

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  13. We are glad you are feeling better. We hope you continue to improve!

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  14. We are happy mew're feeling better and send oodles of healing purrs and vibes! 🐾🐾

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  15. I hope those allergy meds do the trick. Thank you for your thoughtful comment on our post on losing our dear Cleopatra. Your words were very comforting.

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  16. Thank you so much for coming by my blog! My mom was not aware of those allergy meds. We are happy that things are improving and hope it will be so much better soon. Juno

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  17. Nice post thank you John

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