For those of you who don’t know him already, this is Monty, our 12 1/2 year old French Bulldog diagnosed July 16th, 2012 with multifocal or disseminated Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis (GME). We have no illusions for the seriousness of the disease, but being the feisty, stubborn boy full of attitude that he is we hope that we can fight to keep him with us as long as we can, as long as he is willing.

Update 07/02/13: Monty has suffered a relapse as of 6/27/13
Update 11/15/17: Monty is at peace after complications due to probable relapse RIP 7/26/2005 – 11/15/2017

Treatment Log:

Relapse

  • Prednisone 10mg twice daily 6/27-7/2, 15mg Prednisone twice daily 7/2-16, 10mg twice daily 7/17-9/6, 15mg(5/10 split) 9/6-27, 5mg twice daily 9/28-10/25, 5mg once daily 10/26-12/2, 2.5mg once daily 10/26-12/3, 2.5mg once ever other day as of 12/30/13
  • Cyclosporine 50mg once daily 6/28-7/25, 50mg twice daily 7/26-8/9, 50mg once daily as of 8/10, 50mg once every other day as of 3/9/14
  • Omeprazole 10mg once daily as of 6/28, 5mg once daily as of 9/28, 2.5mg once daily as of 12/3 2.5mg once every other day (w/ pred) as of 12/30/13
  • 30mg Leflunomide once daily as of 9/7/13-4/8/14, 20mg once daily 4/9-5/7, 20mg once every other day as of 5/8
  • 250mg Denamarin once daily as of 9/6/13
  • 2.5ml Omega-3 (Fish) Oil once daily as of 12/14
  • 50mg Cytarabine (Cytosar) 7/2, 7/26, 8/23, 9/27, 10/25, 12/2, 12/30
  • 100mg Cefpodoxime once daily 8/16-9/26, 10/1-12/17, 4/11-17
  • 500mg Cephalexin twice daily 7/19-26, 8/3-10
  • 50mg Tramadol twice daily 6/27-30, once daily 7/1-3

Original Diagnosis

  • 2.5ml Omega-3 (Fish) Oil once daily as of 2/8/13 – 6/27/13
  • 50mg Cyclosporine twice daily 7/18-23/12, once daily 7/24/12-1/3/13, once every other day 1/4/13-4/4/13
  • 10mg Omeprazole once daily 7/18/12-4/5/13
  • 15mg Prednisone twice daily 7/18-8/7, 10mg twice daily 8/8-9/10, 5mg twice daily 9/11-10/23, 5mg once daily 10/24-11/29, 5mg once every other day 11/30/12-3/8/13
  • 500mg Sucralfate twice daily 9/28-11/15, as needed beginning 11/16
  • 100mg Cefpodoxime once daily 10/24-11/2
  • 40mg Sulfamethoxazole twice daily 10/16-11/16
  • 250mg Cranberry supplement twice daily 9/5-10/15
  • 50mg Zeniquin once daily 8/13-29, 9/5-14, 9/27-10/6
  • 250mg Clavamox twice daily 9/23-9/26
  • 125mg Metronidazole twice daily thru 8/1
  • 50mg Cytarabine (Cytosar) 4x every 12 hrs 7/16-18,
    1x 8/8, 9/11, 10/24, 11/30, 1/5
  • 50mg Doxycycline twice daily 7/21-8/4