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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I think I’ve mentioned before that I don’t give my animals steroids unless there is absolutely no other choice left. This is because I had a cat, Mocha, who took steroids for severe allergies and asthma and eventually came down with cancer and died at 8 years old. Way, way too soon, and she was my special baby. However, if I had it all to do over again, I’d still give her the steroid shots, because absolutely nothing else helped her, and without the steroid shots she would have died a lot sooner of respiratory infections. Sometimes there simply are no good options. Marlene, doG knows that you have tried everything, and I do mean everything, to help Maggie. And it’s not working. To me, quality of life is very important, and poor Maggie’s has to be pretty bad a lot of the time. If the steroids help her, especially if they make a big difference, I think I’d put her on them and go for quality time. Poor girl. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Anita Woodrum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="mailto:awoodrum@clear.net">awoodrum@clear.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>