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Sadly things took a bad turn...

I noticed after walks he seemed pretty tired and in the evening a bit uncomfortable. I took him to the vet on Thursday for recheck of his UTI and stones. His UTI...

Well, based on ACTH stim test I guess I'm done here:


Date Lab Test Lab Results Evaluation Lab Range Location
06/09/20 CORTISOL SAMPLE 1 2.2 ug/dL 1.000 - 5.000 ug/dL Rockwall...

Thank you... I will keep an eye on things and do another ACTH stim test in a few weeks.

Mark

Maybe this is a dumb question, maybe it has already been asked before. If that is the case forgive me, but interesting scenario I am facing with my dog Kiwi.

1. He is pretty old... turned 14 in...

FYI... wanted to update. Kiwi is still kicking butt. He is old, no doubt about it, he will be 13 in March, but he is still spirited and active. He has lost more weight and has some occasional issues...

Thanks... and yes, we are going down from 30mg once a day to 10mg 2x a day for a total of 20mg.

So he had his follow up ACTH Stim test and his pre was 0.6 and his post was 2.5. The vet wants to lower the dose. Technically the RX insert says that one should continue that the present dose at...

Things were going rather well til Thursday. His need to drink has decreased, particularly at night, and he has had no peeing in the middle of the night crisises. I also was able to reduce his insulin...

Yes, he was below 400, in fact he was 147mg/dl on UC/CR and likely similar on ACTH. He was also quite chill on test. I like the suggestion of twice daily dosing. He has not had his triglycerides...

Kiwi had his ACTH today.

Baseline <0.5 ug/dl
Post Synthetic ACTH - 25.8 ug/dl

Vet felt, particularly in light of his insulin resistance, that it was pretty case closed that he has Cushing's....

Thank you. I have noted improvement since he started on Augmentin, we believed he may have a sub-acute infection, but he still is very vulnerable to any additional calories and needs a pretty big...

Urine Cortisol 16.4
Urine Creatinine 126.2
Ratio 41

Interpretation >= 34 Possible Hyperadrencorticism

I'm curious as you what you all think of this result. Interesting also in light of the...

No, no... you are misunderstanding. I don't believe that Kiwi's X-ray and other chemistry justifies a ultrasound and I disagree with the vet that Fructosamine test is going to tell me anymore about...

Thanks and yes, I am on there... was fairly active when he was first diagnosed, stepped away for a time, but now back as things are getting a bit interesting again.

Done, abbreviated RR no reference range stated on the specific gravity.

I have a 12yr old male diabetic Schnauzer named Kiwi. Yes, I said it, diabetic. :) He has been well maintained for about 2yrs on 12iu of NPH insulin 2x a day with Nutro low calorie food (high fiber...