Hello my name is Laura and I have a 12 year old female Beagle named Blue. Blue is my everything. She was diagnosed with Cushings on July 14th and was prescribed Vetoryl 10mg after the ACTH test. She weighs 21lbs.
Background:
About 3-4 years ago I noticed she started drinking more water and had to go outside more frequently and during the night. I immediately made her an appointment thinking it was a UTI. All tests were negative but it continued. I continued to bring it up but was told was probably due to her age. Around this time she also started getting skin lumps, her vet said were age warts.
In the last year she started showing additional symptoms. Increased hunger (eating everything including trash), shaking limbs, trouble jumping, insomnia, boney appearance and pot-belly.
Last month she started panting nonstop and started losing patches of hair. I took her to the animal hospital and was told it was most likely cancer and they ran some tests. After a week of crying thinking the worse, tests came back negative. A couple weeks later I took her for a bath and the next day her tail was completly bald from the bottom. I did some research and found oout about cushings disease. She had almost all the symptoms. I took her back to the vet and asked about Cushings. After the ACTH response test the next morning it was confirmed.
After Vetoryl:
She has been on the medication for almost 30 days now. The panting has stopped and she now sleeps through the night but everything else is the same or worse. She has several bald spots around her neck, back and chest now. Her skin looks very spotty. She continues to drink a lot of water then inflates like a balloon after for about an hour. The scary part is her eyes. I'm not sure what is wrong but sometimes after waking up it looks like she has lazy eye or had a seizure. Not sure how to explain but doesn't look at me the same.
I am not sure if we waited too long to get a diagnosis or I just need to give it more time. I have also purchased and started her on HMR Lignans and K9 Melatonin.
Any advice is appreciated. Sorry so long.