Re: Dealing with Cushings in a third world country
Squirt's initial signs that I recall (it has been a decade and my memory ain't what it used to be! ) were withdrawing from her family and the activities she used to enjoy; she would do what I called hiding - she would crawl under furniture and stay. She was drinking a bit more and peeing a bit more but her appetite was normal for her, which was always strong to start with. She did have some minor hair loss but nothing major and her hair did regrow after shaving but it was slow to do so. Bear in mind - her cortisol was NORMAL at this point. Once the cortisol began to rise then the voracious appetite and excessive peeing and drinking really kicked in. At that point, we added the Lysodren.
"May you know that absence is full of tender presence and that nothing is ever lost or forgotten." John O'Donahue, "Eternal Echoes"
Death is not a changing of worlds as most imagine, as much as the walls of this world infinitely expanding.