Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this site. My mixed breed 10 year old dog was diagnosed with severe cushings disease 7 months ago. She weighs 60 pounds. Initially she was extremely emaciated with a massive liver. (the vet had never seen liver enzymes in the 18,000 range!) We opted to treat with Vetoryl 60mg daily. Roxy responded extremely well! After losing all her hair and severe skin infections she has bounced back to being furrier than ever and in good spirits. Unfortunately, severe hind leg arthritis is really bothering her now. We have her on daily Novox along with her Vetoryl.
This morning prior to getting up she let out an agonizing yelp and then appeared to pass away--not breathing, unable to find her heart beat--but after what felt like several minutes she began to breathe and became responsive although very confused. It was horrible! About 2 hours later she is acting fairly normally now and is going in for a repeat cortisol stress test tomorrow. Does anyone have any advice, anything we should be focusing on? I'm really beside myself with worry. I cannot have her suffer like this for my selfish needs.
Please advise,
Thanks,
Jan