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That is wonderful news Vicki, no tumor, no cancer. Yay! You were certainly due for some good news. :)
Hopefully Scoops eye will heal fast and he won't get one on the other eye at all. Crossing fingers for that.
I'm sure he is wiped out from everything he's been through lately and maybe once he is all healed up his energy will slowly recover too.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
how are things going? checking in on each of you.........
Just a quick update. Scoop's corneal ulcer is big. The culture also shows infection. Lots of meds. So much infection in Scoop. First the Calcinosis Cutis, then the ear, now the eye. Might have to do a surgical procedure on the eye. Today he is having his ACTH after being on his 40mg dose for over 3 weeks. The eye doctor recommended to wait another week but the vet said no. See how that goes. Also his BG is up. Nothing's going Scoop's way at all. Don't know if the way he acts sometimes is eye sight and hearing loss or his tumor. So scarey.
Those eye ulcers in Cush pups are hard to heal. We had 12 different meds for Zoe's eye and it took 3 months. Our opthamologist was trying hard to avoid surgery so was very agressive with the meds. It was a full time job for us but it did heal. Did they give you dog serum? That helped Zoe's eyes so much.
I know how you feel, it is like one thing after another and it is hard. You do the best you can.
It is possible his numbers may be a bit increased from the ulcer. You never know,
I know the Dechra site says to start ACTH testing 4 hours after dosing and that's what the vet did other times. Today Scoop had his dose at 6:20 AM. I told them that when I dropped him off. They had me come back at 11:00. I asked if he got his ACTH because the times didn't seem right. The tech said yes and I mentioned about the 4 hours. She said it's only 2 hours. So frustrated right now. Do you think that will make a difference in the results?
Vicki-Scoop and Raleigh's mom
Studies have shown that Vetoryl (trilsotane) reaches peak effectiveness in 1 1/2 to 2 hours. UC Davis monitoring protocol is different than Dechra's and ask their patients to be in their office within 2 to 3 hours of dosing so your vet may be using the UC Davis protocol. Either way, I think the stim test results will be meaningful.
Poor Scoop. Hopefully an aggressive medication plan will help it to heal, but yea, it's probably going to be a long road, considering everything else going on with Scoop.
Addy knows that road well. :(
Hang in there!!
Hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
lulusmom-Thanks. I'm glad to see the UC Davis monitoring protocol says 2-3 hours and you feel the results will be meaningful. That makes me feel better. I asked a tech again about the times for the ACTH today and she checked with the vet. The vet said instead of using the gel she used the more expensive stuff and there is a difference in the timing for the one compared to the other.
Vicki-Scoop and Raleigh's mom
checking in with you...........
how is the eye doing? did they say what type of ulcer it was? Shysie just had her indolent ulcer surgery done, and got her stitches and cone off today. Hope things are improving......(((((hugs)))))
addy-Yes Scoop had dog serum but didn't get to use it much. Meds changed. Tuesday before Thanksgiving I noticed Scoop's eye looked different. Took him to the vet. She said it was an ulcer and wanted him seen again on Friday. She wouldn't be in but another vet was. On Friday the vet said it looked like it was getting worse. She changed some of the meds, one she gave him was the serum. She felt he needed to see an opthamalogist as soon as possible. They found one that would see him Saturday morning. That's when he had the third eyelid flap done. Changed some meds again. We were told the flap would stay up 2-3 weeks. Instead of going back to the place where he was on Saturday for a recheck a week later, he was able to go to an opthamalogist a lot closer to home. She said the flap was partially down and wanted to see in there anyway so she took it down after 6 days. She did say the flap was doing it's job. She said she was going to get aggresive with the meds and compounded an eyedrop for him. She rechecked him on Monday and had me fast hm in case she would have to do surgery. She was happy with the progress so no surgery on Monday. Now she is going to check him again on Friday and same thing. No food in case of surgery. She said even though it's progressing in the right direction he still might have to have surgery. I had to make a chart for all his meds and ointment so I can keep everything straight.
Vicki-Scoop and Raleigh's mom