Zoe By My Side- Our Journey with Cushings

Hi Addy - your remembered!!:) She is going tomorrow for her stim - I forgot to say that to you - I posted it on my site - glad Zoe is doing ok - see with these pups you dont know one day to the next!! One day I think Penny is perking up then a few days later shes down - but we will see tomorrow - she had a very very quite day today - kinda down - I posted that maybe its the rain and she misses Mike!:( She still is drinking normal - eating good - I just vaccumed up all her fur!!! so coat is gone - and yes that damm back leg is just so weak - she has so much trouble getting up - the vet will check her over tomorrow while she is there - cant wait for results!!!!!:confused: as usual!!:)

Sorry I hit submit before I was done - I feel like you I would think Pennys stim would be low cause she is sluggish but her drinking is good but blew her coat - but I get what you are saying - some days they act normal -- it must of been so nice for Zoe to be alert and waiting for you!!!:) Hoping she does ok with the POO!!! Always in our thoughts and prayers!!!!!

Thoughts on this? Early last Spring I posted Zoe's hair and tail was looking worse and worse and I thought about was it tied to Spring and dogs shedding that time of year but then chalked it up to her out of sight cortisol.

Well, it is fall now and her tail is growing hair and her coat is looking thicker.

I know her cortisol is down from where it was but it sure was not within the recommended range a few weeks ago.

Could the Vetoryl really be responsible for this with her numbers not within range?

Just wondered because it almost seems seasonal but maybe that is a coincidence:o:o:o:o

Dang, I sure wish Zoe would read the Cushing manual:confused::confused:

Addy

Yup confusing:confused: - Penny blew her coat last fall and then went on the trilo - way to much trilo but got back a beautiful thick shinny coat - but when we cut the meds down she blew the coat again - so is it the needed meds or is it just a coincidence like you said and its just that time of year?? With cush pups will we really ever know the correct answer to this?? I am starting to think not!!:eek:

Hi, Addy.

So happy to hear Zoe is doing well! Sounds like (fingers crossed) you are on the right track!!!

Hi Addy,

There has been at least one study that I know of that involved administering trilostane to dogs with alopecia x. The dogs in the study had elevations in 17-hydroxyprogesterone post stimulation and the vast majority of dogs regrew their coat.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15500480

This abstract doesn't go into much detail but I can tell you that these dogs grew hair despite there being no change, and in some cases. having even higher levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone.

Hi Addy-

Palmer lost most of his coat when we diagnosed Cushings. I have no idea how the correlation works, but I can tell you his hair came back and was very shiny and soft. It did not have the body the original hair did, but he most definitely looked "respectable!":)
HUGS!
Sus

Addy,

So glad Zoe is doing better and the hair is growing in. Right now I'm so desperate and ready for Honeys hair to grow back that I was thinking about glueing some white cotton balls to the bare spots.:)

Take Care
Rhondalyn and Honey

YAY for Zoe getting her fur back and not showing so much skin--hehe!!!! She will be respectable as Susan said...:D:D

Are you questioning if Cushings has a right way or standard way of doing things???? Hello---it is Cushings and each dog has it's own path to go down unfortunately, but having you on that path with her makes the biggest difference in the world--you know how to research and get answers to most of what you are trying to find!!!
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!::):D;)

Keep up the excellent work!!!! Enjoy the rest of the day!!!!

Rhondalyn - I laughed so hard at your post about the cotton balls but I do know what you mean:):)

Glynda- I read the study, thank you for the link. I had thought since hair/coat issues are usually the last to resolve and with Zoe hovering around 12.7 ug/dl or more, I just did not expect to see this now so was happy but confused. The average dose was 10.83 mg/kg but the poodles and poms probably weigh less than Zoe. She is doing so well at the moment, I almost hate to rock the boat with her. Maybe I push the stim back a few more weeks. She is so happy right now. She is especially pleased when she goes outside and has a perfect poo. She actually smiles and then does the "bull". I still have not given her the evening dose of metronidazole. I almost did the other evening but then she had perfect poo. She is not in a hurry to go out to pee. Her appetitie is still strong but she has always been a chow hound unless you feed her kibble. Her hearing for whatever reason is not as bad as it was. It is not normal but it is better.


Susan, Cindy, Marie and Mary Beth thank you for checking in as always my top notch support network.:D:D:D

love,
addy