11 year old Doxie with tumor on Adrenal - Bondo has crossed the rainbow bridge

Well, heating pad makes me feel better some days in cold weather too. I'm right there with Bondo.
So glad your husband is doing well while being on the mountain. Yay for that. Him and Bondo, they sure keep you busy!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Greetings.
Just wanted to update all of you on my little Bondo.....He is doing great. He is on the 30 mg. of Trilo each morning and I started giving him about 1/4 t. of Coconut oil in the evening. His cutis is under control with just a few spots every once in awhile. His only lasting hair probelm is that most of his hair on his tail fell out and has not returned.

On Friday morning we go in to have his blood panel done as well as his resting cortisol. I will let you know those results.

Hope all your little puppies are doing better and we are all keeping this Cushings under control as best we can.

Night to all.

Hi, great news about Bondo. Don't forget to post the lab results here too!!! :)
Hair and muscle weakness are two of the last things that clear up, if they do, with cushings it seems. Those tails are just really hard to get a good regrowth going on.
Take care and hope you and your hubby are doing great too!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Greetings everyone.
I wanted to give everyone an update on my little Bondo. He is doing sooooo good. Bondo is on the Trilo 30 mg ...once a day in the morning. I wrap the pill in a little piece of chicken to make sure he swallows the pill.

He had his "resting cortisal" and blood panel done and the doctor said he looked very good. He is right "in range" with the cortisal. So much of his hair has grown back. His poor little tail looks a little ragged. The hair is not growing back so fast there. Bondo has tons of energy in the mornings but naps alot during the day. He will be 12 in August.

Bondo has been on the Trilo for 5 months now and I am very happy making that decision to put him on that medicine.....the vet says he does not have to see him for 6 months unless something changes. I take one day at a time so thankful to God I have the little rascal with me, still. Bondo does not have any other serious health issues at this time.

Night to all.

So glad to hear that Bondo continues to do good. Lovely to hear that.
Take care of yourself and thanks stopping in and letting us know how things are going still.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

We would really love to see the resting cortisol number and although Bondo is doing so well on the Trilostane I think 6 months is too long for another ACTH stim test. According to Dechra, when a dog is stabilized with treatment, an ACTH stim test should be performed every 3 months. Please do keep us updated and I am so happy to hear that Bondo is doing so well.

Good Morning everyone.

Just wanted to connect with everyone and I hope you all are doing well and enjoying this beautiful Spring weather.

I wanted to post Bondo's test results before we leave for Utah.
His resting cortisol number is 1.1 with the range 1.0-5.0. His hair/coat looks great except for his little tail. Hair is slow to grow back there, they say. He has one spot he licks at just a bit by his tail but the Vet says probably scar tissue from the removal of his anal glands a few years back.

On his blood panel the only other number that were not in range were:
ALT (SGPT) 152 the range being 12-118
ALK PHOSPHATASE 1878 range being 5-131

All of the other numbers were fine. Just for the record I decided not to do the ACTM test and just have the blood work done,. Bondo does not have any other health issues at this time and the Trilo 30mg seems to be working just fine. His next blood work will be done in 6 months.

Since the baseline of 1,1 ug/dl is low a full ACTH stimulation test should be done. Here are excerpts from an article written by Dr. Audrey Cook, who is a featured speaker for Dechra (the makers of Vetoryl).

Quote:

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In addition, a baseline cortisol concentration ≥ 1.3 μg/dL could reliably exclude the possibility of an overdose of trilostane in an ill patient or when a patient is reevaluated following a reduction in the dose of trilostane...

For those dogs with baseline cortisol concentrations outside the de- fined target range, an ACTH stimulation test may still be necessary before appropriate adjustments in the dose of trilostane are made.

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Glad Bondo is doing so well. :)

Love and hugs,
Lori

Hi Trese,

Glad to hear that Bondo is doing fine still. Always love to get good news around here.
Oh a trip to Utah. Make sure that you take Bondo's medical records with you. I assume he is going to? if not then make sure that whomever keeps him has those. Just because that baseline is pretty low and we know that cortisol can continue to drop, we've now had members whose dogs have dropped after many months on the same dose. (last one was on a dose of 30mg) so keep an eye on him and if he starts to get lethargic, vomit, not eat, or diarrhea, then no option but to get him in for a complete stim. You don't want to go into a crisis unexpectedly. I can't remember if you ever had any prednisone on hand for a rescue dose if that happened or not.
Have a good trip!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Thank you all for always posting so quickly. If I have not said it before......all of you are amazing with so much caring in your hearts.

OK...yes, I have all of Bondo's test results, blood work etc with me as well, as a bottle of the Pred pills just in case his cortisol goes too low. Anytime we leave town, I have all of it in a box which goes with me.

I told Bondo he needs to pack...ya think he does. NOPE. He just looks up at me and says. you always do it for me. The love I feel for my little guy scares me sometimes. Such a huge part of my life. He loves going in the motorhome with all of new smells in the campgrounds, etc.

Regarding the low 1.1 count of cortisol I wonder if it makes a difference on when the blood is drawn and when the last dosage of Trilo was given??? Anyone know. I gave him his pill at 9:00 and went into the vet as 12 noon.

Ok, have to finish packing but I will keep you posted. nighty night