I'm sorry to hear about Tipper's breathing problems. I can't offer any advice. Hopefully next week you can get some answers and take it from there. Thinking of you both.
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I'm sorry to hear about Tipper's breathing problems. I can't offer any advice. Hopefully next week you can get some answers and take it from there. Thinking of you both.
Hi Everyone:
Well Tipper started off not having too bad of a nite, the breathing was not too bad. Then around 10:30 fireworks went of literally. We live less than 1000 yards of a lake. They had a festival there this weekend. So to cap it off they set off fireworks. Tipper is not afraid of them as she knows the difference between them and thunder. It just kept going for like and hour so she got disgusted and went in the closet. This dog just cannot catch a break. This morning when I took her for a walk she was panting the whole time. I am not sure if it was nervousness at walking at a different place or her heart. I am going to have to watch out for signs of problems. It is just that there are so many things going on at one time it is hard to pinpoint the cause, which is frustrating. I don't want to be taxing her heart, but don't know if that is the problem. I had not noticed her doing that around here when we walked. These Cush dogs do so many strange things it is hard to decipher what is going on. She is getting bored staying in the house, and is sure letting me know it. I am hoping for an early fall and she can walk better in cooler temps. Hope everyone is enjoying a good weekend with their babies. Blessings
Patti
Patti... is there a lake or something close by you could take Tipper too? I'm wondering if cooling off in knee deep water would make her feel better at least for a little bit and the change of scenery helps.
Keesh for the first time was panting this morning during his early morning walk, but I chalk that up to no meds cause he wouldn't eat.
I really hope you can get this breathing issue under control for both your sakes.
Sometimes when Tipper gets nervous about her surroundings she pants. I think she may be nervous as to why we are walking where we are because we normally walk in our neighborhood and that is what she is used to. I am going to keep track of it in my doggie diary. I hope it is not her heart, she has enough going on right now. I feel if we could only conquer this breathing issue she may have a shot at a longer lifetime. I would take her to the lake, but there are so many Canadian geese there right now, that I am afraid of a bacterial infection from the goose droppings everywhere. Tipper really licks her feet a lot, and I don't want to deal with something else. It is rather cool here today so I don't think heat was a factor. We'll see how it goes tomorrow morning. Blessings
Patti
Sending hugs Patti, praying Tipper's breathing improves...
How was last night and early today for the breathing?
H I Everyone:
I just got back from the vets with Tipper. She got her fifth shot. I had asked the vet a week ago to switch her from Hepato Support to Denamarin. He suggested a better and newer form of liver support that many vets told him they were having success with called S-Adenosyl- 100. It came in today so I picked it up when I was there. I am going to start her on it tomorrow as it has to be given on an empty stomach. If anyone has any experience with it please let me know before then. I will have to watch her for allergic reactions. He charged me 60.00 for it, and I was floored that a supplement could cost so much. I should have known he was up to his old gouging tricks. I just looked it up and it was 18.99. So tomorrow when he is not in I am calling his assistant who orders the drugs and tell her I want a refund of 40.00. I have had it with this crap! I cannot afford to be putting out this kind of money, and shame on him. What goes around comes around, and it is definitely going to come around to him!. Tipper was ok breathing last nite, not too much struggling. She did lose some more weight today, about 3 ounces. She is almost back to her original weight, but for 1 ounce, so the lentils did help me get her there. Hope everyone has a good day with their babies. Blessings
Patti
Hi Patti,
S-Adenosyl-100 and Denamarin are similar supplements. Both are based on SAMe, both contain Milk Thistle active ingredients. Both have been used for some time to help the liver in both humans and animals. They are neither one really "new" on the scene but may be new to your vet. ;) The S-Adenosyl has a few more ingredients than the Denamarin. Here are some links about each so you can compare them -
S-Adenosyl-100
http://www.drugs.com/vet/s-adenosyl-100.html
Denamarin
http://www.drugs.com/vet/denamarin.html
I hope it helps Tipper and am glad to hear she had a better night last nite. Did you talk to him about an ultrasound?
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang
Leslie:
I wanted to wait to see what her blood work shows Wednesday, and the ACTH numbers before making a decision. I think all this talk about sludge in the Gallbladder, tumors on the spleen, etc. has gotten me worried as to what is going on inside her from this disease. Was Squirt's tumor from the Cushings, or they didn't know? I guess I am also scared of what they might find and how I will be able to deal with it. I keep going back and forth with deciding to do it or not. The thing is many of these Cush dogs get Gallbladder problems. If she can be put on Ursidiol and it saves her life I want to know if she has sludge. I am just scared of finding out she has a tumor, as with her breathing I don't know if she would be able to withstand operation. I am really torn on what to do now. Blessings
Patti
No, Cushing's did not cause Squirt's tumor. As far as I know, Cushing's doesn't cause tumors period...it is caused *by* tumors. A big difference. ;)
I know what you mean about knowing vs not knowing. In some areas, it is much better for me to not know. Politics - it is vastly better for me and all who have contact with me if I am willfully, blissfully ignorant about what is going on in in the world of politics. A lesson I had to learn the hard way recently. However, I don't think willful ignorance in all areas is a good thing.
If Squirt hadn't had the US and no one had ever told me about the tumor, she wouldn't be here today. There is no doubt in my mind about this, none. In the first place, I would have continued to pick her up and carry her as usual - something they told me right off not to do - there was a certain way she was to picked up and carried to put the least amount of strain on the organ as possible; I would have let her continue to run and jump and climb when she could; I wouldn't have known to watch for anything out of the ordinary. Then, I'm not sure I would have recognized there was a problem, a serious life-threatening, issue until it was too late. To compound that problem, I would have taken her to the GP vet who may not have been equipped to deal with a ruptured spleen in a manner that would save her life - not nearly as prepared as a hospital setting would be but I wouldn't have thought to take her there first. I worried and fretted about the US just as you are then one of the admins told me that it is always better to know than to not know...and that certainly proved true in Squirt's case.
I have thought of having another US done on her when I can afford it - IF that time ever comes. ;) But in our case, I won't take any measures beyond meds, herbs, supplements and diet to aid anything that might be found. And yet, there might be things that would be beneficial to a condition discovered via an US that I wouldn't know to try without one. So...if I could afford it I would more than likely have one done just so I could try to help if possible. It's scary to think about either way but I know you'll make the right decision for ya'll.
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang