Dad of Lulu - sweet Lulu has crossed The Bridge

Just a quick note, Lulu's diarrhea is gone, hopefully stays gone this time. She is going in for her Cushing's test today (4-8 hours). :)

Good luck with the testing, and we'll be really anxious to hear the results!

Marianne

They did the two hour test, hardly had chance to get a cup of coffee and read on my Kindle. She is pooped today, I usually notice that her mood is a bit different. She has lost 2.5 lb since two and half weeks ago. So I went and bought some boneless chicken breasts. She was about 62 lb, where she had been at 65 lb.

Results should be back within a couple of days.

Crossing fingers for good results!!!!

Sharlene and Molly Muffin

All fingers and paws crossed here too!

Dr. Booth called with the results but I forgot to get the values and their computers didn't update tonight. But Dr. Booth said that probably because Lulu's weight has gone down, and she is 62 lb now, where when she started treatment she was about 86 lb, but a bit chubby.

He said that her values were off enough that he was concerned because her adrenals could be suppressed too much and didn't want her to go into Addison's Disease. So he is reducing her dosage of Trilostane to 75 mg from 100 mg. I won't get the new pills till Tuesday though.

Lulu seems pretty good tonight, more energy than yesterday!

Hi,

Let us know when you get the results. If you are not getting the new dose until Tuesday, you arent giving the old dose until then are you? Just worried about that.:o:o:o:o You know me, Miss worrywart.:):);):rolleyes:

Give Lulu a happy pat from me.

I asked about taking a bit of the powder out of the capsule, but Dr. Booth said it would be okay to give until I get the new dose. What else could I do? You know if I had a accurate scale I would be tempted to try to weigh out the difference.

I used to work in chemistry, but I don't have that accurate a scale. I looked at the capsules and I don't know how easy to remove part.

I just don't want to jeopardize her health! I am open to suggestions though!

The manufacturer specifically states NOT to open the capsules. Please don't even think about. They should put this in BIG letters on the bottle. We get asked this so often.

Lulu will be fine waiting a few days because if her cortisol is low to the point of being Addisonian that means she is really low and it will do her good to be off for a few days. That is perhaps why she seems better today.

Please do get those important test result numbers so we can take a look ok? Thank you! Kim

Will do, too late now to get the results as they run the show this late as an emergency room. Will find out tomorrow.

But frijole are you suggesting that I stop her medication until I get the new pills?

Dr. Booth didn't say to do that. He wants to have her on the new medicine and then repeat the test in 30 days.