10 year old female beagle just diagnosed with Cushings - Ginger has passed

Greetings! Happy Fourth of July weekend to all! Ginger is doing so well! The fludrocortisone seems to be doing her just fine with no visible side effects! She has a good appetite and is usually eager to walk. She does have her days that she is a little off, not wanting to walk as much or snuggle, but just re;ax in her bed with mom and dad near by. But she is almost 13, so I do take that in to consideration. It is not very often, so I am not concerned however, I do keep track to make sure I do not miss anything. I know with the Addisons she can not regulate her body temperature or stress, so we do not go out in the heat of the day, or if it is extremely humid, we make a short trip outside so she can do her business and sometimes relax in the cool grass underneath a shade tree. All in all she is doing quite well. Just wanted to touch base since it has been a while. We have been busy with Mom and Dad as dad's dementia progresses so I am needed there a little more often. I will try to add a few new pictures of Ginger tonight in her album. Blessings to you all, Colleen

So glad she is doing good!!!! Thank you for keeping us updated! Love the new photo - she has the most incredibly sweet face.
Sorry to hear your dad's condition - I know it is rough.

Continue to keep us posted and Happy 4th.
Terry

Good evening everyone. I pray this finds you all doing well. All is pretty good here with me. Ginger has had a few bad days. I took her in last week and they checked her electrolytes.They were about the same as the last test, but since she was not eating they bumped her medication up to 1 and 1/2 pills twice a day instead of just 1 pill twice a day. It has seemed to help some. She has had a very hard time with allergies. She has been miserable. I have tried the Benadryl and it dos not seem to do much. I started giving her a lower does of the prescription medication, which has a small amount of a prednisone type of medication in it and it has helped some. It also helped her appetite a little today. The heat has made it bad to get her out much except for her normal short walks. She is more comfortable just laying under the bed where it is cool and dark. I am hoping tomorrow she will feel better. She(we) celebrated her 13th birthday on Sept. 1st!!! It was too hot to do much, but hopefully once we get some cooler days I can make up for it. I had wanted to take her for a nice walk down the shady trail and treat her to a special meal, but it was too hot and she was off a bit. So resting is what she got to do and seemed to need. I am posting another picture to her album. It was taken a few years back, but I just found it and wanted to share. I will keep you posted when I can. Thank you all.

P.S. I also posted a picture of the custom license plate I had made for my car!!! It is beautiful!

I love the license plate! She is just so darn cute and photographs well. The shot of her with the baby is precious. I hope with cooler weather on it's way she will start to feel better and want to do a bit more.

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

I agree the license plate is soooo adorable. Love the pictures of Ginger too. Such a cute little girl.

I do hope once the weather cools off a bit that she will feel better.
My molly isn't too keen on the heat either. She'd rather be inside having snoozes that taking any walks in the heat.

Thank you both so much. She is something!!! We did get some rain and it dropped to about 73 degrees so we took a nice walk for about 20 minutes. Then she was ready to come back in. She is now snuggled by my side and it is the greatest feeling in the world!!!! She did seem to feel better today! I am so thankful for that!..... it's the little things!

It really is the little things. :) I couldn't agree more.

A happy belated birthday to Ginger! I love looking at her photos--the mid-howl one with the baby is so cute. I switched Abbie from benedryl to zyrtec for her allergies and it is working well.

Oh okay Zyrtec. Is there somewhere to find out how much I can give Ginger? A chart or something? The baby is one of my grand nephews! He was pretty impressed with Ginger and that howl! LOL