Zoe By My Side- Our Journey with Cushings

Oh... Addy... I'm so sorry you are going thru this. It's a horrible place to be. If you're being advised to go to the ER maybe you should. You could ask them about your ideas and find out if it might help. Glad you are talking to husband lots, hope his being supportive. My husband who is normaly very not supportive was very supportive with our Mira. That meant a lot!

(((((((((BIG HUGS)))))))))

((Addy)) how is Koko's eye? did you call IMS about Ms. Zoe the licker? hope things are looking better!

Just catching up to speed on this thread but it seems there is an issue with what I use to call mawing at her paw. I'm sure the vet has told this could be caused from many things from allergies to diet to skin issues. Jake's brother, Ramsey, who passed last year had seven years of issues until I took him to a dermatologist at Angel Medical Center in Boston.. they are state of the art for everything there. We got to the bottom of this finally but often times when it flared it was an ear infection, which I'm sure has been mentioned and i see metronazole mentioned or it could be bacteria. But the one thing that relieved the paw chewing was making a solution of a shampoo from Verbac called Ketochlor and water and dipping her paws into into for as long as she will stay. The rinsing. You can do this when she comes in from walking. It calmed the itching down considerably and along with the meds kept the paws in check. It is a RX shampoo available at the vet... of course. But I mixed it with oatmeal soap to bath Ramsey and that made it lather and with diet changes he was almost back to normal after what Angel said was the worse case they have ever had, and they train the Tufts Vet School vets!
I have given Ramsey a benedryl pill when he was miserable and the doctor recommended the benedryl gel and that helped hot spots. i have also use solarcaine spray- if you look it's benedryl or lydocaine both with vets approval.

Thank you so much for all the info. We have tried benadryl, a skin antibiotic besides the metronidazole daily for her IBD, we tried cidar vinegar foot baths, antiseptic wipes, baby wipes, iodine foot baths, nothing has touched it.

Her IMS does not think it is dietary. Hopefully we can get in to see her next week.

I am worried at this point it is sore and hurts and is turning into a behavioral issue or maybe she keeps chewing it to make it stop hurting. It has to hurt because she now growls at me when I want to look at it.

When you used the topicals, how did you prevent your pup licking them off?

Thanks again, I'll go look up the Ketocklor.

hugs,
addy

Oh Addy,

I'm sorry I missed all that is going on with Zoe:(, and here you are "shouting" for us still. Please take some time for yourself. You need a breather right about now, but yeah who am I kidding, this is what moms do, we can't afford to stop for one second, who's going to take care of the kids?:eek:

Praying for a turn for the better for you and Zoe, mom and your family.

We love you....xo Jeanette

Addy-
I have used Ketochlor for Hannah too when she is itchy. My vet thinks it is the best when there is an infection because of the itching. We used that when Hannah had the infection from the vulva licking and it really helps. Sometimes they say that will even work without an antibiotic. I don't remember if we used it for just itching. Maybe she has created some kind of little infection from licking though, so this will help?? We leave it on Hannah for 5 min. or so (or as long as she'll tolerate it) and then rinse. I just keep her in the tub while I do it and hold onto her.

I hope you're feeling better and that Zoe gets some relief soon too!

Julie & Hannah

Okay I need to vent, BIG TIME:mad::mad::mad:

I called IMS, talked to her nurse, brought her up to speed, nurse goes to speak with IMS. Calls me back 2 hours later and tells me to take Zoe to her regular vet or a dermatologist because she only deals with "insides since she is an internist" and it sounds like a skin problem.:confused::confused::confused:

IMS has been Zoe's vet for everything for almost 2 years and I get the brush off?????:eek::eek::eek::mad::mad: Zoe doesn't have a regular vet, the IMS is her vet which the IMS agreed to 2 years ago.

How many thousands upon thousands of dollars and I get the brush off?:eek::eek::mad::mad:

So I call the local vet we saw 3 weeks ago and bring his nurse up to speed and that I am worried if I bring Zoe in she may bite someone since she is trying to bite me. New vet calls me back personally, not the nurse ( he called me back right away last time too). we discuss how Zoe is feeling and we decide to try the old antihistamine since it worked once. He checks his book, no drug interaction, I ask about the hypothyroidism warning and that she was always borderline because of her Cushings, he say should be okay. So I am off to find this and the blue solution. He said if I can't find the blue solution continue the iodine. We discuss the melatonin and we decide to stop it since we don;t know how it will interact with the antihistamine.

I did not discuss the Ketochlor shampoo with him yet.

So should I be mad at the IMS? Should I look for a different IMS? I really feel betrayed by her.


anyway it looks like it is you my Cush family, and me and Zoe to try to figure this out.

Thank the good Lord I have all of you to help me figure this out!!!!

I'm so mad!

really ticked off addy

Im so mad I want to spit.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Wow!!!!! That is so bizarre that the IMS did the brush off. I would feel betrayed also!!! I know I should be giving you comforting words, but I don't get why they do this. Does the new vet have a good IMS he can refer you to when you need one??? :mad::mad:

I am glad you are feeling better, but now you have this to contend with---stress, stress, stress you do not need this right now. :D

You need a good cosmo right now, maybe chocovino...:p

I am glad the red pj's helped, I hope they go with your red sweater. :)

I don't have plans for the weekend--we are suppose to get some rain so I think it will be inside projects. We went out to sushi last weekend--it was sooo good--it had been so long.

I hope you can enjoy the weekend, relax and Zoe & Koko do not have any issues.

Take care!!! ((((HUGS)))))

Hi Addy-First I read how much better you feel, then I find you're really pissed at the IM vet.
I am guessing the vet wants to get out of treating Zoe because of the problems it poses when she comes in. That's MY guess. Of COURSE it's rude, lacking in compassion and inconsiderate of the guy to tell you to go away. Any reason not to have the "new vet" be your regular vet? My vet's frist Cushings' Case was Palmer. We were able to work most things out. She had a number of colleagues she consulted and between all of us, we kind of made our way through it.

Aren't bad things supposed to come in threes? Aren't you up to 9 or 12???? :confused: NOW CUT THIS OUT!!!!!;)

Have a relaxing weekend. They're calling for some snow here as well. Sounds like a good reason to build a fire and watch a couple of football games.

Love,
Sus

Addy I pray for a cure for Zoe soon!!! These vets - ugggg I really dont get them - I have had my share with mine!!! Poor girl her paws must be so sore - I think you need a nice quiet weekend to cuddle have a choco vino or a hot choc and get some well needed R & R -- sending you lots and lots of support strength prayers love and hugsss xoxo