Printable View
We have poop! Yay! But there still seems to be something painful back there so ill be taking her to the vet tomorrow afternoon to have them take a look. She took a nice long walk today and trotted part of the way. She ate her hamburger enthusiastically tonight and is resting very peacefully now. Today was a really good day for her with hardly any tremoring. Hopefully we all can rest well tonight.
Laurie
Yay! Nothing better than a good poop!
This. One hundred percent! (Though I must admit your post made me laugh Joan... it's true but still. :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Joan2517
Lol Joan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joan2517
She ate well this morning and actually ran out the door with our other dog. She also slept all night and didnt seem to be tremoring as much. This is her second day on prednisone instead of dex. We shall see how it goes....
Laurie
Good luck! Poop patrol still going strong.
I'll be back next week to check in on how she is doing.
Well we are right back with the extreme lethargy while on the Prednisone. We gave her 20mg yesterday afternoon and it was hard to get her out of bed this morning. Once up she moved around well and ate well but went right back to sleep. Today we started with 20mg this morning and tonight gave 10mg which is what we were instructed to do, and then taper down to 10mg twice daily. Unlike the dex, she isnt tremoring as much or acting restless. Her appetite is better than its been in a long time, and she is so skinny im happy to see her eat well again. But she isnt interested in much else. She just wants to sleep. We did give her first 2 doses with Famotidine and i read that the latter can possibly cause tiredness. Tonight i gave her just the 10mg of pred alone to see if maybe the Famotidine is causing some of this lethargy. We continue to give her a tablespoon of slippery elm twice daily so im hoping that will help with any tummy upset or acid reflux caused by the pred.
My question to those of you who have experience with the steroids is...would you say her tiredness is caused by too much pred or not enough? She wasnt lethargic while on the dex but would get that way when it wore off. So its confusing to me to see her on what i feel is a fairly high dose of pred and acting like she did when the dex was worn off. I really dont want to go back to the dex injections. Its tearing up her skin and also it increases her tremoring and makes her crazy the first day she is on it. Any suggestions?
***UPDATE***
This morning Charlotte woke me up at 6:30am. She had to go pee and was hungry. Huge difference from yesterday when I had to force her out of bed. The big difference seems to be the Famotidine. She ate well and is now in bed with Daddy sleeping with no tremors at all. I gave her slippery elm with her breakfast but haven't given any pred yet. So still trying to figure out what is best but so far today seems better than yesterday when she was just so lethargic.
Laurie
For awhile now i have felt Charlotte is dealing with more than one problem. She definitely had, and still has, many of the symptoms of cushings. The ravonous hunger is gone and she is no longer drinking more water than normal but her skin is so thin and she has sores we are treating. The lethargy has remained but she never really gained weight or had a pot belly and now she is so skinny. Her weight loss and lack of appetite make me think about cancer. Even on steroids she just isnt eating well. Some days are better than others but she no longer has much interest and has to be really pushed to eat. With all the bloodwork, xrays and ultrasounds they never found anything other than cushings but a couple of vets felt like she had more than one thing going on. Its so hard to treat something if you dont even know what it is! But we could spend thousands (which unfortunately we dont have) and still not know what we are dealing with.
This morning she didnt want to get out of bed again. I made her get up and got a little food in her so i could give her the pred. She is now back sleeping again. Today is the first day on 10mg pred twice a day. One day at a time. But i still wonder if its the cushings taking her down or something else???
Laurie3
When was the last time her blood glucose was checked? It would probably be shown as GLUC on the lab work.
Bloodwork was done last about 4 weeks ago but i dont have a copy of it. Not sure if they checked glucose level but it was normal in the first few panels that were done when we were first trying to figure out what was wrong with her. We probably need to have more bloodwork done but each time its been relatively normal. Its been so frustrating because her bloodwork has always looked much better than it should for such a sick doggie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirt's Mom
Laurie
I wonder if her system is becoming resistant to prednisone and because the dex is so much more potent that this is the reason she does better on it. And to make it easier on the skin dex does come in a liquid suspension, but I have no idea on how to alleviate the tremors she gets from the dex. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by LaurieS
Hugs, Lori