Me too, saying hi. Mondays at work YUCK;)
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Me too, saying hi. Mondays at work YUCK;)
Hi Tina and Jasper
How did the jab go?? I can't help it but I get worried with our doggies vet visits and no report so I will be checking tomorrow for the good news. I am a glass half full kinda girl, but I read something that made me laugh.. whether your glass if half full, or half empty they both still need wine.. so that will help stop the worrying anyway :D:D:D (or something like that :) )
Trish and Flynn xx
Up to let Jasper out in this bitter cold and just wanted to do a quick post to say that the vet appt went pretty well. Don't want anyone worrying here. ;) We had a 7 pm appt and things were running late. By the time we got home and everyone was fed, I crashed out on the couch. I am so tired all the time with this wacky sleep schedule. And here I am up in the middle of the night posting. Lol. I will fill you all in tomorrow after I get home from work, mostly good news from the vet.
Sounds like everyone's stim tests were done and we are waiting on results. Keeping my fingers crossed for all. Trish, just read your post and I love the glass half full comment, so true! Thanks everyone for thinking about us and checking in. Back to bed we go. :)
Hugs,
Tina and Jasper
Oh no, sounds chilly, freezing in fact... I would be happy with a permanent spring or even autumn would be nice! Glad to hear all went pretty good today, will be checking in for the finer details tomorrow :) I am so bad the next day if I do not get a good sleep, so I will be going there soon too. Sweet dreams Tina and Jasper xxxxx
ohhh, good news from the vet! Can't wait to hear all about it!
Get some rest! Smiley, snuggling, good rest!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
yay for good news!
Good news? Did I miss good news? Dang, I hate it when that happens
Haven't missed it yet, we're still waiting for Tina to tell us!!!
Anticipation builds! LOL
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Lol you guys. Had to work late and then wanted to check real quick on everyone's stim results. It sounds like it was a good day for all! So happy to read everyone's numbers, I was thinking about it all day. :) Will read more in a bit.
Here's our update. Jasper got his Percorten injection, my vet decreased the dose by another 0.1 ml, so he got 0.6 ml. She is thinking we may be able to stop the injections, but doesn't want to do that yet until we are sure he is stable on the Dex. (Yes, I still have hope that it will happen :rolleyes: ). She feels he has atypical Addison's which is where only glucocorticoid (prednisone, dexamethasone, etc) support is needed due to lack of cortisol, and the mineralocorticoids are still produced by his adrenals, so his electrolytes are not affected for the most part. This is not a common type of Addison's, but it wouldn't surprise me - nothing about Jasper's journey so far has been common! We are going to keep the Dex dose at 1/4 tab daily for another week, and if he is doing well on all fronts, will try to go to 1/4 tab every other day. This is the dose that she wants him at for long term, we just have never been able to get it down there. So fingers crossed for that. She hopes that at this dose we would be most likely to see some decrease in the drinking and peeing.
She looked at his nose real good and took some swabs of the junk in his nostrils. She was not real concerned with any of it. She said his nose is extremely dry, not sure why, and the gunky stuff is apparently the usual stuff that gets in dog noses, but when the nose is normal and moist, it gets flushed away. She said to continue with the saline drops, vitamin e oil on the outside, and she recommends I run a humidifier during the day where he stays and in the bedroom at night. So that was good news. I asked about checking his BP, she looked at his last two, they were 148 and 150. She said that she was not concerned about high BP since he has Addison's now rather than Cushings.
Ok, now for the not so good part. His tummy is big because his liver is enlarged from the steroids. She said that was all she could feel when she checked his tummy, she didn't think anything else was abnormal. I know that steroids cause the liver to enlarge, and I am trying to not worry about that. She kind of acted like it wasn't a big deal, but that might be because she didn't want me to worry. I thought about it later and should have asked if it will continue to get bigger, and also if this will affect the functioning and cause damage, and if his enzymes will continue to go up now. Does anyone know about these things? I can't believe I didn't ask, I think I was on information overload by that time.
I asked about checking his urine again since it has been about 3 months or so since he had a bit of protein. We did get urine for a protein:creatinine ratio test like he had last time. Those results will be in tomorrow. I am praying my little heart out that it doesn't show more protein than last time. We talked a little about early kidney disease, I told her I am terrified of that. She said she was scared too. That makes me nervous. So that is another not so good thing. Trying to not worry about that too until we get the results tomorrow.
I will make a list of questions for her for tomorrow also. So - a couple of worries, but she said overall she thought he was doing well and looked good. She said we have come a long way, but still have a ways to go. Please keep him in your prayers that the urine test isn't worse than last time. Well, I've written another book, I suppose none of you are surprised. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
Hugs,
Tina and Jasper
Hi Tina
Good to hear his nose is OK and the Dex ok, be so good to get that down again!
I most certainly will have fingers crossed for good urine, stay away protein!! I am not sure about the liver, I am wondering if an ultrasound would give any further info? Maybe could add that to your list of questions!
Being a novel writer myself, it is good to read your post, it is not too long at all. Us enquiring minds like to hear all the in's and out's of it all :D:D
Hope i don't catch you two up in the middle of the night again!!
Trish xx