Tipper - adrenal tumor/breathing issues

Hi Everyone:
Yes we all need sunshine we are all Vitamin D deprived right now! Tipper and Toby have already walked it is very cold and frost on the ground. I am going to spend time with my doggies today and maybe take them to see the Llamas. Tipper always enjoys that and I always wonder if she got loose what she would do with them? She is so snorty and making so many trachea noises the last week, she is really bad this morning. last nite she started licking her one leg for what seemed to be an hour, then started to pull the hair out. I have to get her interested in something else to get her to stop, so it was play ball time. She slept ok, but still roaming to some extent at nite. We only have one appointment next week at the vet for Adequan and blood pressure, probably anal glands cleaned. So that will be good as I am not wanting to go anywhere soon after all the trips in the car lately. I hope the Bach Remedy gets here soon as it is to rain Thursday and I would like to try it out first to make sure she is not allergic to it. Still have some of the burnt caramel smell in the house, yuck!! WE have had some beautiful Baltimore Orioles on our grape jelly feeder this morning, they are stunningly vivid. Blessings
Patti

nice, that you had a sunny day today.
more to come, i hope?
hope you were able to do a lot of walking today.
and take a sunday nap.
it is bedtime for me, so i have to shut down the computer.

Patti,
Does Tipper have allergies? Pulling hair out makes me think of allergies.
Happy for the sun! We have that here too.

I hope you and Tipper had a good day and relaxed a bit.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Hi Everyone:
Well Tipper had an ok nite, moved about the bedroom a lot and had some tremors. Those darn things are so hard to watch. I am going to make so jelly today. yesterday I made some homemade candybars that have about 7 layers to them and I have to finish them today with a chocolate coating. The dogs have already walked once. We have frost on the ground. I put some ferns out and may have to keep them undercover for a while due to this. Tipper is still making a lot of tracheal noise so she gets Adequan Wednesday thank goodness. She seems so much more relaxed in the cooler weather, it is just better for her all the way around with her heart and breathing issues. I am going to see Delora tomorrow afternoon, have to get the sitter for Tipper. I talked to her last nite and she is on her last stand. I want to see her and say my silent goodbyes while she is still here and knows me. I have helped her tirelessly the past 7 years so this is very hard for me to see such a sweet old lady go thru this. I always ask everyone what they are going to come back as, but I do not want to upset her, so I will just ask what her favorite critter in nature is, so when I see it in my mind that will be a sign from her. I am so glad all this got settled about the cat before this happened. Tipper takes pills and supplements and so I set the timer on my IPhone to remind me, and she knows when she hears that sound she needs to get a pill, it is funny how she jumps up and runs to me to get it! That is because it is wrapped in chicken of course! Blessings
Patti

Hi Patti,
Thinking of you and Tipper.
Take care.

that is funny and smart; her reaction on the i-phone-bleeb.
anything for a treat!
i keep struggling hiding ian's pills.....

Hi Patti, sorry to hear Tipper is pulling her hair out, it could be a few things, allergies, fleas, or dry skin, if she is bathed too often. Is it a hot spot?

Hi Everyone:
Yes Tipper did have allergies in the past, that is where her Cushings came from all the steroids used on her. She never ever pulled her hair out before Cushings, and never licked her legs like this, and she will lick her one toy for what seems like forever. I think it is a Cushings thing. Luckily she only pulls the hair out once in a great while. We are in for storms this afternoon and the Bach Remedy will not be here until the 30th so I will use what I have. I am convinced it is the static shocks she gets before the storm that set her off. I am rubbing a dryer sheet on her today and giving her the herbs, and a bigger dose. She was up and down last nite with a lot of breathing noise going on. She is doing fairly well with the exception of the tremors, and the growth on the tumor. If it weren't for all these storms she would be ok. She actually came out on the porch again yesterday which really shocked me, but she does not stay out long, about 10 minutes at a time. That is progress compared to last summer. I am a nervous wreck as I tried to call Delora all day yesterday to let her know I was coming to see her today. She never answered the phone. I will see today is she was sent to the hospital or if anything else happened. It is not normal to not be able to contact her all day. I pray I am not to late to see her one last time. I framed the picture of her cat to take to her, and wanted to take her some candy which she dearly loves. I cannot stay long as the storms will come and Tipper will cry for me even though the sitter will be here. The IPhone is going off so Tipper is coming to me for her meds, she is just too funny right on cue! Pray for Delora please.
Blessings
Patti

Hi Patti.. here's hoping Delora was socializing possibly somewhere when you called.
You are a dear friend and neighbour that's for sure, not to mention how great you are here on the forum.
Hope your storms aren't too bad, we are to get them as well for the next couple of days.