Zoe By My Side- Our Journey with Cushings

Hi Addy

Hope the graduation went well, I bet you had a tear in your eye watching her all grown up and graduating, what a special day for you all. Congratulations to Kate!! :D

OH and all the stars must be aligning if little Zoe is behaving as well... so you can go off and relax for a bit!!! How fantastic her fur is growing back in AND good poops for the main part!! I LOVE to hear good news and have my fingers crossed here for the last bit of diet transition :D:D You are quite the poet!!

Have a glass of bubbles for all of us while you are celebrating!!

xxxxx

WOW!! Talk about many reasons to PAHTEE!!!!! Zoe is a real fighter, just like her Mom. I bet that new hair fuzz is really soft as well. And how did Kate do? Was she the brightest star to cross the stage? Did she moon the audience? Did she win an award for best paper ever, ever? Huh, did she?

I hope there's gonna be a pool party. I'm on my way. I'm bringing Bailey and hats for everybody and noisemakers and balloons. Helium balloons. Then we can all make funny voices. Who's bringing the cake and ice cream?

I hope your weather is at least half as nice as ours is today. That way you'll have a gorgeous day. Stop your worrying for one entire day and enjoy all that you have. Life is good.

Love,
Sus
BIG HUG :)

Addy:
So pleased to hear that your sweet Zoe is doing so well, I hope she continues to improve. Blessings
Patti

Thank you all, graduation was wonderful. Saturday night was the first time I left Zoe after dinner since last September. She did just fine, no problems. Hubby teased Kate she isthe only one I put before the dogs. There is truth to that:o Yes, Susan she wore her white cord for her high grade point, ,Trish- I shed more than a tear when the orchestra was playing,

Zoe's skin and hair remind me of a Dechra case study Lori received as it seems improving her skin is helping her try to regrow hair. She does not have much hair as she lost so much after surgery and then when we started treating her skin but the fact her brown spots are trying to come back I take as a good thing. I think arthritis is an issue too with her back legs as when she has her tramadol at night, she does better the next morning. She is not the dog she was last year, much slower, stiffer but then so am I and hubby. I think we all aged about 10 years this past year.

Happy Monday everyone!!!

Glad graduation went so well. I'm sure it was a heck of a great day. :)

That Zoe, she is just full of surprises. I know we've talked about it many times, but controlling the cortisol at a good level does seem to help with the hair regrowth, eventually.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

But the dog in the case study was at post 7ug/dl if I remember correctly. It was not until they treated his skin issues that he started to regrow hair. Zoe was post 7 in January and her hair got worse, post 4 in April and her hair continued to get worse until now since we have been treating her skin issues. Maybe she dropped lower now than 4. The point of the article was that a dog did not necessarily have to be under 5 to grow hair I think:):):)

She got her Kong stuck on her lower jaw after supper. In six years of chewing that medium size Kong she has never done that:eek:
I thought we were headed to ER:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Oh good lord Abby! This is the kind of ER visits I end up doing. LOL Glad that one was averted. A stuck Kong. I don't think I've ever heard that one before.

That is very strange about the 7ug number. Maybe it is like everything else with cushings. You have guidelines, but every dog reacts differently to what is optimal for them. Didn't one vet write you and say under 5ug post was best for cc and hair regrowth? I know we have talked about this before, but again, nothing seems to be written in stone.

Everything just seems so hard with this disease. The good thing is that people who end up here are more than likely going to be the ones who persevere and Will find the answers for their pup because they don't give up, they just move on and try something else, or tweak, tweak, tweak, until it comes up right for their furbaby. I think that this forum enables them to do that because we all support each other and we banter ideas back and forth like a tennis tournament. Got to love that about this forum. It's too easy to become discouraged without anyone to stand with you shoulder to shoulder and give that much needed support.

I have to think that it is Zoe's cortisol, combined with your diligence in keeping an eye on what is going on with her and Knowing her so well, that the least little change you catch it right away, that has had the biggest benefit of all.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I know I shouldn't but that Kong story made me laugh... :D:D:D I really am not evil and I so hope Zoe was not traumatised but it sounds so funny :eek::eek:. You should have got hubby to take a photo while you got it off and I am pretty sure it would have made photo of the week!! No really, I hope she is ok hehehehe. She is so cute!

Addy,
I'm with Trish and I'm not evil either!:D.I thought,how the heck did she manage that?Glad that it was able to be removed-no trips to the dreaded ED please!

Just catching up on your thread-sounds like you had a wonderful weekend and went out and enjoyed yourself at the graduation.And I'm glad you're able to see some improvement with Zoe with the hair regrowth.She's lucky to have you as her mom and your hard work and diligence shows!Keep up the good work!
Patty

Hi Addy:
Just wanted to let you know Tipper got a kong ball that had a hole in it stuck on her lower jaw too. At first it looked funny, but it really made Tipper angry and she was running her head into things in a effort to get it off. They are so hard, and heavy it was tuff to manipulate it off of her. I hope Zoe continues to do well. Blessings
Patti