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Alison. :) How nice to see you and to hear how well Cairo has been doing.
There shouldn't be any issue with Cairo and Cushing's with the surgery as his cortisol levels are fine as the vet said.
Hopefully he will do well with surgery and come through like the champ he is. :).
Poor guy. Getting teeth and castrating. He is not going to be a happy camper to wake up and hurt at both ends. Eeek!
No, poor little soul isn't going to know which end is the worst.
He's not had bloods done in a while - this is his last three stim tests
14th July 2014 Baseline 120 post stim 400
13th May 2015 Pre 104 Post 239
14th July 2015 Pre 126 Post 415
I'm just being a worried, neurotic mum :)
When is he going in for his tooth and castration?
He had it last Wednesday. He seems to be doing fine though it did take him a couple of days to get over the anaesthetic.
On the day of surgery, poor boys back legs kept folding under him. I had to carry him up and down the outside steps and at 30kg, that was no easy task!
His wee mouth was swollen for a couple of days - he ended up having to get two incisors out as he'd broken them and he's got stitches.
We should get the results of the pathology on his testicles on Monday when he goes to get his stitches out.
When he first got home, he fell over and just went to sleep where he landed
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Took him out for a toilet break but was lucky if he managed 100 yards along the street
Going...........
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Going.........
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Gone
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Oh my gosh that poor boy. Just couldn't keep his eyes open.
That would be a real back breaker lifting him. He looks hefty! cute but solid. LOL
So glad he is doing better after his surgical adventures.
He's just been to get his stitches out and the results of the pathology.
All healed up nicely. He had two different types of tumour, both benign and castration should have removed the issue. So relieved.
That is wonderful news!! That the tumors were both benign, that the castration should have cleared up all the tissue and that he is recovering so nicely!
Yay Cairo!!
It's been a long time since we've been on.
Cairo seems to have aged greatly since his castration and the poor boy is very arthritic now.
He's still not on any Cushing's meds - different vet at our practice has indicated that perhaps he never needed it in the first place - though she's never going to go against a colleague and say he was misdiagnosed.
His alk phos levels are high though - she says they're over a 1000 (UK measurements) but he's had a scan and x-ray and although his liver and spleen are slightly enlarged, there doesn't appear to be anything sinister showing up.
Would Milk Thistle help with his alk phos levels? If so, would it be OK for him to be on it all the time? I've read up a bit and I thought it was only meant to be used short term but I need to try and get more educated on it's uses.
Either that, or any other advice would be hugely appreciated.
Welcome back to you and Cairo! Milk thistle is widely recommended for liver support. Fortunately, it is relatively inexpensive -- I have seen dosage recommendations of 2 mg./lb. but you should definitely check that with your vet. In light of your comment about Cairo aging, you might also consider S-Adenosyl which is a combination of milk thistle and sam-E. The latter can often aide with signs of aging. I used to give my Abbie the S-Adenosyl and found that the best price was on Amazon. It is definitely more expensive than just purchasing milk thistle. I stopped giving it to Abbie as her liver tests are not showing any problems. You can definitely give it long-term. Hope this helps!
hi Alison! Long time no talk. Awww, poor Cairo. Sorry that he's having a harder time these days. I'd do the sam-e and milk thistle both too. I used both for molly depending and usually got it via Amazon.