Confused and Overwhelmed-Diagnosed Anal Sac Carcinoma (Woody has passed)

OMG what a shock for you and Woody. Like Sharlene I hope they did check his BP, that adrenal mass could cause BP spike if it was a pheo. What is that smpgo thing? You did good managing that, even though you must have been scared witless... GOOD FOR YOU!! I hope you have him home soon, your probably at vets picking him up now. We are here with you Tracy **BIG HUGS**

Hoping you two are doing ok?

Sending lots of positive mojo

Mel
Xxxx

Evening everyone. Woody is home :D I picked up him a few hours ago but we both fell asleep on the sofa when we got in. He was still a little wobbly when I picked him up walking like a wee drunk man, but the vet wasn,t overly worried and said he would keep him in over night if I wanted, but I wanted Woody home where I knew he wouldn,t be too stressed. He got up about 30 mins ago had something to eat and went to the toilet, he was walking much better, and now he is curled up next to me in my bed.

The vet reckoned this could be just a one off a bit like a fainting fit, but once I explained that if it was his BP (my vet can,t check BP I can,t remember why something like facilities), then it maybe coming from the suspected adrenal tumour he agreed that Woody,s BP may have went too low causing him to collapse. I,ve told my vet that he needs to be able to monitor woodys BP or I may have to change vets :( He said Woody had been fine when he was with him and his Obs were good. My vet will be contacting the hospital on Monday regarding this as will I.

Trish - can you point me in the direction of material on the pheo please.

I just can,t believe how quickly this happened, one minute asleep on the sofa to getting a drink to collapsing my Woody sure does know how to scare the living daylights out of me. Thank you all for your good wishes we needed them. I just need to stop shaking now and get that image of him lying there out my head. ;)

Oh good
I am glad we got an update from you Tracy, I was getting worried! But glad to hear he is home and resting with you.

With pheo, when they have an episode it is usually because BP goes too high, not too low. When it goes high, stroke, heart attacks etc are the concern.

Here is a good website about pheo's

http://www.vsso.org/Adrenal_Pheochromocytoma.html

xx

Thanks Trish I,m sure the vet said he thought his BP went too low, but I may have picked him up wrong as I was too busy being kissed by the lovely woody.:D

The thing the vet mentioned earlier was Syncope, it is when the brain is starved of oxygen and the dog basically faints. I have looked it up and it says it is a symptom of an illness then lists a few illnesses like epilepsy and one of them is cushings. Now this keeps cropping up for Woody yet all tests are negative for cushings. I need to get to the bottom of this, as it scared the hell out of me and I need to be prepared if it happens again. I will go look at the site you posted as don,t think I,ll get much sleep tonight although Woody is happily snoring at the moment :p

He maybe just fainted then with low BP... did this vet actually check it?

Jeepers, just read about the police helicopter crashing into a pub full of people in Glasgow. Sounds just awful, hope no fatalities.

I've never posted before but wanted to send well wishes to you. I know how scary passing out can be as mine just had seizures on Sunday. I'm very glad Woody is okay. When my Cavalier was diagnosed with heart problems our first sign to bring him to the cardiologist was a fainting episode which we found out was called syncope like you said. He had a couple of them and that's when he was diagnosed with the mitral valve problem. I'm not saying that's what your Woody has only that the heart caused my dogs fainting. He ended up having a really bad heart murmur. I watched your video of Woody what a beautiful dog. I'll pray he doesn't have anymore.

I have copied and pasted below a url to a page on pheochromocytomas on the Pet MD site. You will not that there is a long list of symptoms and not all dogs will have all of them nor are they consistent....they are episodic. Kim can definitely attest to this as her dog Annie had a pheo. Dogs with pheos usually have "high" blood pressure, as do dogs with cushing's, so it would be a good idea to find a speciality facility that has the proper equipment to take Woody's blood pressure. It's easy to take a human's blood pressure but that's not the case with our canine friends. Even with good equipment, it can be a challenge, especially for a dog who is very stressed out at the vet's office.

http://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/...eochromocytoma

I hope you can get to the bottom of Woody's problem.

Glynda

Loved the video, heart stopped when I read Woody had collapsed, so relieved he came out of it alright! You must be about ready to collapse yourself! I hope you and Woody get some good rest and that both of you have a good day next.