Zoe By My Side- Our Journey with Cushings

Tail not up as often now and the right back leg the surgeon said I would have trouble balancing treatment with the right front leg is giving out, yesterday was bad for back leg, better for front leg, wonder if cortisol is going to high now. Not sure if the grooming nail clipping episode had anything to do with it. Was not a good leg day for her though she did really well in the peeing department. Hoping to hear from vet tonight or tomorrow night.


Mel- I was worried you are having such bad wind and rain. Hope you are all ok.

Sus- State Fair- how cool is that and it is January.

Trish- Hope dad gets better and good luck Wednesday- paws up Flynn

Sonja, all my love sweetie

Sharlene and Patti- hope this storm we are having today is not headed your way

JoAnne- hugs to you

Not sure if I missed some one, I hope not.

Oh sorry to hear that Zoe's legs aren't balancing so well, front and back. :( That must make it really hard for her to move around at all. Nice that she had good peeing though.
I don't know if the drinking/peeing is stable, then would the back end still be reacting to high cortisol? It's all so flipping hard to get exactly right. If you do one thing to treat the front, then it's the back and if you do something for the back, it messes up the front and lord knows if you just leave it, something else might show up.
That has to be one of the hardest things to deal with. :(
Really sorry about all of this Addy. I wish there were some clear cut answers. Maybe the vet have an idea when they call.
Yea, we're suppose to get snow tonight I think. Joy joy. :) :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

There is no answer, they already warned me about it, how hard it would be to balance the legs.

Tonight I plowed home through 7" of snow, that old car hummed right through it all, so great since it got fixed, was a blessing in disguise it broke down, like I have a new car and LOL my girl is out walking around the kitchen, not walking well, but walking.:rolleyes: No two days the same at this house. She is standing here eating potato while I type LOL. She'll be the death of me yet.

I still think there is something else going on with that back leg, not just Cushing neuropathy. I'm hoping the metacam helps both legs. Too bad they are on the same side.

We'll see. Wont get call tonight from vet with this storm.

love ya

Eating potato as in a stick like in a french fry but not fried? How weird! I'd never have considered giving Bailey a raw potato. Why not, I guess. Bailey likes carrots and celery and cucumber. She doesn't like fig newtons. There isn't much she doesn't like.

Well, I'm sorry the tail isn't up. Maybe if you cut curly potatoes?:rolleyes: I guess that's a reach.:o I'm blowing 77 degrees, sunny north. :) I can't believe this winter. It's not one for sisies!!
Love,
Sus

Awww...sorry there was not so much tail up going on with Zoe. I'm glad to read peeing was good though~! I'll be happy for whatever good stuff happens, no matter what it is!!
Hope the Metacam improves the legs and keeps Zoe from having any pain.
Snow due here 5am or so...maybe now they're backing off the higher totals they mentioned this morning. I like the fresh snow as it puts a white coat over the dirty ice boulders we have in the city...it looks like The Flintstones set out on the streets here!!

Barbara

Raw potato? Nah, surely is cooked, I did not know you could eat it raw!! Funny, I am imagining Zoe crunching away! Mmmm I could go a curly fry about now!! Hope you hear from the vets soon and she can get on that Metacam trial xx

Addy:
You weren't kidding when you said watch the storm was coming this way. We really got nailed. The wind this morning is 40 mph and it is still snowing. When it rains and melts next week that should be real fun! Hope you and Zoe are well.
Blessings
Patti

glad you got through the snow. Decker from the diabetes forum had nail problems that affected his walking.

glad she got to enjoy a potato. It is so hard to watch them age. hugs, Judi

Boiled potatos, we had to switch out her chicken treats a while back- too much protein for her UPC and for some reason pieces of boiled potato don't bother her IBD.:):):)

Wish I was munching on some good curly fries right about now:D:D

Her tail may not be up as much as it was on the prednisone but she sure is more alert and trying to walk and stand more yesterday and today. I cut back the tramadol to a small piece every other morning and 1/4 tablet every night. Not sure if that is it or the warmer weather or higher cortisol.

Alert and being active sounds really good Addy!! Zoe is a trooper that's for sure!! :p Dogs really persevere...keep moving forward and plugging away, no matter what! It's pretty amazing.
When I think 2 weeks ago when Trixie was sick and she didn't really want to walk outside so I was carrying her but I put her down to test her out...see if she would walk and you know, she did walk..not her usual, she was pretty tentative but she walked half a block to the door.
Hoping Zoe keeps surprising with her resolve!!
I never tried potato with Trixie...hmmm...I bet she would like them. I'll have to give boiled potatoes a try sometime.
Barbara