Jasper (12 yr old Mini Schnauzer) is now at peace

Hope all goes well today for Jasper! Let us know what you learn!

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Crossing fingers and paws (molly is) for Jasper and you today and some awesome good results on all the tests.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Keeping you and Jasper in my thoughts and prayers, and wishing you both the best of luck with the vet visit.

Love and hugs, Lori

Hey Tina,

I hope all goes well with the checkup and that it stays routine with no surprises (unless they are good ones - good ones are always welcome). Fingers crossed for you and please give Jasper an extra smooch from us too! :D

me too, Tina, Zoe and I are cheering for you and Jasper

Ohhh no news yet?? I am up early to check on you two! Hope it went well today xx

Thank you all so much for keeping Jasper in your thoughts today and for all the good wishes. I feel like the appt went pretty well. My vet thought Jasper looked good overall. His weight is holding steady at 25 lbs, I was a little worried about that with the lower protein food. When she examined his abdomen she said everything felt ok in there, and she said his liver margins were much more normal than the last check a few months ago. I was so worried then, his tummy was so big, and when she felt around she said it was because his liver was so enlarged from the steroids. Now that he is on a physiologic dose of the Dex, his liver size has decreased. That is great news, although it didn't sound like we could expect the ALP to improve because of the Dex.

He had blood drawn for a chem profile which includes a liver and kidney panel, and triglycerides. Also a baseline cortisol. The last cortisol check was done in November, and it was less than 0.4 ug/dL then, ref range 2-6 ug/dL. If it comes back still this low, my vet said he will be considered permanently Addison's. She also sent off urine for a UPC. We did not check the electrolytes since he just got the Percorten injection last Saturday, so they would likely be normal from that.

She didn't feel that having an abdominal ultrasound would be of great benefit now since he is finally showing some stability. I had forgotten that my vet had done a couple of what she called "targeted ultrasounds" back when Jasper was so sick and ended up in the hospital with the Addison's crisis. His pancreas and liver were looked at then, and a targeted ultrasound of his kidneys was done when his drinking and peeing had not shown any improvement and the protein showed up in his urine. She said the liver and pancreas looked ok, and there were no cysts or abnormalities of his kidneys. I don't have reports for any of these, and I now am remembering that I wasn't charged for them. I think they were done when he didn't seem to be responding normally to anything and she was struggling to figure out what was going on with him and wanted to cover all the bases. I didn't even think to ask about reports, maybe I should inquire about that?

The lab results will be back Monday or Tuesday and she said she will call when they are back. So the torture of waiting has started. I feel like there just has to be some improvement since he seems to be feeling better, but I won't feel secure until the numbers validate that. I am thinking positive but still feel scared, especially about the kidney profile and UPC. I have been telling him all day about what good results Flynn had this last time, and so he can do it too!! ;)

Shelby had her yearly check last weekend, I need to post an update on her thread in the everything else section. She has a couple of things going on also, never a dull moment around here!

Thanks again for thinking of my boy today, I knew you all were with us in that room. I had so many questions for my vet, I am sure she felt tag teamed. And she was, because you were all there with us! :D

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

Hi Tina,
I know what you are talking about with work. I have been so slammed myself.
I will be keeping my fingers crossed waiting for the test results. Sounds like he is doing good! :D

Hi Tina

So pleased to hear the appointment went well today, with all those positive signs we surely have to get good news!! Will keep everything crossed just in case though.

I just caught the end of a show on tv, one of those crime programmes, and it was in Omaha!! So I was checking out the scenery of your city, it was about a whole lot of kids who murdered the father for sleeping with the son's girlfriend and the mother knew and gave the ok so she could collect the insurance money?!? :eek::eek: You live in a lovely place Tina :)

Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend now the appointment is over xx

waiting is hard, sweetie, so we will all wait with you:):):)

I am pleased that everything went well and it sounds like your vet is doing a great monitoring job:):):)

That, dear friend, is half the battle:):):):)

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