Ugga-7yr old french bulldog (calcinosis cutis)(Ugga crossed the bridge)

I am going to second Lori's comments, I dont understand why the increase either. Perhaps someone else may be able to explain a reason for it but I too am concerned.

What symptoms other then gaining weight are you seeing? Skin issues?

Sorry, dont mean to alarm you, just trying to understand.

I appreciate your concern. Yes, those were the pre/post numbers. Ugga is experiencing PU/PD and the calcinosis cutis is spreading like wildfire. We have to at least try to get his skin under control (at least more so than it is now, he's really itchy and will scratch himself open if he gets the chance). Lysodren is not an option for us (I'm not taking him off his seizure meds) so if my vet feels there is room for a 20mg/day increase, I'm going to trust her and give it a try. Listen, I have to be honest here-this little guy has been through the ringer. He most-likely has a brain tumor (experiencing neurological symptoms) and can go into status (seizure that he won't come out of) at any second. Anything and everything poses a risk to him. It sucks, believe me, no one hates this more than I do. I'm not trying to cause him harm but I have to think realistically. Hubby and I have discussed euthanasia but he's still such a happy dog, we just can't right now. So we'll try this. It's this, do nothing, or put him to sleep. Sorry for the morbid discussion at 8am. Time to dry my eyes and get to work.

I understand your position. I am sorry to hear the calcinosis cutis is getting worse. I hope I did not upset you.:o:o

I am going to keep my fingers crossed that this will do the trick for Ugga. His numbers are low.. So, hopefully he will balance out a little lower & that will be the magic number for him. Can you post pix of his skin? I am just curios to know what it looks like. I think my BT might be getting a CC bump on his head. Not sure.. It is just a hard little bump under his skin.

Good luck.. I hope you have your baby feeling better soon.

Jackie, hugs to you. You're trying everything you can and poor little Ugga has been through the wringer lately. I hope this works and gives him more time to be his happy little self. Do let us know if this works for him. You know how we are on here, regular worry warts. :)

Take care,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Jackie ... I am sorry to hear that the calcinosis cutis is getting worse. I am not a Vetoryl "Mum" and I do believe that those numbers are spot on ... perhaps the vet is coming from the view that Ugga needs around the clock control (the same dose) was the reason for the increase in the evening.

One thing with the scratching ... sometimes when Sabre was getting low (post below 1) he would get extremely itchy. We put Sabre in a jacket or T-shirt in the first few months of treatment when the calcinosis cutis was really bad to stop him from scratching and making it bleed. We added EPO (Evening Primrose Oil) into his diet, something that I forgot for a while and just remember recently, as this is very helpful for skin conditions in dogs. I must try and find the article which combined it with something else and they had very good results.

Take care
Angela and Flynn

I have done a lot of searching and cannot find the article that I wanted but lots of others around the topic. I have now clicked that we actually used a combination of EPO and fish oil. The research is such that combinations of EPO and fish oil or EPO and borage oil is very beneficial for skin conditions. EPO has a "soothing" effect and apparently relieves itchiness.

Angela and Flynn

Oh Addy, I'm sorry! You did not upset me, it's the situation that is upsetting. I really do appreciate everyones concern for Ugga and I promise I'm only trying to do the best I can for him.

Thanks Amy, we're crossing our fingers here too. I actually have to wash Ugga tonight, I might be able to get some good pics of his skin when he's wet. Let me just warn you, it isn't pretty. I do have some pics of the CC in my profile but they didn't come out great so I'll try to get some current ones.

Sharlene, thank you! I really do appreciate all you worry warts :). I can't believe I spelled wringer wrong in my post lol. Anyway, we really hope this works for him too, we want him to be as comfortable as possible.