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

I know what you mean by work getting in the way of checking on things on the forum. I feel that way most days, but especially when something urgent is going on with one of our babies.

It's kind of difficult to check on my phone, it doesn't get a good signal in my office. I have been checking real quick a couple times a day from my work computer, but I should probably stop doing that. They recently "announced" that the internet usage would be more tightly monitored. :rolleyes:

Yes, looking for a good report in the morning. The more I think about it, I feel like he went into another Addison's crisis. That kind if occurred to me when all the vomiting was happening, but just as a quick thought. I really thought it was just a bad flare of colitis. I have to think it through a little better because he had been stable from the Addison's regard. We had it under control I thought. The only thing I can think of is that it is some very delayed response to stopping the Percorten, and we got in trouble with the aldosterone and his electrolytes got out of whack. Such a delicate balance.

PS no headaches so far, I am so thankful! They do seem to be stress related for the most part, and this is certainly stressful! Plus last week at work was a bugger so I was a bit wiped out from that too. But so far so good.

Thank goodness no headaches, did you ever get to the bottom of why you had them, was it a virus do you think?

I was wondering about the aldosterone too, plus if he did have a bit of a tummy upset that might have been enough to send him Addisons again too with his electrolytes getting mucked up then the Addisons just made it worse really quickly??

You know, I tend to get pretty severe headaches from time to time if I get too run down, or lots of ongoing stress. But that migraine headache that I had in July where I was throwing up, in bed all day and missed work - I feel like there was something more going on there. I can't remember ever being that sick with one. And I certainly have not needed to miss work because of one. Normally if I throw up (which is rare) it will be once , and then the nausea improves. I got a little worried when my Dr mentioned testing for West Nile, but I think that is not necessary as I don't feel so run down now like I did.

With Jasper there is so much to think about, and all things are inter related. I wonder if his sodium was slowly dropping due to not enough aldosterone, and it finally got low enough to make him sick, and then the vomiting started? Which of course then further complicates everything.

The Percorten injection that he used to get replaces aldosterone in Addison's, so without that, I wonder of it was some sort of delayed reaction, and the sodium got out of whack due to that? These are all things I will be asking my vet, and I think are part of the reason she will be consulting with the IMS again. Jasper has certainly been a challenge for her, and he historically has not followed the text books, so why would this be any different?

Oh gosh Trish, I just realized the time, after 5 am here! I should try to get a bit more sleep before I need to be up and waiting for the vet to call. And it must be starting to get late there for you as well.

Lovely chatting with you, and as always, your support and feedback is so appreciated.

Hugs, and smooches for Flynn xo

I had just let him out for his last pitstop and was following on poop patrol as we do! He ran around the house a couple of times, no doubt that pesky cat from next door called by! Flynn has decided it is his bedtime and just taken himself off, I am going to have a cup of tea and that will be me in bed as well, it is only nearly 10.30pm here so that's the weekend finished :p too fast!!

Your theory sounds very likely to me too, I just want him better asap and I am sure with the meds, fluids and some rest he will be feeling better in the morning, I will be checking on my phone Tina so you get a few more hours and see you tomorrow night, give that boy of yours an extra special hug from me and Flynny xxxx night night :)

Morning shift reporting in:D:D:D:D:D

Hoping to see some good news for Jasper, whom by the way I am sure could take 1st place at Westminster so just phooey to the snooty dog show lady. As I always joke to my Kate " Oh yeah? Well we've been thrown out of better places than this!!!!":p:p:p:p

Hope you are getting some sleep Tina as it seems you were up late;)

Good morning Tina,
Dropping in to check on you, Jasper and Shelby this beautiful Sunday morning. I hope you got little more sleep after chatting with Trish during the night. It's been triple digits here all week!:eek: September is ALWAYS the hottest month, just as I return to work.

I see no Jasper report as of yet. Hoping that his tummy had has a chance to settle during the night and he's doing much better this morning. I'll be watching for your update.

Glad to hear, no headaches. That is a blessing. Take care of you, too.
Many big hugs this morning and belly rubs for the kids.xxxxxx

Girl, you were going to bed as I was signing on! I hope you are able to rest a bit and that you have good news on our sweet boy today.

Omg, I am just getting caught up on what is going on with Jasper.

Lordy Tina, but you have been on a roller coaster. I think you are on the right track with the thinking that this is Addison related and probably related to the Percorten stoppage. It's all connected and relative, one thing leads to this and then this leads to that. So, one thing gets out of whack in a bad way and it's like a domino effect until you can catch one and stop it. Then it's work to get everything straightened back out again.

Hopefully the next news from the vet is going to be that you can start working on getting him sorted back out and on the right track again.

Sending you really big hugs Tina and a belly rub to Shelby and Jasper (hope he is coming home soon!)
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Trish, Kathy, Addy, Leslie, Barbara, Judi, Lori, Naomi, Sharlene,

My Little Man is home! :cool: :D :) :p ;) My vet said she was a little on the fence with letting him go, but since there was no more vomiting and was eating and drinking a bit for them, she felt he would rest better at home. And she said "and since it is you, I feel comfortable letting him go". (Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment! :) )

Thank you all for checking on us again today. I wanted to post a quick update as soon as I got him home. The only thing I did first was give him a nice bath. He seemed not so "fresh" after being in the hospital and along with all that vomiting and pooping, he needed freshening up. :rolleyes:

I will post details and all my vet had to say a bit later, but basically, it looks like he had an Addison's crisis again that, in hindsight, we think was brewing for at least a week. I don't think it was quite as severe as the first one, but still pretty severe. And now we have the issue with the highly elevated ALT. She is quite concerned about that and is not messing around with treating it. Jasper is on lots of additional meds now. He seems MUCH better, but still a little mopey, which I would expect. He is snoozing on the couch right now. The fact that he is even able to rest is such an improvement!! What a trooper my boy is. I love him so much.

I am going to try to get him to eat a little something now. I wanted to get an update in for all you wonderful Angels so no one would be worrying. I will be back on later with details and our plan.

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone again, Administrators on down, for allowing us to stay in this wonderful forum even though Jasper technically has Addison's. I would be lost without you all. All the love, prayers and positive thoughts have carried us through once again. 💜

Love and big hugs,
Tina and my resilient boy Jasper xo

Oh my gosh, what a relief!! My alarm went off and I rushed out of bed to see if there was any news... I don't usually get out of bed that fast especially on a week day, but Jasper is a special case!!! :D:D

So pleased he is home Tina, of course your vet was right letting him out into your tender loving care, no one else is going to take such good care of Jasper!!

I bet he is mopey, what a horrid time he has had of late. Hope you can tempt him with some food and he is good to keep it down and then can relax and catch up on his sleep.

OK YAY Monday is starting off good for me with this news, awesome!! Good Boy Jasper!! xxxxx