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As long as he has a bladder infection I wouldn't do the ACTH test. The results can be off from having an infection. Dratted things. I do hope that he responds to the baytril. Must be one of those infections that just really hang on and are hard to get rid of. My molly had an intestinal one that she ended up being on antibiotic for almost a month for. It just didn't want to go away. That with the florflora helped though.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
The vet said it could mess with the results if we don't have it cleared up. Hopefully it will clear up. He's been battling this since he was first diagnosed with diabetes almost 5 months ago. The old vet would give him antibiotics and assume it was gone then he'd show symptoms again and we'd start stronger antibiotics. I'm afraid it's been giving far too much time to build up some serious resistance!
Look!!!!! I just found Fortiflora on sale here.
http://www.probioticsmart.com/pets/c...ortiflora.html
oh good price Valerie.
I will say that I gave the floriflora with the antibiotic and then even continued for a few weeks longer than the antibiotics and it really did help her and she loved the taste, so that was good!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Finally a bit of good news for Cooper...his urine culture came back negative! He's finally free from this nagging bladder infection!! We're continuing the antibiotics (baytril) for 2 more weeks.
Our next step is his ACTH test and glucose curve next Thursday.
Yay!!! that is Very good news!
Good job!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
And I finally uploaded a picture of my handsome man. That's Cooper in my avatar!
Yes, Cooper is very handsome indeed!:D
Great news on his bladder infection!:)
You are doing a wonderful job Julie:)
Hugs,
Kathy and Buddy:cool:
Aww, soulful eyes. Handsome guy :)
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
I finally joined k9diabetes.com and I posted this there too, but I wanted to post it here as well. Cooper went for a glucose curve and ACTH test today.
OK, here's what the vet wrote on her summary when I picked Coop up today:
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Cooper's glucose remained in the 300s all day indicating poor control of his diabetes. If he has uncontrolled Cushings disease, then this could be the cause of his dysregulation. However, there is still the chance he is on too much insulin. I do not want to change his dose until seeing his ACTH stimulation test results to know if Cushings is contributing to this curve. I will call with there results tomorrow.
Blood Glucose Curve:
8a: 323mg/dl
10a: 310mg/dl
12p: 314mg/dl
2p: 345mg/dl
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We're maintaining his 30units until I hear more from the vet. And despite looking like he's lost 5 or 6 pounds in the last 2 weeks, he has actually maintained his weight. Don't know what's going on there but I'm glad he didn't lose any weight!
And he may be developing cataracts. His pupils were a bit cloudy, but it has gotten worse. She said it could be from old age or from cataracts, but that she could see the back of his eye so he can still see (for now!). Don't know what I'd do if he goes blind. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't do any surgeries. I think he'd do well without it and I'd hate to put him through any more procedures than necessary. He's not exactly a spry puppy anymore and he doesn't need any more stress! Although being blind would probably be pretty stressful too!