Thank you, Marianne! I don’t know how to account for it, but I’ll take the minor miracle for as long as it lasts! (I’m adding a recent picture of her to my profile; the contrast from the worse days...
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Thank you, Marianne! I don’t know how to account for it, but I’ll take the minor miracle for as long as it lasts! (I’m adding a recent picture of her to my profile; the contrast from the worse days...
Hello,
Since it’s November 1, I thought I would just send a little check-in update…with some happy news. Our resilient little fighter is still going strong, despite all the odds. Mia has been...
Dear Marianne and Joan,
Thank you for the kind words. I’ve so appreciated the support from the wonderful people on this forum. I don’t know if Mia would’ve made it this long without it. I know...
Hi Marianne,
Thank you, as always, for your quick and very helpful response. As I read the macroadenoma thread, it became very clear to me that this is what’s going on with Mia as well. As you...
Hello again. It seems like I only hop on the forum when a new problem emerges…and here we are again. Mia has been doing great with her cushings and heart condition: all symptoms controlled, happy,...
Mia is responding well to the increased dose so far. (Drinking less water, scratching less, more energy…and no negative side effects.). Fingers crossed we keep moving in this direction. Thank you,...
Thank you, Marianne! So helpful, as always. I appreciate the quick and thorough response. Our vet took mias blood today and said the lab situation has improved and we can get results in 3 days...
Hello Marianne and everyone! Hard to believe it’s been almost a year. I am happy to report that after a very rough patch in July where she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure on top of her...
Thank you for the quick response, Marianne. This is worrying indeed. (I had hoped it might be something we could address with adjusting her trilostane dosage). We will ask the vet about this...
PS. For reference, she is breathing quite rapidly at app 60 bpm even when resting.
Hello Marianne and all,
Checking in to get your advice on a new disturbing development with little Mia. She’d been doing so well on trilostane with her fur growing back etc (though still some...
Thanks, Jonathan. And I 100% agree with all the support here - I honestly don’t know what we would’ve done so far without all the insights and support from this group! We are so grateful.
The vet agreed with your recommendation so we started Mia on 15 mg in am and 7.5 mg in pm yesterday. We’re keeping a close eye - so far so good. (She seemed to sleep better her first night and...
Thank you for the good advice. Her weight has actually gone back up a little to 8.8 kg, which is great. We will propose your idea to the vet tomorrow. Hopefully, he will agree and it will help. ...
Thank you, Marianne. Your advice is helpful, as always. We now have a vet appointment Friday and will ask him about upping dose and/or frequency. We do have a supply now of compounded trilostane...
Hi Marianne - You mentioned that we may need to consider a slight increase in dosage if the CC doesn’t improve, and I’m wondering when we should discuss that with our vet? The reason I ask is that...
Thanks, Marianne! Yes, the vet says to continue what we’re doing. It’s great to know the “translation” since that’s how I always see the numbers represented and, more importantly, to know we’re...
We finally got Mia’s cortisol test results back today: It came down from 173 (2 months ago) to 111 (after 30+ days of Vetoryl)! I know it’s not accurate like an ACTH stim test, but still seems like...
Thank you, Marianne! We are so grateful that sweet Mia is doing better and are keeping fingers crossed that she continues along this path. Your message is very reassuring about the liver enzymes -...
Thanks Squirt's mom. I never understood myself why my messages came out like that with the A at the end of Cushing's.
So, it's been over 30 days and we are so pleased/relieved to report that little...
Thank you, Laura. That makes sense, using coconut oil in conjunction with other stuff.
Thank you, Marianne! We’ve ordered one of the shampoos (and wipes) and hope that our vet will agree it’s ok to bathe her by the time it arrives. Don’t quite understand why he’s so against it and...
Hi there, we took Mia for her check up and blood work today. She seems to be doing well on Vetoryl (day 21 now, more energy, less water intake) but still awful Cc eruptions and other skin infection....
Thank you! I wasn’t sure if I posted the pictures correctly and who could view the album (welcome your suggestions if I should’ve posted elsewhere...still don’t quite get the hang of some of the...
Thank you for the words of encouragement and the suggestions! Not on FB, unfortunately, but you both have shared some good ideas here. We will give some of them a try (whenever we can get these items...