Re: Our 9 year old mutt, Penny, in the dx process
Welcome the forum. What a great place to live.Sorry your baby is having troubles. Were there any other issues going on with Penny when she was first tested for Cushings? If so this can skew her numbers by giving a false positive. She certainly is showing some symptoms of Cushings, but as stated earlier it is the one of the hardest diseases to diagnose. Has you dog been tested for diabetes or thyroid problems? They have some of these symptoms also. I see you are having an ultra sound done. Is that a high definition machine being used? You will want to be asking if the adrenal glands are enlarged, what the liver, spleen, and gallbladder look like and any problems in the abdominal cavity they can see. If your dog has Cushings and is treated with trilostane like Sharlene mentioned please start low at only 1mg per pound as we have had several dogs on the forum lately have problems because they were started too high. Unfortunately a lot of vets are unfamiliar with this disease and it's management on these drugs so please come on here before doing anything you are not sure of and ask questions. Also if your dog is put on trilostane do not under any circumstances let the vet talk you into raising the dose before thirty days is up as the cortisol continues to fall for that time and sometimes more. You want to start low so your dog can adjust to the falling cortisol and to this new drug she has never had in her system. Starting low minimizes risks of your dog having problems. Blessings
patti
Tipper and Tipper's Mom
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
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