Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

[molly muffin]

That is basically exactly the same as Molly. A cry and then no weight on foot. Then fine. Crazy isn't it! At least we are all in good company. :-)
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[goldengirl88]

Sharlene:
Could this possibly be some type of ligament in the front leg these babies are irritating? Tipper seems fine today. The only other thing I can think of is the hair between their pads. Tipper was limping one time off and on, and here the vet found hair between her pad that had formed a hard ball. Once it was out no limping!! So maybe Molly or Trixie could have that. It was up there deep into the crack between her pads. I could only hope it is this simple!! Blessings
Patti

[Iraklis]

I am thinking it must have been a muscle strain at the time. She hasn't acted like it is bothering her at all since then. Hubs felt a bit of muscle spasm in the shoulder afterwards as we were massaging it. The neuro report said they checked all 4 legs and other than the luxating knee here legs are good and her back is good too now according to report so shouldn't be that.

Molly is cool with the steps up to window now but doesn't want to come back down.

Could just be some muscle strain as all these dogs are the go get'em gang. Weird that trixie has both front legs acting up though.

The other possibility is cortisol I suppose. For Molly she was just coming off what I swear was a cortisol high from that ACTH test. The dog had so much energy she was go go go. She is now back to normal and no more accidents in house. Which really makes it clear what it would be like if she had those levels constantly in her body.

sorry if i don't understand correctly ,but the muscle strain was better giving prednisone?
Husko did not step on his left paw for a month...i am 100% sure tho it was not broken.

Hope you're feeling better!!!

[Trixie]

How was Molly this morning? Any evidence of a limp or pain. Trixie was perfectly fine. I posted on a novel on my own thread about this.
I hope Molly's doing fine today. Have you compared all your newest tests to your previous ones yet? Nothing like all those numbers to get the nerves going again right???

Barbara

[Squirt's Mom]

Iraklis (pardon the hijack! ), I don't think Sharlene has given Molly Pred. She is talking about the effect of the ACTH test on the cortisol level in the body. Cortisol is natural and is supposed to be present in our bodies. The ACTH test squeezes all the cortisol out of the adrenal glands and into the blood stream, giving some pups that "high" mentioned above.

Cortisol acts like a natural anti-inflammatory in the body so while the levels are higher we are apt to see less signs of inflammatory pain - which is why once treatment starts we start to see things like arthritis come out.

[molly muffin]

Yes, exactly what Leslie said. I don't give molly any steroid/pred due to the already enlarged adrenal glands/liver, I wouldn't want to add to the mix if it was unnecessary.

She is acting just fine on the leg, only Sunday was there any real issue. The neurological report evaluated her legs and said they were good. In fact her neuro report is stunningly good. Yay!! She is bright eyed, alert, tail high over her back. Back seems good, legs good except for that one knee, so I'm going with it was a once off, landed wrong on the window seat.

I'll post the comparison when I get it done gang.

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Sharlene and molly muffin

I haven't done a comparison yet with the last ultrasound. I'm working today, so even though from home, it's been pretty busy. I know I need to and perhaps I am just procrastinating? Pretty sure of it actually. I'll dig both out tonight and do that.

[Iraklis]

Iraklis (pardon the hijack! ), I don't think Sharlene has given Molly Pred. She is talking about the effect of the ACTH test on the cortisol level in the body. Cortisol is natural and is supposed to be present in our bodies. The ACTH test squeezes all the cortisol out of the adrenal glands and into the blood stream, giving some pups that "high" mentioned above.

Cortisol acts like a natural anti-inflammatory in the body so while the levels are higher we are apt to see less signs of inflammatory pain - which is why once treatment starts we start to see things like arthritis come out.

Got it!
Another reason why i shouldn't have started Vetoryl (or at least lower dose even more) again in February...stupid idiotic me...
#threadjack-over#

[beaglemom3]

Glad to hear Molly's leg is feeling better and nice report! awesome!

[mcdavis]

Yes, exactly what Leslie said. I don't give molly any steroid/pred due to the already enlarged adrenal glands/liver, I wouldn't want to add to the mix if it was unnecessary.

She is acting just fine on the leg, only Sunday was there any real issue. The neurological report evaluated her legs and said they were good. In fact her neuro report is stunningly good. Yay!! She is bright eyed, alert, tail high over her back. Back seems good, legs good except for that one knee, so I'm going with it was a once off, landed wrong on the window seat.

I'll post the comparison when I get it done gang.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

I haven't done a comparison yet with the last ultrasound. I'm working today, so even though from home, it's been pretty busy. I know I need to and perhaps I am just procrastinating? Pretty sure of it actually. I'll dig both out tonight and do that.

Pleased to hear that Miss Molly is doing well

[molly muffin]

Okay, so lets get the UPC and urine stuff out of the way first:

Urine Protein 154mg
Urine Creatinine 16238umol
Urine Pr/Creat Ratio .8
Specific gravity 1.031
PH 7.0
color yellow and clear
culture - nothing

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