New to forum... difficult time

[Kevin]

Thanks Marianne.

One area that concerns us a bit is the UTI that Cooper is currently being treated for. I believe UTI's are common for Cush Dogs so he can't be that unique. UTI's were the first flags we had 8 months or so ago. Being a male Dog, my antennas immediately went up when he got his 2nd UTI. This is now his 3rd or 4th and he's on a 3 week course of antibiotics. He had a culture test this go around to try and peg the specific bacteria?-- excuse any terminology that may be off here.

Anyhow, we THINK the UTI may be clearing as he seemed a bit less uncomfortable though still living w/ the Cushing symptoms (crazy thirst, peeing, weakness etc...) but we have felt like the UTI just compounds his Cush symptoms. My thinking is we have to get his cortisol under control to have any prayer of stopping the UTI's. I'd like to kind of hear your thoughts on this as I'm guessing he's not the first to battle UTI's w/ Cushings. The VET seems ok w/ getting the lower dose Vetoryl going while taking the antibiotics but we kind of wondered.

Oh, Jenni, thank you for the MYOS rec. Aside from the water intake, and maybe even more heartbreaking has been the loss of muscle esp in the hind leg region. It is absolutely excruciating to watch a Dog you love with every ounce of your being get stricken down. You would run thru a wall to stop it.

Would love to hear thoughts or similar positions others have been in w/ regards to UTI's.

Update -- Cooper got his first 5mg dose tonight w/ his dinner. We debated waiting until the morning but could not find a reason to wait. Prayers are flying right now that this helps him.

thanks Again everyone.