Trying to help a friend (possible calcinosis cutis)

[StarDeb55]

I'm making a wild guess, here. I bet the injection may have been dexamethasone which is a steroid replacement, but it will not interfere with an ACTH like pred will.

Debbie

[Harley PoMMom]

Just throwing this out there but I wonder if Vestibular disease could be the culprit???

[Sabre's Mum]

I am sorry to hear the latest on Vicki ... as you said ... she was doing so well. I can't add anything more to what others have said. Let's hope that the specialist can give Janice some answers.

Take care
Angela and Flynn

[4Vicki]

Just a quick update: neurologist found nothing, absolutely nothing.

Suspect a couple of things: that Vicki may have hurt her back & she was panting due to pain........also why she was doing strange stretches & craning of the neck. Other thought is a tumor on the pituitary that may be growing & causing problems. Janice didn't want to get an MRI so this is just a guess.

That's all I know. She's on valium & some pain med & appears to be much better today.

Thanks again to all of you..........sorry I bothered you because it doesn't appear this is related to Cushings............duh!

[Harley PoMMom]

Please do not ever feel you are "bothering" us, we are so happy to help in any way we can.

Thanks so much for keeping us updated as we so appreciate it.

Love and hugs,
Lori

[lulusmom]

My friend, Brenda, has a little Maltese who had an episode almost identical to Vicki's. It looked like the start of a seizure and then he started craning his neck to one side and it stuck that way. I took quite a while for him to be able to right his head. The vet felt as if he may have had a seizure and when he tensed up he pulled something in his neck or pinched a nerve. He cried for two days but the meds finally kicked in and brought him some relief. He was panting like crazy too but the vet expected that was because he was in so much pain I've been there, done that and I'm sure Moe was a lot braver than I. If Vicki is coming around on the valium, I suspect she may have pulled a muscle and pinched a nerve as well. Moe doesn't have cushing's so a macrotumor is a non issue. If Janice would like to commiserate with Brenda, I can arrange it. Brenda lost her precious cushdog over a year ago to cancer so she is no stranger to cushing's either. Just let me know.

Glynda

[4Vicki]

My friend, Brenda, has a little Maltese who had an episode almost identical to Vicki's. It looked like the start of a seizure and then he started craning his neck to one side and it stuck that way. I took quite a while for him to be able to right his head. The vet felt as if he may have had a seizure and when he tensed up he pulled something in his neck or pinched a nerve. He cried for two days but the meds finally kicked in and brought him some relief. He was panting like crazy too but the vet expected that was because he was in so much pain.

Glynda

Thanks for posting that..........it sure does sound the same. The way it was described to me, I thought it was a stroke. Then Lori mentioned vestibular disease..........when I read a few articles on that, that sure sounds a lot like it too. My first thought was a stroke because (normally) when a dog has a seizure, he comes out of it in a few minutes. Even the neurologist didn't have a clue.

The valium & pain meds are helping because, as of last night, Vicki was doing a lot better. TG. I thought this was it.

Janice is a really shy, quiet person so I don't think she'd be one to want to talk this over w/somebody she doesn't know. Thanks for the offer though.

All of you have been wonderful to me & a huge help to Janice. You are a very special group of people.......

[ittree]

I have a pit that was recently diagnosed, and he got a staph infection from the open wounds. Trizchlor 4 seems to be helping alot. I give him a bath in it about every other day, as well as spray the open sores 3 times a day. Going to start using DMSO tonight as my vet thinks it will help. Wish us luck!