Cushings
Does anyone have a dog with Cushings? My 10-year old wheaton Scottie is being tested today. She goes in at 7:30 for the low-dex test. Dale
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Thought I would give everyone an update on Butterscotch. If you've been reading the thread, you know she has had a UTI for a year now and we haven't had much success getting rid of it. In December, the vet I was using insisted on a test for Cushing's and that was negative. Happy day indeed, but we still have the nasty UTI.
The vet I was using did not seem too interested in my concerns about what was happening. So the search was on for another vet. We have no specialists in the valley, so we could either pack up and leave and take her to a teaching vet school, or find an interested vet. We were happy we found such a vet. He poured over the 40+ pages I gave him and did an ultrasound right there in the office. Said he wanted to keep her for the day and let her bladder fill and do another U/S and then a cystoscopy. He found her loaded with tiny bladder stones which he flushed out. Also found infection in the ****** vault which he also flushed out. Found what he believes to be a genetic malformation of the urethra which makes emptying her bladder a slow process. And it creates a perfect environment to breed bacteria. Found a small suspicious lump in the bladder, but because of the malformation, he was not able to use the biopsy tool.
So the treatment is antibiotics and she may actually have to stay on them for life to keep the bladder free from infection. She will have a culture and another scope before we leave the valley to check on things. He also changed her to a prescription diet for urinary care.
She seems to be very slowly starting to feel better.
The good news is no big tumors and we have a treatment plan!
Dale
The vet I was using did not seem too interested in my concerns about what was happening. So the search was on for another vet. We have no specialists in the valley, so we could either pack up and leave and take her to a teaching vet school, or find an interested vet. We were happy we found such a vet. He poured over the 40+ pages I gave him and did an ultrasound right there in the office. Said he wanted to keep her for the day and let her bladder fill and do another U/S and then a cystoscopy. He found her loaded with tiny bladder stones which he flushed out. Also found infection in the ****** vault which he also flushed out. Found what he believes to be a genetic malformation of the urethra which makes emptying her bladder a slow process. And it creates a perfect environment to breed bacteria. Found a small suspicious lump in the bladder, but because of the malformation, he was not able to use the biopsy tool.
So the treatment is antibiotics and she may actually have to stay on them for life to keep the bladder free from infection. She will have a culture and another scope before we leave the valley to check on things. He also changed her to a prescription diet for urinary care.
She seems to be very slowly starting to feel better.
The good news is no big tumors and we have a treatment plan!
Dale
