Cushings

Scottiemom wrote:
It would be good if I could take her to our vet back home. I don't know that he's lot better than any others, but he's been our vet for over 30 years, is a friend, and I trust him totally.

I picked her up at 5:00 this evening. When we took her out, I took her to some grass and she peed a lot and it was ALL pink. I went back inside and asked if the stuff they injected could cause that. The vet said that she was "holding it" and so it should clear up in a day or so. So I'm guessing that means that no one took this poor little girl out to potty while they had her all day. And we know she has an active infection. Hmmmmmmmm

WE have to drive from Texas to Indiana, leaving Saturday, to attend a family funeral. We are taking the girls with us because we didn't want to stress Butterscotch out with boarding her. Call them spoiled, cause that's what they are. :-)

She has been on amoxicillin and a penicillin drug and two others. The current one is a sulfa drug. I just want her to be better.

I appreciate all your posts. Scotties are prone to Cushings and bladder cancers. I will take Cushings over the other. There are quite a few in the Scottie Cushings group I found that have success stories, so I am going for that.Dale

when will they give you the results of the test?

Keep an eye on the side effects of the sulfa drug. It can effect the kidneys, liver, pancreas, which regulate insulin and glucose levels. All which your pet already might have problems with which will skew tests. It's a vicious cycle muddying the diagnosis. The addition of the sulfa drug for my dog was what was causing more problems for him. Took him off it.

Laymen terms sulfa type drugs acts as a stimulant to the beta cells that release certain amount of endogenous insulin into the blood. For my dog it sent him into hypoglycemia within minutes of administering the sulfa drug further compromising the kidney and liver from functioning properly. In your case with a possible cushings diagnosis it might be falsely causing higher insulin levels.

You will be in our prayers for a safe trip to Indiana and a healthy new year for your dog.:C

It would be good if I could take her to our vet back home. I don't know that he's lot better than any others, but he's been our vet for over 30 years, is a friend, and I trust him totally.

I picked her up at 5:00 this evening. When we took her out, I took her to some grass and she peed a lot and it was ALL pink. I went back inside and asked if the stuff they injected could cause that. The vet said that she was "holding it" and so it should clear up in a day or so. So I'm guessing that means that no one took this poor little girl out to potty while they had her all day. And we know she has an active infection. Hmmmmmmmm

WE have to drive from Texas to Indiana, leaving Saturday, to attend a family funeral. We are taking the girls with us because we didn't want to stress Butterscotch out with boarding her. Call them spoiled, cause that's what they are. :-)

She has been on amoxicillin and a penicillin drug and two others. The current one is a sulfa drug. I just want her to be better.

I appreciate all your posts. Scotties are prone to Cushings and bladder cancers. I will take Cushings over the other. There are quite a few in the Scottie Cushings group I found that have success stories, so I am going for that.

Dale

My old timer was diagnosed with UTI too.

They threw so many different designer antibiotics at him that almost killed him. And none of them were working.

I finally insisted they do a culture on the urine. Two things. One was the antibiotic that showed up to work was of all things something as simple as amoxy! And they found it to be a 'kidney' infection not a urinary infection. And by then the kidneys were failing.

I always thought that if a dog was in kidney failure that was it for them. My home vet said no. What they do now and I forgot the term something like sineese?

What my vet did was put him on a VERY VERY slow drip of fluids taking all day to do for 5 days, then subQ for 5 days. And administering Amoxy.

Vet said what kills most of them is a vet rapidly shooting down bags of IV's into the dog.

I had to cancel my trip back down south and extend my stay at the CG up there, but when he was done with the treatment he was checked out A-OK and ready to travel back south just before the snow hit!

He's still here today sleeping under the computer table and looking pretty darn good for 16 years old. I love my Vet back home! :C

When Mom was in the nursing home we were caring for her Boston Terrier who was diagnosed with Cushings. This was 7 years ago so my memory on the facts are not 100%.

She was treated with Lysodren, if I remember right was a form of a chemo treatment. Her minor issue was the urinary infections, she suffered horribly with skin issues.

My brother and I struggled with the decision on how far to take the treatments but just couldn't give up since Mom was confident that both she and the dog would get better and go home. I finally made the decision to put her down as the treatments just didn't work. While she seemed happy and in no pain, she ended up looking like a zombie dog from the very bad skin issue. We lost Mom later that year as well. Sorry for the downer post.

rockhillmanor wrote:
Not a dog but I had a horse with Cushings.

There is a good group list for cushing dogs. Do a google search for yahoo groups. You will find real great advice from owners who have cushing dogs.

I kept my horse alive for over 10 years with cushings which is unheard of with horses, all based on advice I received from the cushings horse group on line. Even my vets were amazed.

Thanks for the info, rockhillmanor. An internet group is how I was able to make my seizure dog with cerebellar abiotrophy more comfortable in his late years. He lived to be 13 1/2, so I'm hoping to become educated about Butterscotch's condition. I'm just unsure that her symptoms point to this, but the vet was pretty emphatic. This is not my regular vet, but one we see when we are in Texas for the winter. Her biggest symptoms are UTI's that we cannot get healed. We are on the 4th antibiotic. Knowing the high incidence of bladder cancer in Scotties, I am worried, But she had an ultrasound this summer that showed nothing unusual in the entire urinary tract. She is such a sweet, sweet dog. Very mellow, but doesn't do much now except eat and sleep. My other Scottie who has been raised with her since birth often lays right next to her most of the day. Hoping to get her some help.

Dale

Not a dog but I had a horse with Cushings.

There is a good group list for cushing dogs. Do a google search for yahoo groups. You will find real great advice from owners who have cushing dogs.

I kept my horse alive for over 10 years with cushings which is unheard of with horses, all based on advice I received from the cushings horse group on line. Even my vets were amazed.