bails
03-27-2010, 09:16 PM
Hello,
Some recent blood/urine results are indicating we need to do further testing for Cushing’s disease on our Siberian Husky - Bailey, 8-1/2 yrs old. As you will see, he has many issues and take my word for it, a very thick medical file. :)
Results:
Urine Creatine 8156
Urine Bile Acids 14.9
Urine BA/Creat Rati 16.6 0 – 7.7
Urine Cortisol 695
Urine Cortisol/Creatinine 85.2 0- 10.0
We recently switched vets after 22 yrs and our new vet asked had we ever checked for Cushing’s disease, we had not. With our recent results, he suggested we learn as much as we can about it. We scheduled the LDDS test for Thursday April 1.
Bailey has a few Cushing’s symptoms. Poor coat, flaky skin, Alopecia thinning hair, exercise intolerance, hind-leg weakness, and elevated liver enzymes. Some of these side effects have always been contributed to the PB he’s been on for years.
Here’s some of this history:
February 2004, at the age of three, he had his first seizure. The pattern was one every 4-6 weeks, then a break for 4-5 months. In August 2005, he began to have cluster seizures so we had to put him on Phenobarbital and Potassium Bromide.
June 2006, we were able to wean him off PB, and he went a full year seizure free. However, the seizures returned and PB was restarted.
October 2008, diagnosed with low thyroid and is on Thyro tabs.
February 2010, removed a non-invasive malignant tumor from his elbow.
Dx with Immune Keratitis, prior to this he has had different eye issues on and off.
Now the possibility of Cushing’s disease. :(
Six months ago, we lost our other husky to Hemangiosarcoma he was two weeks shy of his 8th birthday, and here I am joining my third support group.
How much knowledge can the human brain handle? We need to learn more in order to help our babies, but the more we learn the more we unfortunately become all too familiar with the devastating diseases that invade our precious ones bodies.
I guess I should tell you a little bit about Bailey…He is a horse at 68lbs, and stubborn as a mule, but the gentlest of giants. I believe he misses his brother, (not a littermate, but from the same breeder) we brought them home together. He is our baby, we love him, and will always do what is best for him.
Thanks for listening and sharing your stories.
P.S. Are there others here whose dogs have Epilepsy and Cushing’s?
Beth
Bailey, epi - b 9/26/01,
Angel, Jasper, 9/25/01 - 9/12/09 dx HSA , Splenectomy 1/29/09,
Angel, Chinook, 4/1/91 - 10/29/00 cardiac HSA,
Angel,Tyler, 6/12/87 - 1/12/01
Some recent blood/urine results are indicating we need to do further testing for Cushing’s disease on our Siberian Husky - Bailey, 8-1/2 yrs old. As you will see, he has many issues and take my word for it, a very thick medical file. :)
Results:
Urine Creatine 8156
Urine Bile Acids 14.9
Urine BA/Creat Rati 16.6 0 – 7.7
Urine Cortisol 695
Urine Cortisol/Creatinine 85.2 0- 10.0
We recently switched vets after 22 yrs and our new vet asked had we ever checked for Cushing’s disease, we had not. With our recent results, he suggested we learn as much as we can about it. We scheduled the LDDS test for Thursday April 1.
Bailey has a few Cushing’s symptoms. Poor coat, flaky skin, Alopecia thinning hair, exercise intolerance, hind-leg weakness, and elevated liver enzymes. Some of these side effects have always been contributed to the PB he’s been on for years.
Here’s some of this history:
February 2004, at the age of three, he had his first seizure. The pattern was one every 4-6 weeks, then a break for 4-5 months. In August 2005, he began to have cluster seizures so we had to put him on Phenobarbital and Potassium Bromide.
June 2006, we were able to wean him off PB, and he went a full year seizure free. However, the seizures returned and PB was restarted.
October 2008, diagnosed with low thyroid and is on Thyro tabs.
February 2010, removed a non-invasive malignant tumor from his elbow.
Dx with Immune Keratitis, prior to this he has had different eye issues on and off.
Now the possibility of Cushing’s disease. :(
Six months ago, we lost our other husky to Hemangiosarcoma he was two weeks shy of his 8th birthday, and here I am joining my third support group.
How much knowledge can the human brain handle? We need to learn more in order to help our babies, but the more we learn the more we unfortunately become all too familiar with the devastating diseases that invade our precious ones bodies.
I guess I should tell you a little bit about Bailey…He is a horse at 68lbs, and stubborn as a mule, but the gentlest of giants. I believe he misses his brother, (not a littermate, but from the same breeder) we brought them home together. He is our baby, we love him, and will always do what is best for him.
Thanks for listening and sharing your stories.
P.S. Are there others here whose dogs have Epilepsy and Cushing’s?
Beth
Bailey, epi - b 9/26/01,
Angel, Jasper, 9/25/01 - 9/12/09 dx HSA , Splenectomy 1/29/09,
Angel, Chinook, 4/1/91 - 10/29/00 cardiac HSA,
Angel,Tyler, 6/12/87 - 1/12/01