Chloe's mommy
12-12-2015, 12:03 PM
Hi everyone,
My baby girls name is Chloe she is an 8 year old boxer and has been living with Cushings disease for a little over 3 years now. I'm pretty well educated on the disease, but I'm so afraid Chloe is taking a turn for the worst. She has been on vetoryl from the beggining and was on a very high dose (180 mg) per day 90 in morning and 90 and night. She was 85 pounds when starting and now she is about 39 which is way to small for a boxer. She will barly eat or drink, and her poor little spine and hip bones are starting to show. Her (ticks) she has in her head and leg are getting so much worse, and her arthritis has worsened as well. All she does is sleep and has no energy what so ever. We have did her cortisol level check about a month ago ( she is now on (30mg twice a day) and everything was exactly how it was supposed to be. I have noticed a change in her behavior the past few week, she looks like she is in pain all the time and is constantly paseing back and forth for ever until she lays back down to sleep. Anys ways I finally took her back to the vet a couple days ago we did blood work and everything came back normal. My vet has referred me to va tech veterinary medicine, which is one of the best vets in va. My biggest concern is her alertness and demeanor. Sometimes she will be so out of it she can barley hold her eyes open looking as though she is very drugged up. The vet described her as just going threw the motions of walking and listening when told to do something but not fully being aware or alert as to what she is doing. She also favors her left legs (the one she has her twitchy ticks in) all the time she short of cups her paw when riding in the car or anytime she is sitting. It breaks my heart to see my baby going down hill because she holds the key to my heart I look at her as my child and I just want her to be ok. The vet says she thinks it may be the veteroyl giving her these symptoms, her heart, or some thing neurological. Have any of you encountered any of these symptoms with any of your babies? Sorry to make this so long but I'm trying to get as much info as I can in this post. She also has collapsing episodes if she runs around hard or try's to play, she looses all bodily functions and literally can not move, her tongue even comes all the way out of her mouth. This has only happened about 3 times bc I no longer allow her to get rowed up, and they only last about 2-3 minutes and then she gets up like nothing happened. Please give advise!! I'm so worried about her
My baby girls name is Chloe she is an 8 year old boxer and has been living with Cushings disease for a little over 3 years now. I'm pretty well educated on the disease, but I'm so afraid Chloe is taking a turn for the worst. She has been on vetoryl from the beggining and was on a very high dose (180 mg) per day 90 in morning and 90 and night. She was 85 pounds when starting and now she is about 39 which is way to small for a boxer. She will barly eat or drink, and her poor little spine and hip bones are starting to show. Her (ticks) she has in her head and leg are getting so much worse, and her arthritis has worsened as well. All she does is sleep and has no energy what so ever. We have did her cortisol level check about a month ago ( she is now on (30mg twice a day) and everything was exactly how it was supposed to be. I have noticed a change in her behavior the past few week, she looks like she is in pain all the time and is constantly paseing back and forth for ever until she lays back down to sleep. Anys ways I finally took her back to the vet a couple days ago we did blood work and everything came back normal. My vet has referred me to va tech veterinary medicine, which is one of the best vets in va. My biggest concern is her alertness and demeanor. Sometimes she will be so out of it she can barley hold her eyes open looking as though she is very drugged up. The vet described her as just going threw the motions of walking and listening when told to do something but not fully being aware or alert as to what she is doing. She also favors her left legs (the one she has her twitchy ticks in) all the time she short of cups her paw when riding in the car or anytime she is sitting. It breaks my heart to see my baby going down hill because she holds the key to my heart I look at her as my child and I just want her to be ok. The vet says she thinks it may be the veteroyl giving her these symptoms, her heart, or some thing neurological. Have any of you encountered any of these symptoms with any of your babies? Sorry to make this so long but I'm trying to get as much info as I can in this post. She also has collapsing episodes if she runs around hard or try's to play, she looses all bodily functions and literally can not move, her tongue even comes all the way out of her mouth. This has only happened about 3 times bc I no longer allow her to get rowed up, and they only last about 2-3 minutes and then she gets up like nothing happened. Please give advise!! I'm so worried about her