Jhura
03-02-2017, 11:02 PM
I am mom to 12 year old American Bulldog, Dozer. He has been generally healthy, until 2011 after Rabies booster shots (never again!)
That started his downward spiral, specifically with lameness and trouble walking.
He also developed interdigital pyoderma after a round of antibiotics from a tooth abscess (which was weird because I brush his teeth regularly).
Then because of the pyoderma, he was put on prednisone, which skyrocketed his panting and drinking and peeing. It was not sustainable, so we stopped. Well fast forward a year these symptoms never went away, after stopping the pred. Pyoderma returned too.
As his walking got worse, last Sept we went to orthopedic, who referred us to a vet neurologist who said Dozer has poly neuropathy, along with an enlarged heart.
Then this past December, he was diagnosed with Cushings from STIM test after dealing with excessive panting, drinking, peeing, hair loss and distended belly. He was put on compounded Trilostane, at first .6 ml then .8.
Symptoms quieted, then upticked in mid January which revealed cortisol high again from STIM test. At that point he was raised to 1.2 of the med. He totally tanked and we thought we were going to lose him. Doc said take him off, which he got a little better. Now doc is checking thyroid/free t4, because thyroid was low on senior wellness panel two days ago I can post these too.
I'm so scared. We have no money for this disease and all its diagnostics, but he is my baby boy and I want to help him. He's been on an organic raw meat and grain free kibble diet, with lots of veggies and chicken broth, along with high quality supplements such as salmon oil, a senior multi and probiotics. We've tris Chinese herbs from a holistic vet, glandulars from Standard Process, and amino acids for cellular health, to name a few other things.
Not sure what is going on, since he has so much going on! Docs are stumped too. Not sure what to do...Thanks for listening!
That started his downward spiral, specifically with lameness and trouble walking.
He also developed interdigital pyoderma after a round of antibiotics from a tooth abscess (which was weird because I brush his teeth regularly).
Then because of the pyoderma, he was put on prednisone, which skyrocketed his panting and drinking and peeing. It was not sustainable, so we stopped. Well fast forward a year these symptoms never went away, after stopping the pred. Pyoderma returned too.
As his walking got worse, last Sept we went to orthopedic, who referred us to a vet neurologist who said Dozer has poly neuropathy, along with an enlarged heart.
Then this past December, he was diagnosed with Cushings from STIM test after dealing with excessive panting, drinking, peeing, hair loss and distended belly. He was put on compounded Trilostane, at first .6 ml then .8.
Symptoms quieted, then upticked in mid January which revealed cortisol high again from STIM test. At that point he was raised to 1.2 of the med. He totally tanked and we thought we were going to lose him. Doc said take him off, which he got a little better. Now doc is checking thyroid/free t4, because thyroid was low on senior wellness panel two days ago I can post these too.
I'm so scared. We have no money for this disease and all its diagnostics, but he is my baby boy and I want to help him. He's been on an organic raw meat and grain free kibble diet, with lots of veggies and chicken broth, along with high quality supplements such as salmon oil, a senior multi and probiotics. We've tris Chinese herbs from a holistic vet, glandulars from Standard Process, and amino acids for cellular health, to name a few other things.
Not sure what is going on, since he has so much going on! Docs are stumped too. Not sure what to do...Thanks for listening!