Sharring the story of Husko the Hero...

Weather is good here but haven't really noticed...

Yes the scooter is for. I work as a package-courrier ,not steady hours though.
Usually start at 15:00 and sometimes finish as early as 18-19:00. 3 euros per hour.
It's really depressing knowing that things you can't control ,like a worldwide/nationwide economic crisis , affect your life and result in not being able to help your baby the best you can...
I realize now that lack of funds was by far the single most important thing that made everything worse...

Even so...had i not found a job some months ago...it would be far worse...

Just received some pictures from the friend who drove us to get the MRI...I made him promise that next week we would take Husko to the sea ,as I had (almost) decided to put him to sleep the day after that...

Husko was in an ubber-pacing mood that day...
Was also the 2nd day of his IV-vitC...
I am actually holding him ,because he wanted to get up and walk...


2 days after this picture was taken , I was so happy he started eating again (not from him food-bowl. I just put each piece of chicken breast/sardine in front of his mouth and he would eat...this continued up until February when i started him again on a smaller dose of Vetoryl to make the tumor ''attack'' so Artemix would work..........damn me from not stopping it during his final days and giving him some cortisol...)
Wish that happiness would last longer...

''A sea of turmoil and a sky about to cry''
http://www.k9cushings.com/forum/pict...pictureid=6572

Iraklis:
So sweet and yet so sad looking at you holding your baby by the sea. I wish I could take your pain away, I realize this dog meant everything to you. It just makes me cry thinking of all you tried to do with the limitations you had. I go without many things in order to afford Tipper's care. It should not have to be this
way, that your baby suffers because these vets are so expensive. Sometimes I get scared that I will get to a place where I can no longer afford this. My heart goes out to you as I know how bad this has to hurt.
Patti

What a beautiful picture Iraklis,
I can see the love between the two of you.

Lemmy came home :) That's wonderful! He knows that you need him.

Iraklis:
You asked if your dog could have had diabetes because of the weight loss. I did not see where there had been any blood glucose testing results in your thread. Was that included in any of the testing you had done? Hope you and Lemmy had
a good walk. It was 50 here today and we walked three times. Hope you got the scooter fixed.
Patti

I was just searching his blood-tests.
He was only tested for that in September 4-6th.
Glucose - 112,08mg/dL (65,00-118,00)

After everything that happened since last summer...I question every single word the vets said... :mad::(


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Scooter got a box added to it for all the packages, as up to now I had to carry everything in a bag which was really frustrating...even though since Husko passed away...some things that would bother me ,I simply don't care about anymore (ex. mobile phone used at work still has damaged screen). Numbness...?

The weather is getting much better since last week...spring is here!!!
(i may be repeating myself...even that would be helpful now ,cause walking Husko 2-4 times at night when he woke up with temperatures between 0-10 Celsius was killing me...)

Lemmy got a walk to another vet I discovered nearby :)
Nothing serious ,just a preemptive blood-test. :)
If anything turns up wrong though...I will first research it myself...then see what's what...never again blindly trust a vet...NEVER!
Also asked him about what the symptoms of baby-Husko mean...
1)tumor pressing crucial nerve 2)heart stroke 3)addisonian crisis
He said probably 1st...
Even tho he said it wouldn't help...I am pretty sure if instead of grabbing an extra Artemix capsule I gave a cortisol 16mg i had ready...Husko would gain some days of extra hope... :(


P.S.
Found the courage today also, to open the 3 packages I received with medications for Husko ,by 3 very kind people from the US and Spain!
I am about to send'em to one of them as he is unemployed...
I was soooo moved by the handwritten dedications inside :(
Wish Husko got some better luck (and a better father than me...)...same day he went away, i got paid ,next day he'd get x-ray&bloodtest and 3-4 days later these 3 packages with meds arrived...which would make everything so much easier... :( :( :(

I think that everyone here who has lost their furbaby feels that they wish they'd had better luck. I hope for a genuine cure for Cushings.

In reference to melatonin -

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It is also suggested that it has some ant-tumor effects (especially pituitary tumors ).
So If by using it you can ex. give 20mg of Trilostane instead of 25mg...why not?

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Ok, well let's start with the fact that NONE of us parents here are veterinarians nor scientific researchers so we have to rely on those who are and the proven results of their combined expertise. Not that we can't, or shouldn't, question them - but we simply do not have their knowledge nor experience so it is wise to listen.

Now let's look at that term "suggested" - this means there is a possibility only, not that anything has been proven - proof that can be repeated over and over and over in the same parameters with the same results. IF melatonin had the ability to reduce the amount of the drugs used to treat Cushing's, vets would be telling us to do this, researchers would be telling us to do this, numerous studies would tell us to do this. We are NOT being told this nor are we seeing this in any of the research.

Comparing the abilities of Trilostane and Melatonin to lower cortisol is sort of like comparing the abilities of a ball peen hammer and jack hammer to bust up concrete. ;) Those 5mg of Trilo will be MUCH more effective than the melatonin can ever be - IF it has any effect at all.

Now consider common sense - if something as benign as melatonin could work on a cush pup, who in the world would use drugs like Trilostane or Lysodren? ;) We would ALL be using melatonin instead.

Iraklis:
Was there ever any glucose showing up in Husko's urinalysis? I think you are doing a wonderful thing in memory if Husko to reach out to others and help when you can. Hope you and Lemmy have a good day.
Patti

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Originally Posted by Squirt's Mom

In reference to melatonin -



Ok, well let's start with the fact that NONE of us parents here are veterinarians nor scientific researchers so we have to rely on those who are and the proven results of their combined expertise. Not that we can't, or shouldn't, question them - but we simply do not have their knowledge nor experience so it is wise to listen.

Now let's look at that term "suggested" - this means there is a possibility only, not that anything has been proven - proof that can be repeated over and over and over in the same parameters with the same results. IF melatonin had the ability to reduce the amount of the drugs used to treat Cushing's, vets would be telling us to do this, researchers would be telling us to do this, numerous studies would tell us to do this. We are NOT being told this nor are we seeing this in any of the research.

Comparing the abilities of Trilostane and Melatonin to lower cortisol is sort of like comparing the abilities of a ball peen hammer and jack hammer to bust up concrete. ;) Those 5mg of Trilo will be MUCH more effective than the melatonin can ever be - IF it has any effect at all.

Now consider common sense - if something as benign as melatonin could work on a cush pup, who in the world would use drugs like Trilostane or Lysodren? ;) We would ALL be using melatonin instead.

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Ι never said one should replace Vetoryl for Melatonin...after all...for Melatonin to have the effects of Vetoryl, it would have to be used in quantities that would probably result in certain death.

Just as an aid.

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Originally Posted by goldengirl88

Iraklis:
Was there ever any glucose showing up in Husko's urinalysis? I think you are doing a wonderful thing in memory if Husko to reach out to others and help when you can. Hope you and Lemmy have a good day.
Patti

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Husko only had a urinalysis back in July 19th (the simple one ,not the ''cultivation'' one.)
It showed no sugar but was also very diluted due to polyuria.

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btw, I was wondering today if Husko was just in a comma state when my father found him at ~08:00...
Because when my mother woke me up at ~09:00 he wasn't cold and I could draw out some blood (didn't have heart beat nor breathing)...maybe it wasn't too long ago he left this world... :(:(:(