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Originally Posted by dwerten  wow i am so sorry you really have been through so much  I feel so bad for you.
Make sure you do some reading on addisons as my friends dog Tank a bull mastiff has addisons disease and that is much different that what you are going through so do your homework. Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's Disease) in Dogs
Addison basically means their adrenals stop working so you have to give steroids to keep them functioning. It is really hard to diagnose in dogs unless they have an addsonian crisis which my friends dog did. I can try to find the info on my vet group as we discussed this in great depth when my friends dog did get this but it does show up in blood work as well and the first sign is they start losing weight which is opposite of cushings where they gain weight. Addisons is the opposite disease of cushings.
I hope it is not addisons but if it is it is treated with steroids which is what she is on.
The prob with steroids used daily is eventually the adrenals stop working and why every other day steroid use is safest because it allows the adrenals to still function on off day to keep side effects less likely. This is why derm, dr dodds and ims do not want my dd on steroids every day but every other day for this reason. |
she's going to be on it only for 2 weeks once daily; then every other day to be safe; and i think that dose might be effective. if she has another episode then we have to consider daily. but hopefully that wont happen. she relapsed quickly so i think it must be something in the food. since they have to order the EN i am not sure if i should continue feeding the iams low residue until i switch. should i give her some boiled chicken and rice instead. not sure what to do for the next few days