Hi Ann
Thanks again, for all your help and especially for all your fav links and the offer of trying to get the Lysodren for her. Like you, I don't see how that could be done, realistically, but I am, nevertheless, very, very grateful for your offer. You're such a Sweetie.
I will suggest to the vet that we try Acepromazine in order to calm her. The last vet practice did try a tranquiliser (don't know what it was, as it was so long ago), but found that it had very little effect. This vet does feel she would need a big dose of a tranquiliser to have a significant effect, as she gets herself into such a state, and the vet is not happy to give her a big dose.
I took her for her ACTH test this morning and I took a urine sample along as well, as, yesterday and today, she has been passing a lot more urine and I don't want to miss a bladder infection. At one point she passed urine twice in 5 minutes! I asked them to do a urinalysis and, as the Cortisone/Creatine ratio test is not expensive, I asked them to do it just as an extra for my peace of mind. They, too, think that it is not worth doing, but one link that I found on Cushings suggested that it was good at ruling out false positives in anxious dogs. I also asked them to do a hypothyroid test and to test for diabetes.
Do they do any test to see if the tumour on the adrenal or pituitary glands is cancerous? The vet never mentioned anything about doing any investigation to find this out. We did ask about scans to see if there is a tumour and she said that their scanner is not suitable to use for this purpose. I think I will ask for a referral to a practice that has got a suitable scanner.
Now for the wait for all the results! Although I am fairly certain that she does have Cushings disease - I feel that she has too many of the symptoms for it not to be so. You have been so great at supporting me through this, Ann, and I appreciate it so much.
luv and hugs
Yvonne |