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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  I've said it here countless times -- but generalist vets will misdiagnose signs of Cushings 80%+ of the time bc they are so diffuse and the Vet will most likely not correlate symptoms - it makes me crazy!! My Wylie was initially misdiagnosed for 1.5yrs! So, *good* for you for being such an amazing advocate for your baby - and listening to your gut, which knew something was wrong.
On the Vetoryl - is the vet doing a 'ramping up' dose perhaps..? More importantly, do you think this vet has a lot of experience w/ Cushingoid dogs? If not, ugh, you may want to look elsewhere. I stuck w/ my Internist until Wylie's meds were titrated correctly, and then went about finding a new generalist vet and had him maintained from there.
If I were you, I would be viewing a pancreatitis relapse as the greatest and gravest risk right now - if his tummy is still not 100%. Rice may not be ideal...but I'd wait to adjust food until tummy is more stable. And then control his glucose/diabetes in the meantime. You could also switch to a low fat / easy digestion prescription food if that would make his tummy easier.
I'd highly recommend a Vet Internist - their office call would be more expensive since they're a specialist. But had I done that immediately, rather than mucking around with generalists who didn't know what they were doing -- I seriously would've saved myself hundreds of dollars in the long run.
Keep us posted - keep breathing and just know you'll get your baby to a better place  ! |
I will have to make some calls and research to see what I can find in this area or if anything in Gainesville since thats where we are taking him for cataract surgery.
Right now he is doing perfect on the rice chicken and beans BUT they way pancreatitis sneaks up on you... holy crap it scares me.
And of course since Guinness gets one food Stella wants the same and now eating rice beans and chicken has her tummy messed up UUUGGGGGHHHH I cant win with these two haha