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Ohhh Joyce . . .:hug:I'm sure Daisy is just being fickle about eating because she wants to be home with you. Still thinking of you and keeping good thoughts. |
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I was just checking in, I'm sorry Daisy is not eating.....I hope things improve soon for her...... |
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Does anyone know what the ALP liver enzyme is that is the one test result that is not moving much. Her ALT is 600 from 1800 and the Alp is 1300 from 1900 GGT went from 68 to 44 I am trying to understand all this and it is so confusing to me. Does anyone have a website that can explain these results and what it means? |
ALP is Alkaline Phosphatase level. Elevated levels can indicate liver or bone diseases as well as Cushing's disease. |
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Joyce ALP is super sensitive. When Barney had pancreatitis, his ALP numbers were all over the place. And, three months later, his ALP is still elevated. He too is an older dog, and cushings may be implicated but the thought is that the pancreatitis may be the cause. Are they sending this blood work out to a lab? I've seen my dogs' blood work jump all over the map on in-house blood work only to have Amgen lab send it back with more consistent numbers. I'm sorry she is not yet 100% and we keep praying for you guys! Quote:
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I agree i do not like in house lab work as if they do not calibrate their machines well they are not accurate |
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Ooops, yes, I meant Antech. Sorry, I dont work for Amgen and I'm not sure the investment in their stock is a good one ;) |
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dissapointing update:( The vet just called and her ALP lvls are shooting back up. I am so upset!! I thought that she was on the road to recovery when they went down yesterday. Her Alt stayed the same We are going ahead with an ultrasound with a specialist. my poor Daisy, I just pray it isn't cancer... What else would make her ALP lvls shoot back up they are 1600:( |
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I do not know anything about lyme disease but could this be tied to the lyme disease going on or the new antibiotic she is now on? |
i just found this link: Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase in Dogs it talks about reasons for elevated ALKP |
Joyce, just seeing. I am so sorry. Sending big hugs to you and Daisy. I hope they can figure out what is going on with her. I agree with some of the others, can you go and stay with her a couple of times of day? Or bring her home at night? It sounds as those the stress of being away from you, hubby and Pixie are not helping in her treatment/recovery. :( |
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Yep. My first thought is always Cushings. I have a pup with pseudo cushings...the one thing that was different between pseudo cushings and cushings was the fact that is ALP was wnl. But, as that link says, there are other things. |
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I am so sorry about the way things are going with Daisy....I hope they find the answer soon. |
awww im so sorry about your baby. ive taken doxycycline before and it made me very nauseous if i didnt take it with a meal. and she is sooo tiny. maybe if you have to give her that again try feeding her first. =( |
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I guess it isn't looking good for poor Daisy:thumbdown I have been crying all day, Poor pixie knows I am a wreck she keeps licking my face and ears trying to comfort me. I feel bad bc I know she misses Daisy too. |
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I am SO sorry ... I really do know how badly it hurts when one is sick. :( |
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I noticed about 1 month ago Daisy's belly was getting black and when she was in for her physical I mentioned it to the doctor and he said that it is probably just her age? If you saw Daisy's belly it is black!!! |
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Oh, I'm sorry. I was hoping you had better news for Daisy today! I will continue to say a prayer for her!! |
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Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's Syndrome) in Dogs usually you see hairloss though with these dogs - have you seen that? Also they have pot bellies due to cortisol production and have no allergy issues as their bodies are producing more cortisol. They have increased water consumption. Many of the symptoms are what you have to watch out for when you have a dog on steroids as they have similar side effects from steroids as they do with a cushings dog. Also they have brown spots called cumidomes on the skin when dd was on prednisone she had all of the above and why we had to put her on prednisolone as she had too many side effects like a cushings dog and she does not have the same on prednisolone. Ann knows alot about cushings so pm her and she can help more with this and if ALP was an issue with her dog that has cushings. |
here is the link where ann was helping someone with cushings testing you could do the urine test to rule it out http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...diamond-2.html The urine cortisol-creatinine-ratio test isn't cheap, but it's usually where they start when Cushings is suspected bc it's the cheapest way to rule it out. I believe it's btwn $80-100. Whereas the ACTH Stim can be $200-400, easy. |
Other symptoms (common ones) are excessive thirst and urination...and excessive appetite. They will eat anything!! |
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