So Lu went for blood work yesterday, and it appears that his pituitary gland is functioning far below the level that it should be.
This is a direct result of his lysodren overdose, but the hope was that by medicating him with prednizone that this would counteract that damaging effect of the drug.
He has been on prednizone for the last 3 weeks now, and although he did appear to perk up, the last few days have been more of a digression for him.
He has also begun shaking, ya know the kind of shaking that dogs do when they are scared of something, something I brought to the vet’s attention yesterday.
According to the vet, the shaking, and upset tummy Lu, and I have also been dealing with can be a direct result of a steroid deficiency in the body, meaning that now, his prednizone dose has been significantly bumped up.
He will be on the drug for the month of December, but in a larger dose, as the previous dose he was on did not result in any movement in his steroid levels at all.
He does appear to be a little more lively as of late though as I mentioned in my last post.
He goes up stairs, not willingly but he will do it, and he is a little more interested in what is going on around him, begging on a regular basis, lol.
Tags: cushing's disease, Guidedog, Luther, lysodren, prednizone
Aww come on Lu. Come on! You can do it! I can’t imagine that big boy shaking. Lu, Trixie wants to see you…if you’re up for it. I should be in the neighbourhood before the end of the month. Come on Lu! We’re all rootin’ for ya!
And thinking of you, man behind the keyboard who I’m not sure if people know your name.
Hey: Yeah we’ll be around for Christmas, when you gonna be up this way?
It’s looking like I may come home about the 22 of December. I have to check in with your big bro about whether or not he’s having a New Years party. Steve and I aren’t having one this year, so we thought we’d crash his…if he’d have us that is.