My 7yr old chow/lab mix has recently been diagnosed with Cushing's. Besides the normal excess drinking, panting, etc she has also shown some neurological symptoms that seem to be getting more pronounced with time. These consist of small seizures, limping, and loss of balance. The one thing I have noticed is that these tend to happen when she is at a low activity time, such as late at night or early morning. There has also been vomiting, sometimes of food, sometimes of liquid.
On a technical side, we've been treating her with Lysodren. After the first induction period, the medication seemed to be doing the trick as her cortisol levels came back normal. Took her back for some blood work to rule out liver, diabetes, and other problems that could be discovered, only to find that her cortisol levels were back up even wth the Lysodren meds.
Was thinking of doing an MRI as that will tell us if the tumor is causing the neurological problems, but it is expensive and, if found to be true, is not treatable. But besides that and trying to get the Lysodren to work, I can't think of anything else to look into. The only other thing I can think of is Diabetes Insipidus which again is untreatable and difficult to confirm.
If she was older, then I would just take it as something that is unfortunate but expected with age. But being that she is still young (7), it is difficult to accept as is. I am just wondering if anyone else has any other ideas or if they had/have a similar experience with their dog. Thank you.
On a technical side, we've been treating her with Lysodren. After the first induction period, the medication seemed to be doing the trick as her cortisol levels came back normal. Took her back for some blood work to rule out liver, diabetes, and other problems that could be discovered, only to find that her cortisol levels were back up even wth the Lysodren meds.
Was thinking of doing an MRI as that will tell us if the tumor is causing the neurological problems, but it is expensive and, if found to be true, is not treatable. But besides that and trying to get the Lysodren to work, I can't think of anything else to look into. The only other thing I can think of is Diabetes Insipidus which again is untreatable and difficult to confirm.
If she was older, then I would just take it as something that is unfortunate but expected with age. But being that she is still young (7), it is difficult to accept as is. I am just wondering if anyone else has any other ideas or if they had/have a similar experience with their dog. Thank you.