SEPTEMBER 2013

4th September
Managed to find transport by another friend to another vet far from home...she said he is good...
We did perform the LDDS test there...
An x-ray (not the one in my album) showed Husko had been shot in the past and had a air-gun shell in his back...
This messed me up inside...

Results came in 2 days later...6th September

btw, Husko had been off Cortisol for only 4 days (1/2 prezolon was his last 4 days ago)

SGPT/ALT 703,07 IU/L (10,00-94,00)
ALP 1551,00 IU/L (0,00-90,00)

Routine CBC
WBC H 41,92 *10^3 cells/μL
RBC L 3,75 *10^6 cells/μL
HGB L 9,5 g/dL
HCT L 33,4 %
MCV H 89 fL
MCH H 25,5 pg
MCHC L 28,6 q/dL
CHCM L 27,2 g/dL
RDW H 14,7%
PLT H 416 *10^3 cells/μL

Routine WBC
Neut H 89,7% - 37,61*10^3 cells/μL
Lymph L 3,9% - 1,63*10^3 cells/μL

Morphology Flags
MACRO +++
HYPO +++
ANISO +
PLT CLUMPS +

LDDS
1.14,20 μg/dL
2.16,40 μg/dL
3.13,40 μg/dL

Husko started immediately treatment with Vetoryl Saturday 7th September.

I had already done research on medications for Cushings since the last results of the ultrasound...the LDDS was just the verification.
I must say i was scared to death after reading the side-effects but all else seemed worse or could be not-effective since we didn't know if it was the pituitary or the adrenals by now...

I opted for the Vetoryl 30mg once per day to play it safe...
Husko was still receiving
Denosyl (all through September if i remember correctly)
Ceclor (one week)
Animastrath
Milk Thistle (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Enzymatic-...item3a6d6c2cb4 THIS (price must be wrong though)

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 10 days later we performed the ACTH test and new blood tests

17th September results were:

SGPT/ALT 741,65 IU/L (10,00-94,00)
ALP 1025,00 IU/L (0,00-90,00)

Routine CBC
WBC H 16,43 *10^3 cells/μL
RBC L 4,90 *10^6 cells/μL
HGB L 12,1 g/dL
HCT 42,4 %
MCV H 86,5 fL
MCH H 24,6 pg
MCHC L 28,5 q/dL
CHCM L 27,9 g/dL
PLT H 428 *10^3 cells/μL

Routine WBC
Neut H 81,8% - 13,44*10^3 cells/μL
Lymph L 9,9% - 1,62*10^3 cells/μL

Morphology Flags
MACRO +++
HYPO +++
PLT CLUMPS +

ACTH
1. 9,84 μg/dL
2. 26,50 μg/dL

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Husko was slowly improving...

His belly had retracted.
He started eating again (In august he had stopped so i force-fed him chicken breast) ,never again dry food though.
And slowly regained some strength.

I was FLYING...All summer I thought my baby was dead but now there is HOPE!!!

Septembers' Vetoryl was almost finished...
I ordered the 30*120mg from the UK and took it to a farmacy-lab to make it 120*30mg.