Wa Itan

Bawo ni nibe yen o, A-peeps. Fun Osu Imọye Addison, Mo ro pe a yoo pin diẹ diẹ nipa irin-ajo Addison wa.

Gbogbo rẹ bẹrẹ nigbakan ni Oṣu Karun 2018. Ẹmi kii yoo jẹun, àti fún Alátakò láti má jẹun, nkankan ni pato soke. Ni akoko, a ro pe o ni ẹhin buburu. Ọjọ marun lori ati pe ko tun jẹ ohunkohun, nitorina o jẹ akoko fun idanwo ẹjẹ. Idanwo ẹjẹ yoo gba nipa 20 iseju, nitorina nigba ti a duro, a mu Ẹmi fun a rin si isalẹ awọn ita. Nigba ti a ba pada si vet's, o lẹwa daradara mu asiwaju kuro ni ọwọ mi o sọ pe awọn kidinrin Ẹmi ko ṣiṣẹ. Aye mi duro nibẹ ati lẹhinna. Emi ko ni eyikeyi awọn ọmọ ẹlẹsẹ meji, mi 4-legged keekeeke ọmọ ti nigbagbogbo ti aarin ti mi aye, ki bi o ti le fojuinu, yi je pupo. Lonakona, Emi yoo gbiyanju ati tọju eyi ni kukuru bi MO ṣe le. Mo ti fi i silẹ ni awọn vets, ni a foonu ipe laarin awọn wakati, ati pe o ṣee ṣe pe o ni arun Addison. Mo dabi WTF jẹ arun Addison!!! Awọn obi ajọbi Ẹmi ti bi awọn Bullies ṣaaju rẹ ati pe ko tii gbọ rẹ, nitorina eyi gbọdọ jẹ buburu. Nitorina bi o ṣe ri ni awọn ọjọ wọnyi, taara lori Google. Alaye pupọ wa lati gbiyanju ati ṣe oye, o je lẹwa alakikanju. Níkẹyìn, a fi si ẹgbẹ Facebook CARE ati titi di Addison's lọ, o jẹ ohun ti o dara julọ lailai. A bẹrẹ lori awọn tabulẹti, ní miran aawọ, ati nikẹhin yipada si abẹrẹ oṣooṣu ati pe ko wo sẹhin. Lakoko ti MO tun ṣọra pupọ nipa ilera Ẹmi, Mo ni itunu diẹ sii pẹlu bii Addison ṣe le ṣakoso pẹlu oogun to tọ. Mo ka ohun gbogbo ti Mo le gba ọwọ mi lori igbiyanju lati ni oye bi o ṣe le ni anfani pupọ julọ ti ọmọkunrin mi ti o ni arun yii. Oju-iwe iwe CARE jẹ aaye fun gbogbo alaye yii. Lẹhinna, ti Mo ba ni awọn ibeere tabi awọn ibeere, Emi yoo firanṣẹ si ẹgbẹ naa, ati kini MO le sọ nipa idile Addison mi, daradara awọn ọrọ ko le ṣe apejuwe bi o ṣe jẹ iyanu ti gbogbo wọn ti jẹ. Irin-ajo yii yoo ti le pupọ ati pe emi ni 100% daju pe a kii yoo wa nibiti a wa loni ti ko ba wa fun wọn ati ilana iwọn lilo kekere. Nítorí, Ilana iwọn lilo kekere, daradara iyẹn jẹ iriri ikẹkọ ninu funrararẹ ṣugbọn ni kete ti o ba gba ori rẹ ni ayika rẹ, o jẹ laisi iyemeji ọna lati lọ ni ero mi. Ẹmi bẹrẹ, gẹgẹ bi iwuwo rẹ lori 1.3 milimita ti Zycortal ati pe o wa ni bayi 0.45 milimita. Oniwosan ẹranko mi ti jẹ oniyi pẹlu wiwa si awọn ofin pẹlu eyi, o si wipe, “Mo mọ pe olupese naa sọ pe o yẹ ki o wa ni iwọn lilo ti o ga julọ, ṣugbọn mo le rii ninu ihuwasi rẹ ati ninu idanwo ẹjẹ rẹ pe awọn abajade ko purọ.” Ti Mo ba ni imọran eyikeyi fun ẹnikẹni titun awọn olugbagbọ pẹlu Addison's, Emi yoo sọ pe ki o lọ si ẹgbẹ yii pẹlu ibeere eyikeyi ti o ni, kọ ẹkọ bi o ṣe le ka awọn abajade idanwo ẹjẹ, ati ṣatunṣe oogun naa ni ibamu (ti mo ba le ṣe ẹnikẹni le) ati pe iwọ A-aja yoo pada si deede ni akoko kankan.

Soro ti pada si deede, ṣaaju ki a to ṣe ayẹwo Ẹmi, ó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí gùn ún ní ẹ̀yìn Kánámù mi 3 kẹkẹ alupupu. O han ni, eyi duro fun igba diẹ lakoko apakan akọkọ ti ayẹwo rẹ, ṣugbọn nisisiyi ko si idaduro rẹ. Ti kii ṣe fun aami iṣoogun rẹ ati ti o ko ba sọ fun ẹnikẹni, wọn kì yóò mọ̀ pé ó ní àrùn. Bi daradara bi wa deede loorekoore gigun, a ti wa lori Pink Ribbon gigun, awọn Bikers lodi si Bullies gùn, ati awọn ti o kẹhin wà ni ikowojo gigun fun awọn Country Fire Service. Bi nigbagbogbo, Ẹmi jẹ ikọlu nla pẹlu gbogbo eniyan, gba ohun gbogbo ni ipa rẹ, ati laps soke gbogbo akiyesi ti o gba. Pẹ odun to koja, a tun jẹ ifọwọsi pẹlu Awọn iṣẹ Aja Itọju ailera gẹgẹbi Ẹgbẹ Abẹwo Agbegbe kan. Ni ipele yii, a ti ni idaji mejila awọn ibẹwo si ile itọju kan, ṣugbọn ọdun yii ṣe ileri lati jẹ oniyi ati pe a ko le duro! A ti wa ni ifojusọna lori a lilo fun diẹ ninu awọn pataki ọdọọdun, pataki iṣẹlẹ ati awọn ifarahan si ibiti bi Ronald McDonald ile, Ile ayagbe akàn, awọn ile-ẹkọ giga ni ayika awọn akoko idanwo, awon odo ejo, ati nibikibi miiran a le fi ẹrin si awọn oju. O jẹ iṣẹgun nla fun gbogbo eniyan ti o kan nipasẹ Ẹmi funrararẹ, awọn eniyan ti a ba pade, agbegbe Addison, ati ajọbi Bull Terrier (eyi ti o jẹ oyimbo igba ati unnecessarily gan gbọye).

Ẹmi jẹ apakan pupọ ti idile wa o si ṣe alabapin ninu ọpọlọpọ awọn nkan ti a dide si. A goke odo, eyi ti o ni ife Egba, kódà wọ́n tún pè é wá síbi oúnjẹ ọ̀sán Kérésìmesì pẹ̀lú ìyókù ìdílé wa. O jẹ okunrin aladun bẹ.

Nitorina ni ipari, Mo ro pe ifiranṣẹ mi ni eyi, ti o ba ni aja ti o ti ni ayẹwo pẹlu Addison's, iwọ yoo kọ ara rẹ ni akọkọ, Mo mọ pe mo ṣe, ṣugbọn ya a jin ìmí ati pẹlu awọn ọtun fireemu ti okan, ṣe akiyesi gbogbo alaye ti o wa, ni igbẹkẹle ẹgbẹ iyanu yii, béèrè èyà ati èyà ti ibeere, Iwọ yoo gba nipasẹ eyi ati pe iwọ ati aja rẹ le ṣe ohunkohun ki o jẹ ohunkohun ti o fẹ lati jẹ. Wo Ẹmi, a goggle wọ, agbegbe ti n ṣabẹwo si Bull Terrier ti o gun lori ẹhin alupupu kan ti o fi ẹrin si oju gbogbo eniyan ti o pade. Mo ro pe nkan to dara niyẹn. A-aja rọọkì!!!

Lonakona Mo nireti pe eyi ti fi ẹrin diẹ si oju rẹ ki o maṣe yọ ara rẹ lẹnu, dajudaju ina kan wa ni opin oju eefin naa.

Opolopo ife ati nla Bully famọra si gbogbo nyin.
Jarrod ati Ẹmi

Ẹmi Rider - Aṣoju Addison ká
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! Yi lọ si isalẹ ati pe iwọ yoo tun rii itan rẹ ni Jẹmánì ati ni Español!

Ni Kínní 2016, Mo ti gbé ni Cholula, Mexico, pÆlú Aguntan mi méta (German ati Belijiomu, gbogbo gbà) nigbati ọrẹ kan pe mi pe o ti ri puppy kekere kan ninu apo idoti ti o ti pa, sunmo si suffion. Nítorí, Mo lọ, ti gbe awọn kekere lapapo, o si fi i fun oniwosan ẹranko mi.
Mẹrin ọsẹ, nkankan nipa ọkan kilo. To afọdopolọji, mí mọ whẹndo de he jlo na wle e, nítorí náà, ó kàn dúró fún ọjọ́ díẹ̀ títí tí ìdílé yìí yóò fi wá fún un.

Bẹẹni… o kan pe ko ṣẹlẹ rara.

O ṣe deede si igbesi aye laarin awọn Oluṣọ-agutan nla ati dagba ni iyara. Awọn ọmọ ile-iwe mi pe orukọ rẹ ni 'Piña' ati pe o ṣẹgun ọkan gbogbo eniyan, sugbon ko si eniti o gba a. O je kan gan akọni, àìbẹ̀rù, ati puppy ti o ni oye, nitorina ni mo ṣe bẹrẹ ikẹkọ rẹ. O jẹ ọlọgbọn ni igboran, ó sì kéré bí a ti fi í wé Aguntan, o jẹ akọni ati 'lagbara' ni iṣẹ aabo bi daradara. Lẹhin 6 osu pelu mi, Mo ti kede temi rẹ ni ifowosi ati pe a bẹrẹ wiwa ati ikẹkọ igbala rẹ, bi a ti ṣe akiyesi pe o lagbara pupọ lati ṣiṣẹ imu.

O jẹ ajọbi-agbelebu nikan ni ikẹkọ ṣugbọn lẹhin awọn iriri odi, nipari a ri olukọni lati Red Cross ti o ri agbara rẹ. She grew stronger and demanded her a lot of skills. She learned quickly and we saw impressive results. After a heavy training session, at night I noticed that she was leaking urine and she appeared more tired than usual, so the next day I went to my vet to check her for an infection. Negative. We gave her some days of rest and she was back to normal. A ose nigbamii, she got back to training and the same happened: tired, leaking urine. There, my vet noticed her heart rate was very low, so she asked me to go to a large clinic for a heart check. They did an echo of her heart, abdomen, blood work, the complete program.

When I went back to pick her up, the cardiologist said that her heart was heavily ‘overworked’, as well as her kidneys, so this would be the reason of her leaking urine and fatigue. She told me she was suspecting Addison’s, as her electrolytes were a little bit off, but not as strong as it could be. Piña had a shot of Dexamethasone two weeks ago because she got stung by some bees, so the definitive test for Addison’s we couldn’t do until four weeks later. But she was very sick and we decided we would try to stabilize her with IV fluids as long as possible to do the test.

After some days with the fluids, her situation got worse and all the vets at the clinic, together with my vet, decided to start treatment for Addison’s as Piña was weaker each day. When we started with the Prednisone and the Fludrocortisone (Astonin), she was herself few days later, with all the side-effects of the Prednisone, but active, strong heart rate, and her happy self.
Over the weeks, we reduced the Prednisone and she went back to the search and rescue training, happy happy happy. She was one and a half year old at that time. She got stable, I got used to managing her medicine, and finally, we had our first search and rescue events, where she gained attention because of her incredible happy nature and strong will to work.

We specialized in high mountain rescue and collapsed houses, where her weight (18 kilos) is a huge advantage compared to Shepherds or Labradors and their usual weight. Nítorí, Piña and I learned rope work as well.

Last summer we moved from Mexico to Ecuador, where we kept training, but suddenly (and unexpectedly), I got the permission to work with my dogs at my college, with the students. Piña is a search and rescue dog, but not a therapy dog as two of my older ones, so she was just like a backup. But, due to a heat wave, one of the therapy dogs could not go to classes with me sometimes and we took Piña…and she adapted quickly. Bayi, some months later, she is adored by the students and a huge part of the college and a favourite on school excursions and events.

In the 2 years since her diagnosis we had to adjust her medication just twice, I always carry around Prednisone everywhere I go but besides of that she is a normal search and rescue and soon-to-be-therapy dog. In our free time we go hiking in the mountains, go swimming in the river, or just go around by bike. She does absolutely everything a non-Addison’s dog would do, just with an excess of energy.

My Ecuadorian vets use her as an example for their vet students as they have never seen an Addison’s dog before.

Deutsche Übersetzung

Im Februar 2016 lebte ich in Cholula, Mexiko, mit meinen 3 adoptierten Schäferhunden (deutsch und belgisch), als eine Freundin mich anrief, dass sie einen winzigen Welpen in einer geschlossenen Mülltüte am Straßenrand gefunden hatte, kurz vor dem Ersticken. Ich fuhr hin, holte das kleine Bündel ab und stellte sie meiner Tierärztin vor. 4 Wochen alt, ungefähr ein Kilo. Wir fanden ziemlich sofort eine Familie, die sie adoptieren wollte, sich aber noch ein paar Tage organisieren musste bevor sie sie abholen. Nunja, das ist leider nie passiert.
Sie gewöhnte sich rasend schnell an das Leben mit den großen Schäferhunden und wuchs fröhlich vor sich hin. Meine Schüler gaben ihr den Namen PIÑA (also Ananas), weil wir da gerade die Früchte durchnahmen. Sie gewann alle Leute für sich, aber niemand adoptierte sie.

Sie war ein sehr mutiger, starker und extrem intelligenter Welpe/Junghund, also begann ich, sie zu trainieren. Sie war großartig in Gehorsam/Unterordnung und —obwohl so klein im Vergleich zu den Schäferhunden— war sie auch sehr mutig und forsch im Schutzdienst.

Nach 6 Monaten bei mir wurde sie ganz hochoffiziell ‘meine‘ und schließlich begannen wir auch ihr Rettungshundetraining, da wir ihren hervorragenden Naseneinsatz bemerkt hatten. NATÜRLICH war sie der einzige Mix beim Training, und wir gerieten leider auch an einen Trainer, der sie für nicht fähig hielt, das können nur bestimmte Rassehunde. Níkẹyìn a ri 'wa' olukọni, ẹniti o rii agbara rẹ ati nitorinaa o lọ ni iyara pupọ ati pe o ya wa nigbagbogbo pẹlu awọn ọgbọn rẹ.

Emi ni Oṣu Kẹjọ 2017, lẹhin adaṣe ti o lagbara pupọ, Mo ti ṣakiyesi, wipe o ti rẹwẹsi kedere, a bit ńjò ati ki o kan ko dun egan ẹlẹdẹ bi ibùgbé. Mo lọ si ọdọ oniwosan ẹranko mi ni ọjọ keji ti n fura pe o ni akoran àpòòtọ, odi. O fun ni isinmi fun awọn ọjọ diẹ ati pe o tun pada si deede. Ohun kanna ṣẹlẹ ni igba ikẹkọ atẹle: lapapọ exhaustion, Ailokun ito. Ni akoko yii oniwosan ẹranko mi ṣe akiyesi oṣuwọn ọkan ti o kere pupọ o si tọka wa si ile-iwosan kan fun ayẹwo ayẹwo ọkan. Nibẹ ni wọn ṣe olutirasandi ti okan, olutirasandi inu, kika ẹjẹ, ECG ati bẹbẹ lọ., ni kikun eto. Als ich sie dort nach der Arbeit abholen wollte, sagte mir die Ärztin, dass Herz und Nieren total überlastet seien, das sei der Grund für die Erschöpfung und die Inkontinenz. Die Ärztin vermutete Addison wegen einer leichten Elektrolytverschiebung, aber auf Grund einer Bienenattacke knapp 2 Wochen vorher konnten wir den ACTH-Test nicht machen, wir müssten 4 Wochen warten…also beschlossen wir, sie soweit mit Infusionen zu stabilisieren um den Test machen zu können. Leider ging es ihr trotz der Infusionen zunehmend schlechter, so dass alle beteiligten Tierärzte beschlossen, dass sie auf Addison behandelt würde. Wir begannen mit Prednisolon und Fludrocortison (Astonin) und nach wenigen Tagen war sie wieder fast die Alte. In den Wochen darauf reduzierten wir das Prednisolon, dadurch verschwanden auch die Nebenwirkungen, aber das Herz war stabil und sie wieder aktiv. Ich gewöhnte mich ans das Medikamentenmanagement und lernte, selber ihr Herz abzuhören und schließlich kehrten wir zum Rettungstraining zurück und hatten bald unsere ersten Einsätze, wo sie immer im positiven Sinne Aufmerksamkeit bekam, weil sie so fröhlich ist aber zeitgleich auch extrem professionell und zuverlässig bei der Arbeit. Wir spezialisierten uns auf Hochgebirgsrettung und Trümmerarbeit, wo ihre kompakte, aber sportliche Statur (18kg) ein großer Vorteil gegenüber größeren und schwereren Hunden wie DSH oder Labradoren darstellt. Also lernten wir gemeinsames Abseilen, Aufstieg in Seilen, Seilbahn fahren und vieles mehr.

Sommer 2019 zogen wir von Mexiko nach Ecuador, wo wir weiterhin trainieren, aber sehr plötzlich bekam ich von meiner Schule die Erlaubnis, mit meinen Hunden an der Schule mit den Kindern und Jugendlichen zu arbeiten. Nun ist die kleine Wildsau ein Rettungshund, aber kein Therapiehund, und so war sie erst nur als Reserve gedacht, falls einer meiner richtigen
Therapiehundesenioren ausfällt. Bei einer extremen Hitzewelle, wo die beiden Senioren nicht arbeiten konnten, kam also ihr großer Tag, und wie vorher bei allem anderen auch, sie lernt rasend schnell. Jetzt, ein paar Monate später, wird sie von den Schülern (und Kollegen und Chefetage und Service- und Sicherheitsleuten der Schule) angebetet und wir werden zu jeglichen Events und Exkursionen eingeladen, führen alle ihre coolen Tricks vor und lassen sie mal einen Schüler suchen…

In den knapp 2 Jahren seit ihrer Diagnose mussten wir ihre Medikation nur 2mal anpassen, einmal fiel sie aus uns unbekannten Gründen in eine Krise und musste einige Tage in der Klinik am Tropf bleiben, aber davon abgesehen ist sie ein normaler Rettungshund und ein baldiger Therapiehund. Das einzige, was ich beachten muss, ist, immer Prednisolon dabei zu haben, weil sowohl Sucheinsätze als auch Arbeitstage an der Schule stressig sind. Im positiven Sinne, aber eben dennoch stressig.

In unserer Freizeit wandern wir im Hochgebirge, gehen schwimmen oder fahren auch mal Fahrrad. Sie macht absolut alles (oder noch mehr), was ein nicht-Addison-Hund machen würde, nur mit einem Überschuss an positiver Energie.
Nebenbei: meine ecuatorianischen Tierärzte benutzen sie als Beispielfall für ihre Vetmedizinstudenten, da die allermeisten nie zuvor einen Addisonpatienten zu Gesicht bekommen haben.

ni Spanish

La historia de Piña
En febrero de 2016, vivía en Cholula, México con mis tres pastores (alemánes y belgas, todos rescatados) cuando una amiga me llamó que había encontrado una cachorra en una bolsa de basura cerrada en la banqueta de la calle., a punto de asfixiarse. Entonces fui, recogí la cachorra y le presenté a mi veterinaria. 4 semanas, alrededor de 1000gramos. Inmediatamente encontramos a una familia que le quiso adoptar, solo que necesitaban organizarse antes de llevarla. Pero…nunca pasó y se quedó conmigo más tiempo que esperábamos.

Se adaptó rápido a la vida entre los pastores grandes y creció sanamente. Mis alumnos le llamaron PIÑA porque en ese tiempo estuvimos viendo las frutas. Ella enamoró a todos pero nadie la adoptó. Estaba una cachorra muy valiente, segura e inteligente, así que empezamos a entrenarle. Brillaba en obediencia, trucos y –a pesar de ser chiquita comparada con los pastores– aún se lanzó a guardia y protección. Cuando llevaba 6 meses conmigo le declaramos ‘mía’ oficialmente y también empezamos su entrenamiento de búsqueda y rescate, como le notamos muy apta para trabajo de olfato.

Claro que estaba la única cruza callejera y a principio nos encontramos con un pseudo-entrenador que dijo que no sirviera y blabla, pero por fin encontramos a un entrenador que vio su potencial y pronto vimos resultados impresionantes.

En agosto 2017, después de una sesión fuerte de entrenamiento, ella pareció exhausta, triste y le salió orina cuando durmió. El día siguiente le checamos por infección de las vías urinarias, era negativo. Le dimos algunos días de reposo y pronto estaba como normal. Cuando volvió al entrenamiento pasó lo mismo: cansancio extremo, incontinencia. Esa vez mi veterinaria notó su frecuencia cardíaca muy baja y nos mandó a una clínica para un chequeo cardiológico. Hicieron un eco cardíaco, sonografía de corazón y abdomen, tomaron la presión, análisi de sangre…todo. Cuando fui por ella, la cardióloga me dijo que tanto el corazón como los riñones tienen una sobrecarga y por eso estaba tan cansada. La doctora sospechó Addison por una leve desbalance de los electrolitos y el problema cardíaco. Por un ataque de abejas dos semanas antes Piña había recibido una inyección de cortisona, así que no pudimos hacer el test de estimulación del ACTH. Los doctores dijeron que se tendría que esperar 4 semanas para poder hacer el test, a lo mejor se podría estabilizarle con sueros de cloruro de sodio por algún tiempo y finalmente hacer el test.
Desafortunadamente, aún con los sueros su situación empeoró y después de algunos días todos los veterinarios involucrados decidieron juntos empezar el tratamiento por Addison. Empezamos con Predisona y pastillas de Fludrocortisona (Astonin) y en pocos días estaba fuerte y alegre como antes. Su frecuencia cardíaca se normalizó u poco a poco pudimos bajar la dosis de la Prednisona, con eso desaparecieron los efectos secundarios.

Piña tenía un año y medio cuando le diagnosticaron.

Ella estaba estable, yo me acostumbré a manejar sus medicinas y por fin pudimos volver al entrenamiento. Pronto tuvimos los primeros operativos de búsqueda y rescate y ella ganó los corazones con su carácter amigable y alegre y su profesonalismo en cuanto al trabajo de búsqueda. Nos especializamos en rescate de alta montaña y escombros/estructuras colapsadas donde ella por su estatura compacta y atleta (18kilos) tiene ventajas con los pastores o labradores más pesados. Así, aprendemos hacer rappel, subida en cuerdas, andar en teleféricos y cualquier tipo de vehículo.

En verano de 2019 nos mudamos a Ecuador, donde seguimos entrenando, pero de repente recibimos el permiso de mi colegio, a trabajar con los perros en el colegio. Piña como perra de búsqueda y rescate solo era planeada como reemplazo para mis dos perros de terapia. En una fuerte ola de calor, cuando los dos perros de terapia por su edad no podían trabajar, llegó la hora de Piña y…aprendió rapidísimo. Ahora, meses después, es adorada por todo el colegio (alumnos, colegas, jefes, padres de familia, empleados) por su alegría permanente, por saber hacer tantos trucos y por brindar seguridad a excursiones.

En los dos años de su diagnosis solo dos veces tuvimos que ajustar sus medicamentos, siempre llevo algo de Prednisona conmigo (tanto la búsqueda como el trabajo en el colegio le exigen mucho y tengo que darle más Prednisona en los días de trabajo) pero al lado de eso es una perra de búsqueda y rescate normal y perra de terapia futura.
En nuestro tiempo libre hacemos senderismo, escalamos montañas, andamos en bici o vamos a nadar. Piña hace absolutamente todo (o más) que hace un perro sin Addison, solo con exceso de energía.
Mis veterinarios ecuatorianos le usan para enseñanza de Addison a sus estudiantes de medicina veterinaria como la mayoría nunca ha visto un caso de Addison antes.
Por ganar tantos corazones, mis amigos me regalaron un tatuaje en forma de Piña y la mitad de mi casa tiene decoración en forma de Piña. Su apodo es “la cola inquieta” por ser tan alegre, y cuando la ven, nadie sospecha su enfermedad.

Piña - Aṣoju Addison ká
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This is Ozzie! We adopted him as a 6-month-old rescue. Border Collie/Australian Terrier mix according to the DNA test. His weight is 48 poun. We started noticing changes in him when he was about 3.5 ọdun atijọ (early 2016). The first indication (missed by me as a medical issue at that time) was a drastic change in his coat. His hair grew longer and turned from black to brown. He looked like a little bear!

Then in June, we went camping and I noticed he was peeing a lot. Copious amounts and very dilute. Then also occasional diarrhea.

Still energetic, we continued agility all this time. Then one morning, he didn’t want to eat. That was my indication that something was wrong. He always loved food. I also noticed that he would pant a long time after playing ball. Too long.

To the vet that day in June 2016, just before his 4^th ọjọ ìbí. They asked me what his symptoms were because he looked like such a happy camper. I told him about the not eating and the panting. I could pick him later that day and was told to give him chicken and rice. They had taken blood and results would be back the day after.

I just went to agility training that next morning, and when I came back the vet had called to bring Ozzie in ASAP. They suspected Addison’s disease. They did the ACTH test and he didn’t stim at all. Diagnosis was in!

He was on fluids for a day, was given Percorten (1.75 ml at regular dose), and Prednisone. I soon learned about low dose; I did learn so much in just a few days. It was worth my time, because I have been able to lower his Pred to only 0.25 mg per day and we went with low dose of Percorten (0.6 milimita) for his second shot. O gba to 3 months for his K level to go up to 4.9! Then after several months of electrolyte tests, we have him now on 0.25 ml of Percorten every 28 ọjọ. That is lower than many other dogs, but he does really well on this.

Then the best part: after three months of healing, I went back to Agility, Treibball, started Nosework, and started Trick training. I had my sweet boy back. Like nothing happened. He still runs Agility at the highest levels, received his Excellent Treibball title plus his Trick Dog Champion and Stunt Dog Professional title in 2018. He is close to getting his Masters Jumpers and Standard titles in AKC agility and I hope to attend the Nadac Championships in September this year. He earned his Nosework 2 title a few months ago. Going for level 3 this year!

I am so proud of this boy; he really loves life and he keeps me busy! Here is a link to one of his Treibball runs he so loves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTC1jBJR_jM

Ozzie - Thyra P.
Aṣoju Addison ká
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Stirling is my sweet, amazing Border Collie. His fancy AKC registered name is Premiere’s Stirling Status, UD, P-UTD, FDC. From the start, I believed he was supposed to be my dog. I have been training and showing dogs in competition obedience for nearly 20 years and I was ready for my first Border Collie. I drove out to California to pick up my black and white ball of fluff. The puppies were running about like little chickens, this way and that. Since they were interested in running about the room, the puppies were not paying much attention to the new stranger (me). Then the puppy pack ran past me and one scooted to a stop and attempted to jump right on me; he was enthralled with me. He was adorable and I loved him at very first sight, but this puppy was already promised to another home. I was a bit disheartened but trusted our breeder and her matching of the dogs. She picked up this other adorable puppy and placed him in my lap; this was the puppy picked for me. He was cute and wiggled directly out of my arms to go play. The breeder put the puppies in the crate and we chatted a bit. She took the puppies out at least four more times. All the puppies would run directly past me to play and this one little puppy would run past me and put on the brakes to try to jump in my lap, as I said earlier, he was enthralled and I was starting to have heartbreak as this was not my puppy. Níkẹyìn, the last time the breeder took the puppies out and they all ran past me but the one, she picked him up and shared she’d not seen anything like this, and well; he was my pup. That puppy, as you likely guessed, is my amazing Stirling.

Stirling and I went off to enjoy our busy, active life together, training and running. I loved having my first border collie.

Around the time he was a year old, I noticed he seemed to have periods when he did not feel well. He would have loose stool and seem tired; not as active. I would take him to the vet and he would get some medicine to calm his stomach. His labs were fine. I would notice he would have loose stool after a training session. The next symptom Stirling demonstrated was a full body rash. Stirling had pus like lesions all throughout his body. It was so scary! Off to the vet we went. At this point, as I am a nurse, I started to put together this seemed like an autoimmune or autoinflammatory condition. As quickly as the rash developed, it went away. From there, Stirling would go on to have periods of loose stool, lethargy, and high fever. I would rush him to the vet for treatment and part of the treatment was steroids. After treatment, Stirling would be back to his amazing self and off we would go running and training until the next episode. There were a number of these episodes. Níkẹyìn, after one of the episodes, we saw a different vet as we were on holiday. I shared our story and I was so upset. She blurted out, “I think he has Addison’s disease!” She ran the tests, gave him steroids, and fluids to stabilize him. For this final episode, Stirling’s blood glucose was low; he had an atypical presentation of Addison’s. At least now we knew! Stirling’s presentation of Addison’s was an atypical presentation making an already challenging diagnosis even more challenging. We returned to Arizona, ran more tests to discover Stirling has primary Addison’s disease, but remains with glucocorticoid deficiency —or with Atypical Addison’s disease. Stirling has remained in Atypical Addison’s since 2012. Since he tested for primary Addison’s we follow his labs every 4 osu.

After the initial stabilization period, which was hard, Stirling has been feeling wonderful, running and competing. Our team for Stirling is amazing. Our Vet is very supportive of our treatment and we work together for the best treatment plan for Stirling. She is supportive of low dose prednisone and our feeding plan.

For brags, Stirling and I run together and recently we ran a 6-minute mile! We show in competitive obedience and are almost always in the ribbons. The UD (Utility Dog title) is one of the top obedience titles. Stirling is my first obedience dog to achieve the UD title. I adore every minute we have together. Strangely enough, I believe we enjoy a stronger bond because of the Addison’s.

Outside of the difficulty of diagnosis, and the initial stabilization period which was scary; we have an amazing life together. I am forever grateful for our medical care and our Canine Addison’s Resources & Education group (C.A.R.E). I do not believe I would have gotten through this without the expertise and guidance of our C.A.R.E group. The support and knowledge C.A.R.E provides is critical. I cannot count how many times I have reached out for guidance and support. The group also brings friendship and encouragement. I remember second guessing if I should be running and showing Stirling. Then I saw dogs in our C.A.R.E group doing agility. I was touched by a wonderful Border Collie named Idgie in our group. Watching Idgie’s brags gave me the encouragement I needed. At that moment, I decided Stirling was always supposed to be my dog and we would live the life we were intended. You will see me singing Team Stirling’s praises occasionally, in case someone needs just a little encouragement.

Stirling is well loved by both me and my wonderful, supportive husband who is also critical in supporting Stirling in his care. Our Addison’s dogs rock and can do it all!

Stirling - Candice V.G.
Atypical Addison's
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Time to tell our story, and to share some good news. When we joined the CARE Facebook group, it was following a suggestion by a friend in another Facebook group about the Belgian Shepherd breeds. I had no idea that we needed help and that I could improve Ali’s care. Ali had her Addison’s crisis over 5 years prior, and she had been stable with 2.5 ml of Prednisolone daily and a monthly shot, at the vets, ti 2.5 milimita ti Percorten – carefully calculated according to her weight (which I later discovered is not the way to adjust the medication).

My husband and I more than once had ‘that talk.’ Were we really doing the kindest thing treating her illness, keeping her alive? Bless, she was so ‘wired,’ jumpy, and nervous of everything. My brave fearless girl no more. She was ravenous! Starving hungry the whole time. It was painful to see. I was so sorry for her I used to buy her big shells of lettuce leaves to try and fill her up. Anything to put something in her stomach without fattening her up. She wolfed them down.

Despite giving her cranberry capsules everyday, she had countless bladder infections. Seemed like she was never clear of them and was constantly getting antibiotics to control them. Her fur had gone very sparse and coarse. Belgian Shepherds have a double coat, but she no longer had any soft warming undercoat of fur. Just the outer fur, with bald spots even in that. Neither of us ever got a full night’s sleep. Every night she needed to go out twice, some nights as many as three times.

But then I read the documents here and the advice which was helping others to reduce their dogs from the therapeutic dosage level which Ali was on to the biological replacement level of both Prednisolone and Percorten V. I’m a life scientist by training and it all made such good sense that I decided to give it a try. I just quietly got on and reduced Ali’s prednisolone, gradually and gently. And what do you know, she did great. It took a while, but she is now stable on 0.5 ml daily – one-fifth of her original dose!

As soon as I could see that she was doing better on a reducing dose of Prednisolone, I started telling our lovely veterinarian I wanted to reduce her Percorten and to base her dosage on her electrolytes, not her weight. We had quite a tussle to start with, but once he realized I wanted her treatment to be based on the results of her ‘lytes, he was fully supportive. We’ve been gradually reducing her dosage, and her last shot was 0.5 ml Zycortal (we switched from Percorten). Maybe down to 0.4 ml this time, but we’ll soon know. A few months ago, I started doing her shots myself. Partly to mitigate the additional costs of the monthly ‘lytes tests, but more to avoid Ali having to go to the vets so often. She’s very brave, but she’s been to the vets far too often in her little life.

Why am I telling you this now? Daradara, we’ve just come back from Ali’s 28 day ‘lytes blood draw and our vet proudly told me that he has convinced the owner of another Addison’s dog in his care to start the same reducing treatment regime. And, bless him, he has suggested that they could start doing the monthly shot themselves to help offset the initial costs, citing me as an example.

Nítorí, apart from being chuffed to bits that another dog will soon be feeling a lot less wired, I’ve learned another lesson. In convincing our veterinarians to treat our dogs the way we have learned is what they need, with just a replacement dosage, they will then take that knowledge and use it with other Addison’ dogs in their care. Having said it, that seems blindingly obvious that they would do so, but it honestly had not occurred to me.

Update: Another two years have passed since I wrote this. Thank you to everyone here at CARE for all they do to help our precious A-dogs and us, their anxious helicopter pet parents. I’m honored to have been asked to update it for the Canine Addison’s Awareness Week 2020.

My darling Ali continues to flourish. For over 2 years now, she has been stable on 0.5 ml of Prednisolone daily. I continued reducing her monthly Zycortal, guided by monthly ‘lytes tests, until we reached the level that kept her stable for 28 ọjọ. My poor girl, who had been given 2.5 mls of Percoten V every month for 5 years only needs the tiny monthly dose of 0.3 milimita.

Last year we got a male Belgian Shepherd puppy. I thought Ali might appreciate not having the responsibility of being top dog in our little pack of two. What did we know! Having just celebrated his first birthday, Shadow is now a strapping big boy, taller, and heavier built than Ali. But my darling brave fearless girl is still determinedly top dog. Her coat is full, soft, and shining with health. I have to admit that she still bolts her meals, but that desperate hunger resides only in my memory. We both sleep through most nights. Nowadays, it’s me who needs to get up, not her. And she’s happy. Bright eyed and bushy tailed. She’s beside me now, cuddling up on the sofa, making typing very difficult.

Even I forget she’s ill. It’s just part of my routine to give her meds with her breakfast, quick, easy, and not a big deal at all. Her monthly shot is now routine. Collar off the night before. Draw up her meds into the syringe while she’s elsewhere, and then quickly give it to her while she’s enjoying her breakfast. But let her get sick, with anything, and I’m immediately that anxious A-dog mom again. Some things never change!

Ali - Shirley C.
Aṣoju Addison ká
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Simba a bi lori Feb 23, 2007. He was trained as a Service Dog for an autistic boy and was loved very much by his “brother.” Just before his 2nd birthday, o si ṣubu lulẹ diẹ ninu awọn pẹtẹẹsì. O si pari soke ni awọn oniwosan ẹranko, se apejuwe bi lalailopinpin ṣíṣú ati ki o lagbara lati rin. Bloodwork yori si kan okunfa ti "presumptive Addison ká" (ko si ACTH igbeyewo). O si ni a fun kan shot ti desamẹtasone ati diẹ ninu awọn IV fifa, ki o si rán ile lati ya Florinef, "Fun 2 osu, ki o si da o si pa Prednisone lori ọwọ ti o ba ti o bẹrẹ lati jamba ni ile. "rẹ egbogi faili Say bi a ibanuje itan. Ni Kọkànlá Oṣù ti 2010, o ní a "ṣee ṣe" Addisonian aawọ, pẹlu rẹ potasiomu ni 5.6 (ibiti soke to 5.8). Simba nkqwe ní a lapapọ ti 3 rogbodiyan nigba ti akọkọ pẹlu rẹ ebi, ati ki o si jiya kan 4th ni akoko ti tẹriba si Standard poodle gbà.

Ni awọn ọjọ ori ti 6, Simba de ni giga & bolomo toju. Awọn giga ati awọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ ti Addison ká awujo iranwo lati gba Simba lori ọtun ona, yi pada u lati Florinef lati Percorten ati ki o ti bere lori nigbamii ti alakoso ti aye re, ti o jẹ Elo dùn gan-an!

Keith ati ki o mo won nwa fun kan sibling fun wa Odò, ti o Egba ko ni fẹ jije ẹya "nikan aja". Mo ti a ti wọnyí kan pupo ti awọn aja wa ni giga, ati ki o si Simba han. O si wà bi a oniye ti odò ni irisi, nikan ani diẹ lẹwa. Mo ti o kan ko le gba oju mi ​​si pa yi ẹlẹwà ọmọkunrin. A ti o kan sọnu 2 aja ni kan tọkọtaya ti odun, ọkan lati akàn, awọn miiran nitori ilolu lati inoperable ọpọ ẹdọ shunts. Mi olubasọrọ ni giga gbiyanju lati ba sọrọ mi kuro lati Simba, wipe a ti tọ si ọkan pẹlu ko si oran, sugbon bakan a ro a wà ni ọtun awon eniyan fun Simba ati awọn ti o wà ọtun fun wa. Simba de si ni wa ebi lori Oṣù 23, 2013, ko gun lẹhin rẹ 6th ojo ibi, pẹlu ẹya akojọpọ oriṣiriṣi ti spreadsheets, ìşọmọbí, ati awọn itọsọna. Mi ori ti nyi. Mo ti mọ nkankan nipa Addison ká, ayafi ti o je a gan idẹruba ọrọ. Re bolomo iya, Katey, fidani mi pe a yoo ni rẹ ni kikun support pẹlú pẹlu ti o ti Addison ká awujo. Mo ti darapo a support egbe iṣẹtọ ni kiakia sugbon duro igba die ki o to ìrú. Jije a itiju eniyan, o je soro lati sọrọ jade lọ si kan ìdìpọ alejo, paapa ti o ba nwọn wà nikan online. Daradara, o wà ni ti o dara ju ohun ti mo ti ṣe. Fun Simba, o dara nitori ti mo ni ese iranlọwọ awọn olugbagbọ pẹlu rẹ, ati fun mi ni o dara - Mo ti ṣe ọpọlọpọ titun niyelori ọrẹ, eniyan pẹlu ẹniti mo ti ni ohun kan ninu wọpọ - a fẹràn gbogbo wa Addison ká aja. Simba ti "o siwaju" gbogbo lori awọn continent ati paapa ninu awọn UK, ki o si wá pẹlu awọn ara rẹ akojọpọ awọn admirers, ati Keith ati ki o mo fi yọ sinu awọn ẹgbẹ pẹlu rẹ.

Ni opin ti Oṣù 2013, o kan 3 osu lẹhin ti a gba rẹ, Simba be jade ti Keith ká ikoledanu ni awọn gareji ati ki o bu rẹ ẹsẹ. Ohun ti tókàn fun yi Darling ọmọkunrin! O je kan pupọ buburu Bireki o si pari soke pẹlu kan irin awo ninu rẹ apá plus waya ti a we gbogbo ni ayika rẹ ọwọ. A ni won so fun wipe o je kan 90% anfani ti o wà akàn, ki won ti pese sile fun ṣee ṣe amputation atẹle nipa chemo itọju. Simba je orire ki o si dada sinu awọn 10% ko! O si wà iru kan trooper pẹlu rẹ splint o si wọ re "Bonnet,"Ati ki o si se nigbati o ti larada, ní lati lọ pada 6 osu nigbamii lati ti awọn awo kuro.

Ki a wa ni bọ soke to 2 years niwon a gba Simba - o ti wa iru kan ayọ. O si ti wa ni "ara rẹ eniyan,"Ko fẹ miiran aja. O si ni a loner, ati ki o ti wa ni "lo intolerant." rẹ akojọ ti awọn meds ti fere mọ - lẹẹkan daradara medicated, išaaju ara oran mọ, shedding duro. Simba ti wo miiran awọn aja mu sugbon ko gan kẹkọọ bi o lati kopa nigbati o si wà kékeré. O si fi soke kan pupo ti rẹ "fun odo" nipa jije ohun Rudurudu Service AjA, ati nipa jije ki gan aisan. Ṣugbọn re akoko ti de - o ni o ni ohun 8th ojo ibi nipa lati ṣẹlẹ - ati ki o ni o ni a Mama & Baba tí ó fẹràn rẹ feran ati ki o yoo se ohunkohun fun un, a arakunrin Odò ti o gbadun nini u nibi, ati ki o kan titun arabinrin Pinot ti o ti ko oyimbo gbagbe pe o kigbe ni rẹ ni akọkọ ọjọ o wà nibi, ṣugbọn o n loosening soke. Simba tumo si "Prince" ati awọn ti o ni ohun tí ó jẹ!

Pinot jẹ kan Cocker spaniel / mini poodle illa, bi lori May 4, 2009. O ti gbé fun 5 years ni a ebi ti eyi ti mo ti mọ ohunkohun. Sugbon o kan ki o to rẹ 5^th ọjọ ìbí, o ti mu si pajawiri iwosan pẹlu ito blockage ati ni kete ti nwọn ni rẹ lagbara to, o ní a ito cystoscopy. O ti a rán ile sugbon pada ni ọjọ kan tabi meji ni aawọ. Awọn oniwosan ẹranko fe lati se idanwo fun Addison ká sugbon nipa ki o si rẹ ebi ti ami wọn kikan ojuami ati ki o beere pe o wa ni fi si orun. Awọn oniwosan ẹranko idayatọ lati ni rẹ surrendered si i ati ki o a ayẹwo pẹlu ohun ACTH ni ibẹrẹ ti May. O ki o si gbé fun awọn tókàn 4 osu ninu awọn iwosan. A wà ni iwosan pẹlu odò ọjọ kan ati ki nwọn sọ fún wa nípa Pinot o si mu u ni lati pade wa. O didi in, bounced soke lori ibujoko, ati ki o kan ko le ṣe akoso rẹ agbara. O je kan rogodo ti fluff ati cuteness. Gbigbe pẹlú, Omo ere (Standard Poodles Ni nilo) mu Iṣakoso rẹ ati Keith ati ki o mo fostered rẹ. Pinot jẹ o wu ni lori! Rẹ akọkọ ọjọ, o gangan latched pẹlẹpẹlẹ awọn mejeeji Keith & River, ati ki o si oni yi ti won ba wa mejeji akọkọ rẹ squeezes. Ni awọn iwosan, nwọn ti a ti fun un 1.0 miligiramu ti Prednisone gbogbo ọjọ ati ki o ti ni oṣuwọn nipa 14 poun. Nítorí, Pinot ní àìdá incontinence isoro. A sise ni sokale rẹ p sugbon paapa nigbati o wà si isalẹ lati 0.2mg, o ti tun ńjò. A gbiyanju fifun rẹ Propalin (Makirowefu) pẹlu nikan diẹ ninu awọn aseyori. Sugbon ni kete ti o bere si mu Stilbestrol (Des) ojoojumọ, o ti wa ni patapata gbẹ.

O le fojuinu wipe omo ere ti a ko pato rọ si pa ẹsẹ wọn pẹlu eniyan ti o fe lati gba yi Egba Darling ẹdá. Diẹ ninu awọn wà nife to lati ko eko nipa Addison ká & ro rẹ, ṣugbọn awọn ńjò je kan ti yio se fifọ. Gbogbo awọn akoko, Mo ti a ti kikọ nipa bi àgbàyanu o wà, Mo ti a ti ja bo siwaju ati siwaju sii ni ife pẹlu rẹ ara mi. A yoo wa ni gbigbe Kó eyi ti yoo beere a 7 ọjọ opopona irin ajo ati niwon a tẹlẹ ní 2 boṣewa poodles, a ko ro a le gba a 3^rd. A nipari pinnu lati "apakan ti o" - Pinot wà jina ju pataki lati jẹ ki ẹnikẹni ẹlòmíràn gbadun rẹ. O je ti pẹlu wa, ati awọn ti a wa pẹlu rẹ. Ati Yato si, bawo le ani a ro ti mu kuro lati rẹ River! Nítorí, lori Oṣu kejila. 21, 2014, Pinot di tiwa lailai. O ni iru a didùn. O ọwọ o kan slipper nigbati o ba wa ni, biotilejepe o le ko jẹ tirẹ, ṣugbọn o ti wa ni gbekalẹ pẹlu iru kan Darling Bum wiggle ti o kan ni lati mu o lonakona. O ti wa ni mo mowonlara lati squeaky nkan isere - awọn tobi ati awọn squeakier awọn dara - yi jẹ ẹya afẹsodi ti o mọlẹbi pẹlu River ati awọn ti won se ni kan diẹ squabbles lori awọn ti "ti o dara ju" ọkan. Pinot ti gbà wa ọkàn ati ki o yoo pa wọn lailai.

 

Klara a bi lori 12th ti August 2009. O je nigbagbogbo kan cheerful ati ki o iwunlere puppy, a tomboy pẹlu kan nla iwariiri fun ohun gbogbo titun. Ayipada wá lẹhin rẹ akọkọ ooru. O si di a picky ọjẹun, eyi ti Mo ro ti a jẹmọ si hormonal ayipada. O si di idakẹjẹ ati reacted aggressively nigbati awọn aja wá ju sunmọ, ani rẹ ti o dara ju aja awon ore. Awọn dudu onírun lori rẹ niwaju ese wa ni tan-grẹy.

Nigbana ni lẹẹkansi wà gun akoko nigbati ohun gbogbo dabi enipe lati wa ni dara. Kò pẹ lẹyìn rẹ 3rd ojo ibi, ohun gbogbo worsened. O ní kan gan buburu eti ikolu pẹlu olona-sooro kokoro arun. Lati gba awọn iredodo dari, awọn eti canals won ti mọtoto labẹ gbogbo akuniloorun. Awọn Eya bẹrẹ. O bere lati kọ rẹ ounje. Ma, o jẹ ohunkohun fun 3 ọjọ. Ma, o ní gbuuru tabi pọ. Ni desperation, a bere lati awada pe laipe a yoo gba wa ara ẹnu ni iwosan. Awọn eti ikolu a si tun nfa wahala ati Klara ni rẹ keji eti ninu labẹ gbogbo akuniloorun.

Nibayi, o leralera ní gbuuru, eebi, ati àìrígbẹyà. A lo keresimesi ati odun titun ká Efa ni iwosan. Igbeyewo fun parasites wà odi. Awọn bloodwork je o tayọ. Awọn eti ikolu ń bọ pada.

Igba otutu 2012/2013, a ní iyanu ojo. Ọpọlọpọ ti egbon ati oorun. Mi aja ni ife egbon ati Klara wo eran ara rẹ nipasẹ awọn egbon. O ko ni fun. O le ri pe o ti ko ṣe daradara. Ọpọlọpọ ninu awọn akoko ó sùn. Awọn vets ri ti ko si fa.

Ni Kínní 2013, o wà ani buru. Gbuuru, eebi, o dabi enipe lati wa ni irora, kọ rẹ ounje, ṣugbọn mu ọpọlọpọ omi ti. Awọn vets wi, "A o yẹ ki o duro. O le jẹ nitori ti ooru rẹ. "Ní ọjọ kejì nigbati mo wá si ile, Mo ní kan ajeji inú – nkankan lọ gan ti ko tọ si nibi. Mo ti lé tún si ile iwosan ati awọn oniwosan ẹranko fe lati rán mi kuro, “A can't ri ohunkohun. Mo ro pe o ni ooru rẹ!”

Yi je ju Elo. Mo ti wà binu si beere siwaju iwadi. “Nkankan ti ko tọ si ni pẹlu Klara. Mo ti yoo ko lọ!! Ṣe rẹ job!” Nwọn si ṣe kan pipe ẹjẹ igbeyewo ati ki o si, awọn vets wà gidigidi níbi. Rẹ potasiomu wà 7.6 ni a ibiti o ti le 3.5-5.8. Rẹ soda wà 139 ni a ibiti o ti le 144-160. Awọn bloodwork so fun wa aye re wà ninu ewu. O ti a patapata dehydrated. Níkẹyìn, nwọn si wò fun awọn fa. Ti oloro, kidirin olutirasandi, leptospirosis. O ni a fun ohun IV pẹlu idapo baagi. Mo ti le gba Klara ile. A lọ ni gbogbo ọjọ si iwosan ati ki nwọn si ṣe siwaju sii igbeyewo. Nwọn si sọ ti kidirin ikuna ṣugbọn ri ti ko si fa. Klara ká ẹjẹ iye won ti o waye nikan nipasẹ awọn infusions sugbon ani ti ko ran Elo. Awọn ẹjẹ iye wà buru. Fun ọjọ, o ti agbara je, sugbon o padanu siwaju ati siwaju sii àdánù. O ti ya si ICU ati awọn ti a ni won pese sile lati padanu rẹ. Awọn vets wi ti won fe lati se idanwo kan kẹhin ohun. Nwọn si so wipe o le jẹ Addison's Arun ati ki o fe lati se igbeyewo ACTH. Awọn fa a ti se awari. Klara ní Addison ká ati itoju ti a bere. Awọn ọjọ kejì, Mo ti le gba rẹ ile.

O pada ni kiakia ati ohun gbogbo dabi enipe lati wa ni itanran. Sibẹsibẹ, o je ko lagbara bi bi ni ilera aja. Ti o ni idi ti mo ti sọ Switched lati Florinef lati Percorten.

Pẹlu iranlọwọ ti awọn ẹgbẹ, a sise lati ri Klara's ti o dara ju iwọn lilo. Bayi, o wọn 27 kg ati gba 0.40ml ti Percorten gbogbo 28 ọjọ ati 1mg ti Prednisone ojoojumo. Fun mi, o jẹ bi a iyanu lati ri bi o gbadun aye re laisi eyikeyi awọn ihamọ. Bayi, fere 2 years nigbamii, Klara kan lara dara ju lailai. Yi pada si Percorten a ti o dara ju ipinnu lailai. Klaraismentallybalanced,cheerful, bold, àti onígboyà. Ati lẹhin pẹlú ọjọ ni iṣẹ(o ni mi Iranlọwọ olukọni, Emi li a aja olukọni) o si tun ti agbara sosi lati mu ayọ ni kikun pẹlu rẹ arakunrin ati ki o mi!

Emi ni Annet ati ki o Mo n gbe ni The Netherlands. A ni 4 aja, meji English Cocker Spaniels, a Boomer ati ki o kan Belijiomu Griffon. Ọkan ninu awọn cockers – orukọ rẹ ni Flip ati awọn ti o jẹ 4 ọdun atijọ – ni o ni Addison ká niwon April 2014.

O si mu toonu ti omi ati ki o je rẹ kò moriwu ara fun kan diẹ ọsẹ. Nítorí náà, nigbati awọn ajá ni lati ni won lododun Asokagba, Mo beere ti o ba ti oniwosan le ṣayẹwo rẹ lapapọ bloodwork, nitoriti o ko daradara. Nigba ti a ba ni ile, Isipade mọ labẹ awọn tabili ati ki o gbé ibẹ, o ko paapaa wá jade fun a itọju. Ati awọn ti o jẹ nkan ti o wa ni patapata NOT Flip…. After a few hours the vet called and said that his potassium was dangerously high and his sodium very low. So he said I suspect he has Addison’s disease. After travelling in ‘Addison’s world’ for almost a year now, I know that my vet did wonderful by diagnosing it this early! He wanted to confirm with the ACTH test, but it turned out that the test was not available in Holland at that time, not at a vet nor at a veterianarian school! So Flip was never definitively diagnoses with the ACTH test because it simply wasn’t possible. He got fludrocortisone and hydrocortisone and after a little while in ‘Addison World’ I weaned him off of the hydrocortisone completely. Awọn Dutch Ilana fun Addison ni 'Fludrocortisone ati ki o ga iwọn lilo ti hydrocortisone fun awọn iyokù ti awọn aja aye'. Mi oniwosan wi Dara lati wean i si pa awọn agbara omi, sugbon lehin ti o si wi fun mi pe o bẹru ti o, nitori ti yi bèèrè. Addison ká jẹ ti awọn dajudaju kan toje arun ki o jẹ ohun ti o mọ ki o si ko si bi.

Sugbon o lọ gan daradara ki Flip nikan ní fludrocortisone. Awọn nikan ohun ti o wa wipe Flip kò ṣe rẹ ti o dara ju lori o ati awọn ti a ti pari soke Siṣàtúnṣe iwọn lilo rẹ fere ni gbogbo ọsẹ meji. isipade wọn 18 kg ati awọn ti o ní 0.8175 mg fludro. O ni ju Elo glucocorticosteroids ninu rẹ gbígba, ti o wà fun daju! O si ti nigbagbogbo ti ohun ti njade aja, sugbon yi je yeye, whining nigbati o ni kekere kan bit yiya (ki nipa lilọ jade fun a rin, si sunmọ ni a itọju, si sunmọ ni ale, thinking we were going out etc), poor Flip…….
Luckily I found a person who could provide Percorten (or rather that person found me) and this resulted in a memorable event on 5 January 2015: Flip was the first dog in Holland to get an injection of Percorten!

He is doing great on it, his personality is normalising, his hair is becoming red again (instead of becoming blonder and blonder) and it is growing again.

Mo ni ife lati kọ, ṣugbọn mo ti joko nibi ranju mọ ni a òfo iboju, bẹru ti mo ti ko le ṣe Pepsi ká itan idajo. Mo ti pin yi itan pẹlu gbogbo awọn ti o ni ireti wipe o yoo ran ẹlomiran. A gba Pepsi nigbati o wà nipa 6 osu atijọ ni Kejìlá ti 2003. O je iru kan oto ati ki o iyanu aja, sugbon ni o wa ko gbogbo wọn ninu ara wọn ona pataki?

Pepsi ní a okeene deede puppy-Hood, ṣugbọn kò jiya lati diẹ ẹ sii ju şe julọ awọn aja ṣe. Lẹhin ti o wa ni tan-meta, o ni idagbasoke egbò ninu rẹ po. Lẹhin orisirisi awọn irin ajo si oniwosan ẹranko, ati ki o si yi pada vets, ki o si gbiyanju diẹ ninu awọn aṣayan die, a ni won considering abẹ lati reconstruct rẹ po. Sibẹsibẹ, o bere si lọ Igunoke ni kiakia. O ti a ọdun àdánù, gbigbọn, ati julọ ninu gbogbo awọn, Mo ti o kan mọ nkankan je ti ko tọ. A si lọ si oniwosan ẹranko lẹhin ti oniwosan ẹranko ibi ti nwọn gbogbo dismissed mi wipe o je "kan si sunmọ ni agbalagba ki o si farabalẹ si isalẹ." Nipa akoko yi ni mo ti ní rẹ ni oniwosan ẹranko ká ọfiisi gbogbo ose fun osu. A koda gbiyanju yi pada vets a tọkọtaya igba. Rẹ agbara ti a diminishing ni kiakia. Laipe, o ko le ani rìn jade ninu awọn àgbàlá lai nini lati dubulẹ isalẹ ki o si ya fi opin si. O ti a ti nini wahala nini a ifun ronu. Mo ti mu u lọ si oniwosan ẹranko ká ọfiisi lẹẹkansi, ni ibi ti nwọn ayẹwo rẹ pẹlu colitis. A ni ile, ki o si o ko le gba jade ti awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ.

Mo ti mọ eyi je o, ki Mo ti o kan ni pada ni awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ ati ki o lé si Chicago - awọn ńlá ilu. Laarin 10 iṣẹju ti wa titẹ awọn pajawiri iwosan ni Chicago, o ti alakoko ayẹwo pẹlu Addison ká Arun, ati ki o Mo ti so fun o jasi yoo ko ba ti se o miran night lai itọju. O si duro nibẹ 3 tabi 4 ọjọ nigba ti won ni fifa soke rẹ, ati awọn agbara rẹ pada. O ti ohun ACTH igbeyewo ṣe lati jẹrisi rẹ Addison ká Arun. Bi relieved bi mo ti wà lati mu rẹ soke lati iwosan, Mo ti a ti tun devastated lati ko eko pé rẹ itọju yoo na fere $400 a osù. Mo ti ko ni agutan bawo ni mo ti a ti lọ si irewesi o, ṣugbọn a ni won lilọ si ero jade kan ọna.

Ti o ni nigbati mo bere si iwadi ara mi, ati ki o ri a K-9 Addison ká ẹgbẹ ti mo ti je Pepsi ká aye si. Nwọn ràn mi ye awọn arun, bi o si ọgbufọ rẹ igbeyewo, ati ki o gba rẹ lori ọtun iwọn lilo ti oogun. Lẹhinna, a ko wò pada.

Ni afikun si 1.4 milimita ti Percorten-V gbogbo 28 ọjọ ati 1 miligiramu ti Prednisone ojoojumo, Pepsi tun mu orisirisi awọn afikun. O pari soke ngbe 7 diẹ iyanu years lori awọn ti o tọ abere ti rẹ oogun ti, bi o ti le je pe, nikan na mi kere ju $80.00 fun osu. Pepsi ti gbé lati wa ni 11 ½ ọdun atijọ, ti o jẹ lẹwa nla fun a 130 iwon aja. Pepsi kú ti akàn ni ọjọ ki o to Thanksgiving ni 2014.

Ngba a okunfa ti Addison ká Arun le jẹ idẹruba ati ki o dẹruba, ṣugbọn Pepsi je ẹri ti o le gbe kan dun ti o nilari aye pẹlu awọn ti o tọ oogun. Nitori ti Pepsi, gbogbo eniyan ti o bà rẹ kẹkọọ ki Elo nipa aye ati ife ati ore. O yoo wa ni gidigidi padanu.

 

Valentino wá sinu aye mi ni Feb 2007 nígbà tí ó di mi bolomo lẹhin kan sunmọ ipe ni kan to ga pa koseemani. O si je idaji wakati kan lati ni euthanized. O si je ohun emaciated fi sile sonu julọ ti irun rẹ lori rẹ mejeji (rẹ ara je kan imọlẹ danmeremere Pink!) ati ki o kan rinhoho ti bilondi irun bi a Mohawk si isalẹ rẹ pada, iwọn ti awọ 30lb – o jẹ bayi kan ni ilera 55lb. O gba to 3 osu lati mu pada fun u lati ilera, ki o si jèrè àdánù. Nipa ti akoko, Mo ti di a bolomo ikuna, ati Valentino wà gbogbo mi! O si sùn julọ ti awon ti akọkọ 3 osu laarin awọn ounjẹ ati ti lọ potty ṣaaju ki o dabi enipe si ti pada. O si bere si nini àpẹẹrẹ ti lethargy, aini ti agbara ati ailagbara lati gba ni / jade ti awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ fun tọkọtaya kan ti osu ati nigba ti o ko padanu rẹ yanilenu patapata, ti o ti bere kíkó ni onjẹ rẹ gbiyanju lati je, Mo ti mọ nkankan ti ko tọ, ṣugbọn wa oniwosan ẹranko ni akoko (awọn ti o kẹhin akoko!) dismissed rẹ ihuwasi bi “anesitetiki jade”. Nigbana ni o lule ni Oṣu kejila 2007 ati awọn wa ìrìn àjò pẹlu Addison ká Arun bẹrẹ. Re oniwosan ẹranko le ko “dada” Valentino ni fun miiran ọsẹ ati awọn ti a si lọ si kan ore oniwosan ẹranko ti o isakoso lati fi ipele ti wa ni. O soro lati mọ ti o ba ti rẹ AD le ti yiyọ ati rẹwẹsì saju bi o ti ti ki aisan nigbati mo akọkọ ni i. Re Collapse wà lori Oṣu kejila 19, o lo 2 ọjọ ni Okan nigboro iwosan, ati nipa Oṣu kejila 25, ro daradara to lati gbiyanju lati abscond pẹlu awọn keresimesi pepeye ti a ti omi ẹran na ni ibi idana rii – Oriire o ti nabbed en flagrante ati awọn pepeye si ye lati wa ni yoo wa fun keresimesi ale bi ti a ti pinnu!

Valentino ti a bere lori Florinef / compounded fludrocortisone ni .4mg (kekere ju niyanju fun re àdánù) ati 2.5mg Prednisone ni 12/07 – ṣugbọn rẹ electrolytes wà pipe (!) fun odun kan. Lẹhin odun kan, electrolytes rẹ lọ jade ti Iṣakoso, ati awọn ti o ní osẹ posi ninu rẹ Florinef, titi o de ni 2mg ṣugbọn rẹ electrolytes wà ṣi ko labẹ Iṣakoso.

A ri kan oniwosan ẹranko 1.5 wakati kuro ti o je setan lati ṣiṣẹ pẹlu awọn wa ki o si bẹrẹ Valentino ni 1.8ml, eyi ti a ti kà awọn “kekere iwọn lilo” ni 2009, bošewa iwọn lilo je kan bit lori 2ml (Mo ranti lerongba Emi yoo ko paapaa gba 2 abere jade ninu kọọkan vial ni a oṣooṣu iye owo ti nipa $100 o kan fun awọn Percorten-V!) Lori awọn ọdun, a laiyara dinku nipa 10-20% ni akoko kan. A bere ni 1.8ml ni 7/09 ki o si ko paapaa gba lati 1ml digba 9/10, .75milimita in 6/11, .5milimita in 10/13, lọwọlọwọ .4ml ni 9/14. A wà gbogbo kan Pupo diẹ Konsafetifu pada ki o si ki o si a ko ni to Alaye lori lilọ si kekere ti abere………ayafi nipasẹ awọn iriri ti awọn miiran awọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ ti awọn ẹgbẹ. O je gbogbo awọn titun agbegbe! Ti o ba ti kekere iwọn lilo iwadi ti wa ni 2009, a le ti bere ni .95ml ati ki o rà a si Valentino ká ni asuwon ti munadoko iwọn lilo ti Elo Gere ti o si ti o ti fipamọ kan pupo ti owo lori Percorten-V ati oṣooṣu electrolytes igbeyewo bi a ajeseku. Emi ko le sọ to nipa awọn iyato di lori kekere abere ti ṣe ni bi Valentino kan lara jakejado oṣù pẹlu rẹ electrolytes ihin lẹwa sunmo si aarin-ibiti o laarin abere. O si lo years ṣe “ok” – mopey, ṣíṣú fun 2 ọsẹ lẹhin kọọkan shot, rilara kekere kan diẹ perky nipa ọsẹ kan ki o to re tókàn shot je nitori, ki o si rilara ṣíṣú lẹẹkansi nigbati o ni miran shot – ṣugbọn nisisiyi o ti n ṣe “nla” gbogbo osù gun lori kan Elo kekere iwọn lilo ti Percorten-V! Pẹlú pẹlu awọn julọ to šẹšẹ Percorten-V idinku, Mo ti sọ tun ti ni anfani lati din rẹ Prednisone lati .5mg – o si fẹ a ti nràbaba loju laarin .75mg ni igba otutu lati 1.25mg ninu ooru fun years. We have also switched to liquid Prednisolone as his liver enzymes became elevated and he was shedding a lot……….

PS – Valentino ká ipo bi a aisan, aifẹ fi sile wà ni awokose fun mi jin ifaramo ati ilowosi ninu eranko iranlọwọ ni oran ni San Antonio! Bawo ni ọpọlọpọ awọn aja o kan bi Valentino ti kú nitori nibẹ wà ko si ọkan lati Akobaratan soke fun wọn niwaju awọn dandan 72 HR fi sile idaduro akoko pari?

 

Awọn giga ti gbogbo awọn pups spayed tabi neutered ṣaaju ki o to ni ya ile. Argus a neutered ni meji osu atijọ, ati awọn ti a mu u ile nigbamii ti ọjọ. Ọjọ meji nigbamii ti o si wà yinyin tutu ati ki o shivering gan lile. A ti wo rẹ lila Aaye fun awọn ami ti ikolu ati ki o we i ni márún lati gbiyanju lati dara ya fun u. Ti o Friday a si mu u sinu oniwosan ẹranko ti o ti ṣe ni abẹ (45 iṣẹju kuro). Awọn oniwosan ẹranko so wipe o ti nini kan lenu si abẹ ati ki o yoo jẹ itanran. O si fun u a shot ati ki o fà mi diẹ ninu awọn ìşọmọbí lati fun fun awọn tókàn diẹ ọjọ. Nipa awọn wọnyi owurọ, o si wà Elo dara. A si lọ lati ri ara wa oniwosan ẹranko fun awọn ti titun puppy ayẹwo. Nwọn si lẹsẹkẹsẹ mu kuro àwọn ìşọmọbí ti a ni won fi fun o si wi kan puppy yẹ ki o ko wa fun wọnyi. Emi ko ranti ohun ti ìşọmọbí wà, ṣugbọn awọn shot je desamẹtasone ati ki o Mo bayi gbagbo pe ni ohun ti fà u jade ti ohun ti a ti ṣẹlẹ.

O si wà kan gan o yatọ akosile ajojopo ti ju eyikeyi ti a ti sọ ní niwaju rẹ. O si wà Elo mellower ju eyikeyi akosile ajojopo ti mo ti lailai mọ. Nwa pada, o jẹ ko o ti fifi ami ti re Addison ká lati ọjọ ọkan. O si waxed o si Ifeinu fun fere odun meji. Nigba akoko yi, ti a ti padanu rẹ "nla arakunrin,"Fostered meji awọn ọmọ aja fun tọkọtaya ti ọsẹ kọọkan, ati ki o si mu miran puppy sinu ile wa. Lori Kejìlá 6, 2010, Argus jáwọ nínú njẹ. Kọọkan ọjọ progressed si miran aisan (hind opin ailera, shivering, yinyin tutu, bbl). Wa oniwosan ẹranko so wipe o je kokoro arun ninu rẹ tummy – o yoo si gba lori o - ifunni u boiled iresi (ko si igbeyewo ti won ṣiṣe awọn). A tọkọtaya ọjọ nigbamii, a si lọ si kan yatọ si oniwosan ẹranko ti o wi rẹ ara ti wa ni shutting isalẹ ki o si ti o ti n ku – jẹ ki u lọ!!!! Bi mo ti gbe Argus, draped lori apá mi si kẹta oniwosan ẹranko, Mo ro Emi yoo ko mu u ile. Awọn oniwosan ẹranko fun u fifa ati ki o ran a ẹjẹ igbeyewo, otita igbeyewo, x-egungun, gbogbo iṣẹ, o si pa a nibẹ. Li oru na o ti a npe ni o si wi, “Mo ti fura nkankan ti o Mo fẹ lati se idanwo fun fun ni owuro.” Nipa ti oru o salaye gbogbo ohun si mi. O si duro lori fifa ati ki o ni rẹ akọkọ shot. Up titi aaye yi, nigba ti ọkọ mi ati ki o Mo na joko pẹlu rẹ, o fi wa kekere Esi. Awọn oniwosan ẹranko ko fẹ lati jẹ ki u lọ si ile nitori ti o si tun yoo ko je. Awọn wọnyi ọjọ, Mo ti rin ni o si so fun u Mo fe lati mu u ile. O nipari gba ti o ba ti mo ti se ileri lati mu u ni ti o ba ti mo ti ko se ariyanjiyan fun u lati jẹ ninu awọn tókàn 12 wakati. Nigbati o si mu u jade, o si be gbogbo lori wa ati awọn oniwosan ẹranko wi, “Yep, o nilo lati lọ ile!” Nítorí náà, ó laiyara wá ni ayika si njẹ ati awọn ti a ṣí keresimesi ayẹyẹ si mi arabinrin ile ati ki o wà idakẹjẹ ati ki o ṣọra pẹlu ohun gbogbo ti a ṣe. Bayi ni yi oniwosan ẹranko so fun mi lati mu u ni gbogbo 28 ọjọ rẹ shot, fun u re Prednisone gbogbo ọjọ on o si gbé a deede aye.

Argus ni 60 lbs, ati awọn ti a fi 2ml ti Percorten gbogbo 28 ọjọ fun mẹsan osu nipasẹ awọn oniwosan ẹranko tekinoloji. O si ni 5mg ti Prednisone fun tọkọtaya kan ti osu. Ni igba akọkọ ti ohun ti mo ri wà alaye lori Prednisone. A won fun o ni alẹ ati ki o Mo ri o yẹ ki o wa si sunmọ ni o ni owurọ, ki a yi pada pe. Nigbana ni mo ka ohun article nipa awọn dosing ati awọn ti a ni pe si isalẹ lati 2.5mg. Nipa oṣù kẹjọ ni mo ri pe Argus 'aye je ko deede. O si ko ni spunk. O si dabi enipe ṣíṣú. O si ní diẹ ẹ sii ti ohun aye ju kan aye! Ti o ni nigbati mo nipari ri ẹya ayelujara ti ẹgbẹ. Ẹjẹ idanwo ati awọn electrolytes - OHUN? Kò yi a a ṣe. O je akoko fun miiran shot ati ki o mo lọ si sọrọ si oniwosan ẹranko (ẹniti mo ti ko ri ni orisirisi awọn osu). O ti gbe soke ariwa lati ṣii rẹ ara iwa. Mo beere lati sọrọ si ọkan ninu awọn miiran vets. Awọn oniwosan ẹranko ti o ti o ni awọn apo so fun mi wọnyi idanwo ti wa ni ṣe lẹẹkan kan odun ati awọn iwọn lilo ti Percorten yoo nikan yi ti o ba ti yi pada rẹ àdánù ati ki o mo le ko ṣe awọn ara mi shot. O si yoo ko fetí sí ọkan ọrọ ti mo wi bẹni wo ni Alaye Mo gbiyanju lati mu fún un. Re iwa so fun mi ni mo ni lati gba lagbara ki o si bẹrẹ ṣiṣe awọn foonu awọn ipe. I foonu ibeere ọpọlọpọ awọn vets lori tókàn tọkọtaya ti ọjọ. Gbogbo wọn mọ ohun gbogbo nipa Addison ká. Ọkan oniwosan ẹranko nipari ti a npe ni mi ati ki o to mo ti le beere rẹ ohunkohun, o beere mi nigbati awọn electrolytes (“Lytes”) won kẹhin ni idanwo. Nigba ti o so fun mi pe a nilo lati ṣe wipe akọkọ lati ri ti o ba ti o wà setan fun miiran shot ati ti o ba ti o nilo lati wa ni lo sile, Mo ti mọ eyi je oniwosan ẹranko ti mo ti nilo lati gbiyanju. Lẹhin sunmọ awọn lytes esi ti oniwosan ẹranko so fun mi, "A ni a gun duro, o ni ko si iyanu ti o ti ko ro daradara, o jẹ gidigidi lori medicated. "Little kò o mọ kan bi gun ti a dè! A dán rẹ lytes lẹẹkan kan ose fun ju osu meta. O je kekere kan lori 100 ọjọ nigbati rẹ K nipari ni soke lati kan bit loke aarin-ibiti o. O bere i ni 0.5ml ni ti akoko ati fun awọn tókàn orisirisi awọn osu, ti o ti lo sile titi a ami 0.3ml. Lẹhin orisirisi awọn osu, a nilo lati mu o pada soke si 0.32ml. Pe iwọn lilo ti a ti ṣiṣẹ nla fun ọpọlọpọ osu bayi. Yi oniwosan ẹranko wà nla pẹlu awọn Percorten, ṣugbọn kò gan ro awọn Prednisone yẹ ki o wa sile. Mo beere rẹ ti o ba ti o yoo jẹ ki mi gbiyanju, mọ pe Emi yoo wo awọn awọn fun u ni pẹkipẹki, ati ki o fohun. O si ti wa ni bayi nini 1mg ojoojumo.

Ati nisisiyi, nibi ti a ba wa ni, pẹlu awọn oogun iṣapeye, ni fere 6 ọdun atijọ, a ni puppy ti o yẹ ki o ti wa ni akọkọ ibi!

 

A gba Lexie lati wa agbegbe koseemani ni Keje 2010. O ti a ni ifoju-lati wa nipa 4-5 osu atijọ ni akoko. Ọkọ mi ati ki o Mo si mu u ile lori kan “iwadii” nigba ti wa 2 ọmọbinrin wà kuro ni ooru ibudó, bi ọkọ mi ni o ni Ẹhun ati ki o nilo lati wo bi o ti yoo fesi. Daradara, Mo ti mọ ni akoko ti a ti ní Lexie ni wa itoju ti o a ko ti lọ pada si wipe koseemani – ọkọ yoo kan ni lati gbe pẹlu rẹ Ẹhun!!

Laarin ọjọ ti jije pẹlu wa, Lexie ní ohun isele ti eebi ati gbuuru, ati ki o kan isoretinu wa irin ajo si oniwosan ẹranko ibi ti o ni idanwo odi fun parvo ati awọn ti a rán ile pẹlu awọn ilana lati du ounje fun ọjọ kan ati ki o si bẹrẹ a Bland onje. O bounced pada itanran, ati lori awọn tókàn 2 years yoo lọ lori lati ni lẹẹkọọkan bouts ti eebi ati igbe gbuuru sugbon o ko dabi lati wa ni ohunkohun ju to ṣe pataki. O je dun ati ti nṣiṣe lọwọ, o si dabi enipe lati wa ni okeene ni ilera. Nigba ti orisun omi ati ooru ti 2012, a woye miiran aisan, pẹlu goopy oju, eti àkóràn, ati ara ati onírun awon oran. O bẹrẹ fifenula rẹ owo excessively, si ojuami ti rawness. Awọn Ìyọnu oran tesiwaju ati ki o si sunmọ ni won buru. O fatigued ni rọọrun pẹlu idaraya ati ki o yoo sun ni nigba ti Ọjọ, ko paapaa àtọjú-to gba soke lati je aro. Ọkan Satidee ni ibẹrẹ Kejìlá, 2012, a lọ ni agbegbe keresimesi Itolẹsẹ ati ki o si ṣe kan ibewo si aja o duro si ibikan. Lexie o kan gbe nibẹ bi miiran aja wá ni ayika ati ki o sniffed ni rẹ – ki ko Lexie. Nigbamii ti o aṣalẹ, Mo ti ṣe ohun lẹhin-wakati ibewo si oniwosan ẹranko pẹlu rẹ, bi o ti gbigbọn ati ki o smelled funny (bi amonia). Awọn oniwosan ẹranko ayewo rẹ ati ki o ko ri ohun kedere ti ibakcdun, o si wi lati wa si pada ọjọ kejì fun bloodwork ti o ba ti o dabi enipe lati wa ni si sunmọ ni buru. Daradara, pe alẹ wà oburewa, pẹlu gbigbọn Lexie ni ẹsẹ mi bi a ti gbiyanju lati sun. Back to oniwosan ẹranko ọjọ kejì fun bloodwork. A dupe, mi oniwosan ẹranko fura si Addison ká nigbati o si ri bloodwork. Nipa akoko yi, Lexie wà gan aisan ati awọn ti a gba eleyi si iwosan fun fifa ati awọn ACTH igbeyewo, eyi ti wá pada rere.

Kíkó Lexie soke lati mu ile rẹ je ohun iyanu, ẹdun akoko, bi o ran si wa pẹlu iru idunu ati nibẹ je ko kan gbẹ oju ninu awọn oniwosan ẹranko iwosan!! Nipa akoko yi, Mo ti ri iranlọwọ nipasẹ awọn online Addison ká awujo ati ki o ní nla kan oniwosan ẹranko ti o je setan lati gbiyanju nkankan titun – Low iwọn lilo Percorten. Loni, Lexie ni 70 lbs ati ki o gba to 0.4 milimita ti Percorten, pẹlú pẹlu rẹ ojoojumọ iwọn lilo ti Prednisone.

Mo gbagbo pe Lexie wá sinu aye mi fun idi kan. Gbe ni ti koseemani yoo ti túmọ awọn iku fun u, Mo wa gbagbọ, ati awọn wa ebi ni anfani lati pese rẹ pẹlu awọn pataki itoju o nilo. Nitori ti rẹ, Mo ni titun “ọrẹ” gbogbo agbala aye. Mo ti le nitootọ sọ pé Lexie ti kò ti dara – Addison ká okunfa wà nipa ti ko si tumo si a iku gbolohun, sugbon dipo je titun kan ya lori aye!!

 

Mo ti gba Dharma lati county koseemani nigbati o wà 8 ọsẹ atijọ. O je ọkan ninu awọn 7 awọn ọmọ aja, ngbe ni a bolomo ile. Mo ti daruko rẹ fun u pensive iseda; oju rẹ reflected jin omi. Mo ti igba awada o ni o ni kan eniyan nikan a le iya nifẹ; o jẹ o kan bẹ ... hun, odd. O ni idakeji ti ohun gbogbo stereotypically aja. Nigbati o wà 5 ọdun atijọ, Mo ti wá ile lati iṣẹ, lori a Wednesday, lati ri 7 vomits, ati 4 diarrheas. Mo ti mu u lọ si oniwosan ẹranko awọn tókàn owurọ. Lori tókàn 3 ọsẹ(ati awọn diẹ ọgọrun dọla), mi oniwosan ẹranko ti 10+ years sure ẹjẹ idanwo ati, be, rán wa ile pẹlu kan okunfa ti akàn (da lori "25 years ti vetting"), a igo ti 20mg prednisone-kóró, ati ki o kan agbọrandun Pat lori ori. Mo ti lọ fun a 2nd ero. Meji ọsẹ ati awọn orisirisi awọn ọgọrun dọla (diẹ) nigbamii, a gbe ni kan iwosan ni kikun ti ojogbon. Lẹhin ti ise, lori a Wednesday night, Nwọn si ṣe kan sonogram. Ṣi ko si idahun; bi awọn "iwé" yoo wa ni awọn ọjọ kejì. Ẹnikan mẹnuba HIV fun Addison ká (fun miiran $250). Awọn sonogram je $500+, ati ki o Mo gba, Mo wà ni mi yeye ká opin, iyalẹnu bi mo ti le pa san fun ailopin igbeyewo pẹlu ko si idahun. Mo ti sọ fún wọn ni mo fe sun lori o, ati ki o duro fun siwaju itumọ ti sonogram, nigbamii ti ọjọ.

Awọn wọnyi owurọ, ni 4:20 a.m., Mo ro ohun odd aibale okan lori mi ọrun. O je Dharma ká ìmí, ti awọ. Ori rẹ si wà lori mi ejika, ati awọn ti o si mu mi kan bit lati mọ wipe rẹ mimi wà lagbara ati ki o aiki. Lojiji, Mo ti mo rẹ ara ti a contorted horribly, bi a pretzel. Oju rẹ wà patapata òfo. Mo ti be jade ti ibusun, aṣọ lori aṣọ, scooped rẹ soke pẹlu kan ibora, o si sure si awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ. Mo ti raced kọja ilu, si ibi ti a fẹ wa ni alẹ ṣaaju ki o to. A dupe, Mo ti fẹ sele lati se akiyesi nwọn wà a 24 wakati apo. Mo ti ṣe awọn 45 iseju irin ajo ni 25. Bi mo ti sprinted nipasẹ awọn ẹnu-ọna pẹlu Dharma ni apá mi, ọkàn rẹ duro. Ati ki ṣe rẹ mimi. Mo ti fi i si baalu o si wi, "Jọwọ ran rẹ".

Awọn pajawiri oniwosan ẹranko lori ojuse ošišẹ ti a iyanu, o si mu Dharma pada si aye, laisi eyikeyi yẹ bibajẹ. Sugbon a si tun kò mọ ohun ti o wà pẹlu rẹ ti ko tọ. Awọn ACTH igbeyewo ti a ṣe, ṣugbọn awọn esi ti o ti yoo gba 24 wakati. Nwọn kò si daju o yoo ṣiṣe ti o gun. Nwọn si ṣe exploratory abẹ, da lori ohun ti won ri ninu awọn sonogram. Nwọn si fura si a blockage. Gbogbo nwọn si ri wà abnormally kekere oje keekeke ti. Emi ko mo bi o si ye ni abẹ. Meji iyanu ni ojo kan.

Itele, a duro. Mo ti a ti so fun wipe, ti o ba ti je ko Addison ká, ki o si nibẹ wà fere ohunkohun ti won le ṣe, bi a fẹ tẹlẹ ni idanwo fun, ki o si surgically wá fun, gbogbo ṣugbọn awọn julọ ibitiopamo.

Awọn ọjọ kejì, nigbati mo ni awọn ipe sọ fún mi o wà, ni pato, Addison ká arun, Mo ti kigbe uncontrollable dun omije. Ni akoko ti, gbogbo ti awọn wahala ati anguish ti wa bari fo lori mi ni a ikun omi ti iderun. O je nipari lori. A nipari ní ohun idahun.

Mo ti sọ niwon ṣe àyẹwò lórí ti ọkọọkan ti awọn iṣẹlẹ. Awọn were iye ti owo ti o ma je lati gba lati awọn okunfa (jẹ ki ká kan sọ ik tally wà diẹ ẹ sii ju Mo ti lo lori mi ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ) jẹ to lati fa ẹnikẹni lati fi irisi. Mi nikan banuje ni oburewa ijiya ti Dharma fara da. Mi nikan ipenija ti wa ni dariji atilẹba oniwosan ẹranko fun fifiranṣẹ wa si isalẹ ti ona. Yi iriri kọwa a iya ti meji po ọmọ nipa titun kan irú ti ife. Ọkan ti o j'oba, ani tilẹ ti o ko ni ko dandan NÍ lati.

 

Gracie is a 10 year old 134 pound English Mastiff. Gracie was abused until she was 6 months old. At that time she then went to a loving family. Unfortunately, that life ended all too soon with the tragic accident. The husband and the child of her family were killed in an automobile accident. Gracie comforted the mother for the next 6 osu. The mother then had to move and could not take Gracie with her. This pained her so much. She looked into a rescue group.

The foster mom promised her that she would wait for the perfect family to adopt Gracie. Gracie stayed in foster for much longer than normal.

I had a mastiff who was diagnosed with Addison’s at 7 months old. She was the runt of her litter and was on death’s door when I rescued her. Once we found out she had Addison’s, she lived to 4 ½ ọdun atijọ. Her kidneys, which were never formed correctly finally gave out on her. She was my first mastiff and I fell in love with the breed despite the issues she had. I decided that I needed to rescue another one.

I found Gracie on the website of the rescue group I had started helping with. I was just drawn to her and her story. I talked to her foster mom for hours about her. We both knew that she was going to come to her forever home with me. She was several hours away so the foster mom and I met halfway.

Right away Gracie came up to me and my daughter and she leaned on my leg and sat on my foot. The lean is everything for a mastiff. If they lean on you they like you. It was love at first sight for me and my kids.
Fast forward to 7 months later, Gracie crashed and could not get up my stairs. My son carried her up and into the car and we rushed her to my wonderful vet. I will never forget that day. Gracie was on IV’s and in a kennel with me sitting on the floor next to her. My vet walked in and sat on an empty kennel. He told me that he was going to do the test for Addison’s or that she could have some type of cancer.

The next day all four of my vets came into the room and told me that she indeed did have Addison’s. One of them said he stayed up half the night looking for mastiffs with AD and there just were not too many (at that time he could find none). They told me they were sorry that I now had my second Addisonian Mastiff.

I told them I was happy that it was indeed Addison’s. I already knew Addison’s was manageable and a dog could live a full and normal life with it. I even had some meds left over from my first girl. My first girl took .8 mg of Florinef 2 times a day. We started Gracie on that dose and kept playing with it over the next year. She finally ended up on 1.5 mg Florinef 2 times per day. She has been on that dose for 7 years now.

No one can tell me that this girl was not meant to come to live with me. Her foster mom had turned down other potential adopters because of the promise she made to Gracie’s owner former owner to find the perfect family.

When Gracie was 4 she somehow got out of my yard by going under my fence. I never thought a 134 pound dog would go under my fence but she did. She got hit by a car and Animal control had to get her by the pole neck chain because she was being aggressive. My neighbor saw animal control with her and told them that she lived with me. They knocked on my door on this Sunday. They had her good side facing me so I did not know she was hit. Then they turned her and she had a deep gash in her chest. My car was in the shop and I had no way to get her to the ER vet. Animal control drove me.

I went running in the door screaming that she had Addison’s.

The vet on call was the husband of one of my vets that cared for Gracie. Gracie was on death’s doors; she went gray and limp. They dosed her with high amounts of prednisone and put in a chest tube. She had air around her lungs. Since the ER vet could talk to my vets that night, the plan was to Gracie to my vet in the AM for surgery. The ER vet was just not comfortable working on a dog with Addison’s.

The next day my wonderful, amazing vets waited until their lunch hour to do her surgery so all four of them could be in there and monitor her. Her sternum was broken and they could not do anything about that. They were able to close the wound and keep her safe. She recovered from that.

I fixed all of my fencing however, from that day forward she is very scared of cars on the roads.

About a year after that, Gracie started to gain lots of weight. My wonderful vets (have I mentioned how much I love my vets) did a thyroid test and sure enough she had low thyroid. The weight came off as soon as she was put on meds and she was back to her happy healthy self.

In 2011, tragedy struck my household. My children’s father was killed in a car accident. Gracie is the kind of dog who reads people so well. She comforted me and my children the same way she did with her first owner.
Gracie continues to be by our side whenever we are feeling down. Once again, no one can tell me that this girl was not meant to be in our lives.

About a year ago Gracie developed acute onset glaucoma and went blind in her left eye. My vets were able to shrink her eye so she would no longer be in pain. She could lose her other eye at any time, but so far the drops I put in her good eye are working.

Gracie also has chronic subcutaneous cysts all over her body. She has two that keep popping and becoming infected. She now takes antibiotics every 30 days for 10 days and that is working well. Because of her age and her Addison’s, the vets and I have chosen not to remove the cysts.

Through all of this, Gracie has always been a fighter and a champion. Nothing gets her down. My vets continue to be amazed by her.

Gracie turned 10 on Feb. 5, 2015.

No one thought she would live this long. She is still a happy girl, gets around great and is the love of my life. She is truly my heart dog.

This is more than a story of a dog with Addison’s; this is a story of a dog that was put on this earth to comfort her families though the good and the very bad times.

Addison’s is just one part of her story but it also shows that a dog with AD can live life to its fullest and get through the tough times also.

 

Kindle is a grey Belgian Shepherd (Tervueren) born in 2007. She was always (hindsight jẹ ìyanu kan ohun) a fussy puppy pẹlu ounje sugbon bibẹkọ ti deede fun igba akọkọ ọdun diẹ ti aye ati si bori mejeeji ni ajọbi show iwọn ati ki o ninu rẹ akọkọ agility idije.

ni Oṣù 2011, o bere lati han kekere kan ṣíṣú - dabi enipe itanran bibẹkọ sugbon o kan ko ni i deede drive ni ikẹkọ ati ki o wà kan kan bit idakẹjẹ. A ose nigbamii, ó tì soke kan gbogbo adie ọrun ti o ti a ti fi fun fun ale 2 oru saju ki pipa lati awọn oniwosan ti a si lọ. Nipa yi ipele rẹ idalẹnu arabinrin ti o kan a ti ayẹwo bi Aṣoju Addison ká ki ni mo ṣe awọn oniwosan mọ sugbon bi rẹ soda ati potasiomu kika wà deede, awọn oniwosan jọwọ yi seese. He did pick up an issue with her heart so we had a full heart test done which did show some anomalies in the rhythm. We were referred to the National Veterinary training facility who listened to our story and the first they did was run an ACTH test and bingo we had our answer. Kindle had Atypical Addison’s.

For the next 18 osu, she was maintained on Prednisone alone and got her drive back, continued to compete in agility and was very well indeed. We had moved cities and really fell on our feet finding a relatively young vet who had been really involved with a few Addison’s cases during his first couple of years in practice.

In the December of 2012, we were out of town at a show and she just didn’t seem “right” on the Saturday morning. We whipped her to the vet who did bloods and told me she was in full renal failure and would probably not last the night. Sibẹsibẹ, one look at her sodium and potassium levels told me she was in an Addisonian crisis and I convinced the vet that this was what was going on. It is often hard to get out of town vets to listen to you as he did not know her history and also happened not to know anything about Addison’s either. He was great, however, and went along with the mad woman who insisted he write a script for Florinef which I grabbed from the local pharmacy. He looked up starting doses and she stayed at the clinic overnight. I will always be grateful that he listened and tried for me as the prospect of driving around a strange city on a Saturday afternoon trying to find someone who knew about Addison’s really did not appeal.

He rang first thing in the morning to say that she was bouncing around the cage, had ripped out her drip line and was generally being a pain in the butt. He could not get over the difference to the very sick dog who had arrived the previous afternoon. They ended up keeping her in for 48 wakati, at the end of which I think they were well pleased to get rid of her 🙂 . She was “helping” in the kennels and getting cuddles from everyone.

Like most, I have learned a lot about the disease in the years since her diagnosis. She is now a happy, healthy, energetic, nearly 8 year old who screams around like a puppy with absolutely no side effects at all. She is the biggest gannet around food and will eat anything – we now have to be careful she doesn’t get overweight – what a difference!

She retired from agility at 7 years only because she had broken her leg as a 2 year old (she really has been my problem child) and I wanted her to stop before it caused a problem for her later on.

Her medications are just part of our everyday life and you would never know she has the disease. Her Florinef dose is pretty high but it is what it is and she is fine on it. Those out there promoting information and assistance to people with Addison’s dogs are amazing. Thank you all!

 

Skye is a beautiful Tervueren who shares her life with Denise Strom in Sweden. To save you some “googling”, a Tervueren (alternate spelling Tervuren) is a Belgian Shepherd, named after a village in Belgium. Skye now weighs 24kg (53 lb) and is 6 ọdun atijọ. She was diagnosed with Typical Addison’s just one year ago early in 2016 at the age of 5. She was treated with Florinef initially and managed very well although her sodium levels were always on the low side.

Then throughout October & November 2016 she suffered numerous bouts of bloody diarrhea. Increased doses of Florinef, up to 0.8mg daily, and extra prednisone failed to prevent recurrences. Denise joined CARE in November and presented Skye’s symptoms while asking for advice. She credits Merrie Gahr Spiekerman who asked if Skye had been checked for pancreatitis. Denise was pondering this possibility when Skye got diarrhea again and this time she could not stand up. Skye was rushed to the Emergency Clinic where they performed a “quick test” which was positive & pancreatitis was later confirmed by the specific cPLI test. Luckily, it was a mild attack. Skye received pain relief, an increase in prednisone, and most importantly, her food was changed to a low fat diet.

Denise waited two months before reporting on Skye’s progress to make sure that all went well. Since the change in diet almost 2 months prior, Skye has been healthy and stable on Florinef 0.6mg and 5mg hydrocortisone, and her electrolytes are great. Denise’s vet is reluctant to reduce the hydrocortisone at this time since Skye has been doing so well.

Skye had never had bloody diarrhea before she got Addison’s so this was one symptom that stood out. Denise wanted to tell Skye’s story because she suspects that Skye is not the only dog with increased susceptibility to bloody diarrhea and/or pancreatitis following an Addison’s diagnosis. Dajudaju, this may not be applicable to others, and in fact it has not presented as a highly probably issue among the many canine members in CARE, but it is worth bearing in mind.

Skye – Denise S.
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Denise sends her sincere thanks to the members of CARE, in particular to Merrie. She notes that the Florinef information in CARE’s files does make reference to avoiding fatty foods, something she was not aware of before.

Daisy is a Jack Russell Schnauzer mix who shares her life with Amanda Hutcheson & her husband Justin. She currently weighs 14.8 lb and is treated with 0.2ml of Percorten every 28 ọjọ. Daisy is roughly 8-10 yrs old, she certainly didn’t come with a birth certificate!

Daisy was picked up from an older couple in Texas who was coming to visit family in Beaufort SC where Amanda lives. They listed her in many online “dogs available” groups with no success. Amanda heard of her and immediately took her in, with her hair completely matted and basically looking & smelling very gross. Daisy was shaved down, bathed, and got a clean bill of health from the vet. She had found her forever family!

Two years later, in March 2014, Daisy got run over by a golf cart driven by Amanda. About a month later, Daisy’s mood started to change, her appetite decreased, and she was dehydrated. A visit to the vet for a steroid shot and some IV fluids seemed to perk her up & she was back to her normal self.

Another month went by and the same things happened again, so back she went to the vet. This time they did bloodwork along with the usual steroid shot & IV fluids. The vet’s conclusion was that everything was perfect.

Another month, and now it’s June. Daisy crashed – hind leg weakness, dehydration, no appetite, not drinking, basically doing nothing. The vet who was contacted told Amanda to bring her in the next morning. Amanda slept in the bathtub with Daisy that night & got her to the vet early the next day. Daisy was barely alive. The team sprang into action to save her and she stayed at the clinic for over a week, fighting to stay alive. The vet suspected it was either Kidney Failure, akàn, or Addison’s. Thousands of dollars and about a week later, Addison’s was confirmed with the ACTH stim test on June 23, 2014.

Daisy came home weighing only 4.3 lb. and she was initially treated with Florinef. Amanda joined CARE early in July 2014. After her diagnosis, Daisy had 3 more Addisonian crises throughout the remainder of 2014. Lori Kejìlá 3, she was switched to Percorten & daily Prednisone and she has remained stable ever since.

Daisy continues to impress everyone she encounters & loves them all. Florinef is a great option for dogs with Addison’s if their bodies can absorb it & they are on the correct dose. Daisy’s body just couldn’t metabolize it properly.

It’s been an amazing journey over the last two years with everyone that we’ve met in CARE. We are so very thankful that we still have Daisy with us and cannot thank this group enough for the knowledge & understanding everyone has. You all are a blessing and we are glad you all are a part of our lives.

One added note from CARE is that because of her experience with Daisy, Amanda decided to become a vet technician & has only one year left in her studies. Congratulations Amanda, and thank you Daisy.

 

We noticed that Lucydog seemed to have a bladder infection. I took her to the doctor on my Friday off. It was confirmed that she had a UTI and also an ear infection. They drew blood, but waited to send it at my request since that would be another $200. They were concerned that she hadn’t been eating, but figured it may have been because she just didn’t feel good.

She got antibiotics and seemed a bit better, but still wasn’t eating. She was having tremors/shaking, but she tends to do that a lot when sick or stressed. I started to get concerned when she wouldn’t even eat a marrow bone, though. Then we were both at work Wednesday. When I got home, I went in to let her out of her kennel to go potty…and she couldn’t stand up. Couldn’t even get her paws to cooperate to get them flat on the ground. I freaked and immediately went and got the phone, called Will and said “Lucy can’t walk.” I then called the vet, which thankfully had not closed yet (they would in 15 iseju) and they told me to bring her ASAP.
Will got home an hour and a half later or so, and they had been able to stabilize her. They thought it might be Addison’s disease, which was thankfully treatable. It presents in young dogs, is more common in females, and had lots of symptoms in common. Will still thought it may have just been severe dehydration. Lẹhin 2 idẹruba oru pẹlu rẹ ni doggie iwosan nitoriti on si tun je ko lagbara to lati rin, ẹjẹ igbeyewo esi timo Addison ká Arun. Awọn UTI ati eti ikolu ti ti ara rẹ sinu idaamu ati ki o wà jasi sunmo si iku (ohun ti o ba ti mo ti a ti di ni ise fun 45 iṣẹju gun ti ọjọ? OMG). A dupe, o jẹ treatable pẹlu kan oṣooṣu abẹrẹ, ọkan o yoo nilo fun awọn iyokù ti aye re. Sugbon ti aye yoo jẹ gun ati ki o dun.

Nítorí, a si tun ni a Lucy-s'aiye lati fiofinsi rẹ arun. Ṣugbọn emi dun lati jabo pe bi mo ti tẹ yi, Lucy ti wa ni loudly chomping a rawhide egungun ti Mo ti ra rẹ ninu rẹ ẹyẹ ọtun lẹhin mi. Ati awọn miiran ju kan fari owo ibi ti o ní ohun IV ati Super-loorekoore peeing nitori ti rẹ imularada meds, o ni lẹwa Elo pada si awọn kanna ol 'Lucydog. Ati awọn ti a ni ife ti o. Emi ni gan ọpẹ pe wa oniwosan fi i ọna kan ati ki o tọ okunfa ati ki o ni i pada lori ẹsẹ rẹ (gangan) ni kiakia.