Hi everyone!! Glad to see alot of you have made it here, I was so worried that I had lost you's just when Harley and I found such loving and supporting friends. So, Harley's U/S showed and Confirmed: Gallbladder wall hyperplasia, right adrenal nodule (7.3 mm at caudal pole), left adrenal gland normal in size ( high end of normal range), small splenic nodule, and an enlarged liver. Also confirmed: Hyperadrenocorticism ( suspect pituitary-dependent). His blood pressure was elevated at 180 mmHg. They collected a sterile sample of urine to test for a urinary tract infection. They performed an endogenous ACTH level to see if this will help to determine which type of Cushings he has and I also requested they run a full adrenal panel through the Tennessee lab. Someone will call me with the results (endogenous ACTH, UTI, full adrenal panel) next week, then finally we can start Harley on meds. Dr. O'Neill (Univ. of Penn. woman IMS) is leaning towards trilostane for treatment and I am just not sure, what do you all think? His NEW vet back here in York, which I had a consult with on Monday said he's not real keen on treating Cush pups with trilo, but he would do whatever I wanted to do and he really was interested to hear what Univ. of Penn. diagnosed and what they wanted to treat Harley with. Dr. O'Neill did tell me to take Harley off the raw food diet, so now I'm feeding him Innova senior.
Lori and Harley
Lori and Harley
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