Hi everyone
I have just typed an essay, minimised to screen to type in results and poooof the magician made it disappear!!!!! So I am now typing this is Word first!!!
Sabre went for an ACTH on Thursday and we are now restarting Lysodren after a 4 ˝ month Lysodren Holiday! We are restarting on 41.6 mg/kg – 1000mg split into four doses.
ACTH results were
Pre 2.35
Post 3.73
Sabre has had a roller coaster ride on Lysodren and we are hoping that this dose is going to be OK. I have a gut feeling that it may be slightly high but Sabre has a “body” of his own and time will only tell. Since we have no archive this has been his results in the past –
7 April 2008 Pre 1.27 Post 1.41 after loading at 50mg/kg
Changed dose to 25mg/kg
9 May 2008 Pre 1.56 Post 3.22
Dose the same but changed to 30mg/kg (due to weight loss)
26 May 2008 Pre 2.14 Post 4.57
Dose changed to 50mg/kg
26 June Pre 2.97 Post 4.35
Remained on 50mg/kg
17 Sept Pre 0.72 Post 0.8
Took one week off Lysodren and commenced at 40mg/kg
3 Nov Pre 0.6 Post 0.8
Reduced the dose to 35mg/kg (dosing every second day ˝ tab)
2 Dec Pre 0.47 Post 0.43
LYSODREN HOLIDAY
10 Dec Pre 0.47 Post 0.65
29 Jan Pre 1.34 Post 1.48
16 Apr Pre 2.35 Post 3.73
We also had CBC and Thyroid done and the liver values were absolutely fantastic . I didn’t write one value down ... with working the night shift I was SOOOO incredibly tired and I haven’t had a chance to get into the vet to get a copy of the results.
ALT - all I can remember is that she said normal
ALT 179
ALP 297
This compares with the last results on 2 December of
AST 248
ALT 699
ALP 406
WOW!
The thyroid (T4) wasn’t so great – it came back 5 and I recall the vet saying 25 was normal. So the next step is TSH (I think she said it was this one) but the lab on does this every fortnight so we have to wait 1-2 weeks for results.
Sabre has also had a developing lump just below the elbow of his front leg which has now grown to a size that the vet and we believe needs to be removed but she wants to get the thyroid results back before we proceed. Thank goodness I have a job for the kiwifruit season!!! It happened by chance ... I won a ski season pass in a raffle on a site that you watch ads and accumulate what was called “mint” dollars which could be redeem for products. There was no way that we could all afford to go skiing so the kiwifruit season had just started and I thought ... blow it ... why not just do the season - I applied for a job and started the next night! It’s about 10 weeks and I work 60 hours a week on night shift.
Enough about me!!! It is so fantastic that Natalie has found space for us.
So ... thyroid tests back, surgery then retest ACTH in a months time.
Angela and Sabre
I have just typed an essay, minimised to screen to type in results and poooof the magician made it disappear!!!!! So I am now typing this is Word first!!!
Sabre went for an ACTH on Thursday and we are now restarting Lysodren after a 4 ˝ month Lysodren Holiday! We are restarting on 41.6 mg/kg – 1000mg split into four doses.
ACTH results were
Pre 2.35
Post 3.73
Sabre has had a roller coaster ride on Lysodren and we are hoping that this dose is going to be OK. I have a gut feeling that it may be slightly high but Sabre has a “body” of his own and time will only tell. Since we have no archive this has been his results in the past –
7 April 2008 Pre 1.27 Post 1.41 after loading at 50mg/kg
Changed dose to 25mg/kg
9 May 2008 Pre 1.56 Post 3.22
Dose the same but changed to 30mg/kg (due to weight loss)
26 May 2008 Pre 2.14 Post 4.57
Dose changed to 50mg/kg
26 June Pre 2.97 Post 4.35
Remained on 50mg/kg
17 Sept Pre 0.72 Post 0.8
Took one week off Lysodren and commenced at 40mg/kg
3 Nov Pre 0.6 Post 0.8
Reduced the dose to 35mg/kg (dosing every second day ˝ tab)
2 Dec Pre 0.47 Post 0.43
LYSODREN HOLIDAY
10 Dec Pre 0.47 Post 0.65
29 Jan Pre 1.34 Post 1.48
16 Apr Pre 2.35 Post 3.73
We also had CBC and Thyroid done and the liver values were absolutely fantastic . I didn’t write one value down ... with working the night shift I was SOOOO incredibly tired and I haven’t had a chance to get into the vet to get a copy of the results.
ALT - all I can remember is that she said normal
ALT 179
ALP 297
This compares with the last results on 2 December of
AST 248
ALT 699
ALP 406
WOW!
The thyroid (T4) wasn’t so great – it came back 5 and I recall the vet saying 25 was normal. So the next step is TSH (I think she said it was this one) but the lab on does this every fortnight so we have to wait 1-2 weeks for results.
Sabre has also had a developing lump just below the elbow of his front leg which has now grown to a size that the vet and we believe needs to be removed but she wants to get the thyroid results back before we proceed. Thank goodness I have a job for the kiwifruit season!!! It happened by chance ... I won a ski season pass in a raffle on a site that you watch ads and accumulate what was called “mint” dollars which could be redeem for products. There was no way that we could all afford to go skiing so the kiwifruit season had just started and I thought ... blow it ... why not just do the season - I applied for a job and started the next night! It’s about 10 weeks and I work 60 hours a week on night shift.
Enough about me!!! It is so fantastic that Natalie has found space for us.
So ... thyroid tests back, surgery then retest ACTH in a months time.
Angela and Sabre
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