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Sheekooyin Our ka mid ah jabka, niyad, cabsi, walbahaar, gargaarka, farax, badisay, iyo ugu of dhan, jeclahay. In badan oo naga mid ah ku dhibtooday qof lagu ogaado waxaa u eyda noo, inkastoo aan ogaa qalbiyadeenna wax qalad ahaa. Xitaa ka badan si joogta ah, oo aynu ku dhibtooday daawo la qiyaasan xun khalad ah in loo yaqaa noo. Iyada oo tijaabooyin iyo dhibaatooyinkiinnii, waxaan kasta kheyraadka laga helay our labada bulshooyinka degaanka iyo online oo ugu dambeyntii helay daaweynta ugu fiicnayn saaxiibadeena ugu wanaagsan. Hoos, waxaad ka heli doontaa a collection of sheekooyinka noo, mid kasta oo iyaga ka mid ah oo kala duwan oo mid kasta oo iyaga ka mid la mid ah. Fadlan ku raaxaystaan ​​noo ururinta iyo haddii aad jeceshahay in aad ku darto sheekadaada, fadlan isticmaal foomka waxaad la xidhiidhaa si aan u ogaano.

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Waad salaaman tihiin, A-buuq. Toddobaadka Ogaanshaha ee Addison, Waxaan u maleynayay inaan wax yar ka wadaagi doonno safarkayaga Addison.

Dhammaantood waxay bilaabeen mararka qaarkood Juun 2018. Ghost ma cuni lahaa, iyo inuu Xoog u sheegto inuusan cunin, waxbaa hubaal taagan. Marka hore, waxaa loo haystay inuu dhabarka xumi. Shan maalmood kadib welina waxba ma cunin, markaa waxay ahayd waqtigii tijaabada dhiigga. Tijaabada dhiiggu waxay qaadaneysay 20 daqiiqo, intaan sugeynay, waxaan ku soo marnay rooxaan socod wadada. Markii aan ku soo noqonnay dhakhtarka xoolaha, sifiican ayuu sifiican hogaanka ugaga qaaday gacantayda wuxuuna yiri Ghost kilyaha ma shaqeynayaan. Adduunyadaydii halkaasay ku joogsatay iyo ka dib. Ma lihi caruur 2 lugood leh, caruurtayda dhogorta leh ee 4-lugta leh waligoodba waxay ahaayeen udub-dhexaadka adduunkayga, si aad u qiyaasi karto, tani waxay ahayd mid aad u xun. Sikastaba, Waxaan isku dayi doonaa oo tan ka dhigi doonaa sida ugu yar ee aan awoodo. Waxaan isaga dhaafay dhakhaatiirta xoolaha, ayaa taleefan laga wacay saacadda gudaheeda, waxaana loo sheegay inay u badan tahay inuu qabo cudurka Addison. Waxaan la mid ahay WTF waa cudurka Addison!!! Ghost's breeder waalidiinteeda ayaa kahoreeyay Bullies iyada kahor mana aysan maqal, marka tani waa inay xumaataa. Markaa sidii ay ahayd maalmahan, toos u gal Google. Waxaa jiray macluumaad badan oo la isku dayo oo macno laga yeesho, waxay ahayd quruxsan adag. Aakhirkii, waxaa naloo saaray kooxda CARE ee Facebook iyo illaa iyo inta Addison uu tago, waxay ahayd waxa ugu fiican abid. Waxaan ku bilownay kiniiniyada, lahaa dhibaato kale, oo aakhirkii isu beddelay cirbaddii billaha oo aan dib u eegin. Aniga oo wali aad uga feejigan caafimaadka Ghost, Aad ayaan ugu raaxeysanahay sida Addison loogu xakameyn karo daawada saxda ah. Waxaan aqriyay wax walba oo aan gacmaheyga ku qaban karay si aan u fahmo sida looga faa'iideysan karo wiilkeyga qaba cudurkan. Bogga dukumintiga ee 'CARE' waa meesha loogu talagalay dhammaan macluumaadkan. Kadib, haddii aan wax su'aalo ah ama su'aalo ah qabo, Waxaan u diri lahaa kooxda, oo maxaan ka dhihi karaa reerkayga reer Addison, ereyada sifiican looma qeexi karo sida cajiibka ah ee ay soo wada wada joogeen. Safarkan aad buu u adkaan lahaa waana ahay 100% waa hubaal inaannaan joogi lahayn halka aan maanta joogno haddii aysan iyaga ahaan lahayn iyo borotokoolka qaddarka yar. Sidaas, maamuuska qaadashada hooseeya, si fiican taasi waa khibrad waxbarasho lafteeda laakiin mar haddii aad madaxaaga ku wareejiso, shaki la'aan waa wadada loo maro fikradeyda. Cirfiidka ayaa bilaabay, sida uu miisaankiisa on 1.3 ml oo ah Zycortal oo hadda daaran 0.45 ml. Dhakhtarkayga caafimaadku wuxuu ahaa mid laga cabsado markii aan sidan la imaado, wuxuuna leeyahay, Waan ogahay soo saaruhu inuu leeyahay waa inuu qaataa dawooyin badan, laakiin waxaan ku arkaa habdhaqankiisa iyo baaritaanka dhiiggiisa in natiijooyinka aysan been sheegayn. ” Haddii aan talo ka heli lahaa cid kasta oo ku cusub arrimaha Addison, Waxaan dhihi lahaa ula tag kooxdan wixii su'aalo ah ee aad qabtid, bartaan sida loo akhriyo natiijooyinka baaritaanka dhiigga, oo daawada u waafaji (hadaan awoodo qofkastaa wuu awoodaa) adiguna A-eyga caadi buu kusoo noqon doonaa waqti aan fogeyn.

Isagoo ka hadlaya sidii caadiga ahayd, wax yar uun ka hor intaan la ogaan cudurka Ghost, wuxuu hada bilaabay inuu fuulo dhabarka gadaalkeyga 3 mooto taayir leh. Sida iska cad, tani waxay joogsatay xoogaa intii lagu jiray qaybtii ugu horreysay ee cudurka, laakiin hadda ma jiro wax isaga ka celinaya. Haddii aysan ahayn sumadiisa caafimaad iyo haddii aadan cidna u sheegin, waligood ma ogaan lahaayeen inuu cudur qabo. Iyo sidoo kale raacitaankeena caadiga ah, waxaan ku fuulnay fuulista Riigga Pink, Baaskiillada ka dhanka ah Xoogsheegtada ayaa fuulaya, kii ugu dambeeyayna wuxuu ahaa lacag aruurinta loogu talagalay Adeegga Dabka ee Dalka. Sida had iyo jeer, Cirfiidka waa wax weyn oo lala wadaago qof walba, wuxuu ku qaadanayaa wax walba talaabadiisa, oo wuxuu iska daayaa dhammaan dareenka uu helayo. Dabayaaqadii sanadkii hore, sidoo kale waxaa naloo aqoonsaday Adeegyada Eyga Therapy oo ah Kooxda Eyga Booqashada ee Bulshada. Marxaladdan, we have had half a dozen visits to a nursing home, but this year promises to be awesome and we can’t wait! We are anticipating on being used for some special visits, special events and appearances to places like Ronald McDonald house, The Cancer Council lodge, universities around exam times, the Youth Courts, and wherever else we can put smiles on faces. It’s a huge win for everyone involved from Ghost himself, the people who we come across, the Addison’s community, and the Bull Terrier breed (which is quite often and unnecessarily very misunderstood).

Ghost is very much a part of our family and participates in most things we get up to. We go up the river, which he absolutely loves, and he even gets invited to Christmas lunch with the rest of our extended family. He is such a sweet gentleman.

So on finishing up, I suppose my message is this, if you have a dog that’s been diagnosed with Addison’s, you will shit yourself at first, I know I did, but take a deep breath and with the right frame of mind, taking note of all the information available, trusting this wonderful group, asking loads and loads of questions, you WILL get through this and you and your dog can do anything and be anything that you want to be. Look at Ghost, a goggle wearing, community visiting Bull Terrier who rides on the back of a motorbike and puts smiles on the faces of everyone he meets. I reckon that’s a pretty good thing. A-dogs rock!!!

Anyways I hope this has put a bit of a smile on YOUR face and don’t worry, there is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel.

Lots of love and big Bully hugs to you all.
Jarrod and Ghost

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! Scroll down and you will also find her story auf Deutsch and en Español!

Bishii February 2016, I lived in Cholula, México, with my three Shepherds (German and Belgian, all rescued) when a friend called me that she had found a small puppy in a closed garbage bag, close to suffocation. Sidaas, I went, picked the tiny bundle up, and presented her to my vet.
Four weeks old, something about one kilo. We immediately found a family willing to adopt her, so she just would stay some days until this family would go for her.

Yes…just that it never happened.

She adapted quickly to the life in between the large Shepherds and grew rapidly. My students named her ‘Piña’ and she won the hearts of everyone, but nobody adopted her. She was a really brave, fearless, and intelligent puppy, so I started her training. She was brilliant in obedience, and as small as she was compared to the Shepherds, she was brave and ‘strong’ in protection work as well. Kadib 6 months with me, I declared her mine officially and we started her search and rescue training, as we had noticed her very capable of nose work.

She was the only cross-breed in the training but after some negative experiences, we finally found a trainer from the Red Cross who saw her potential. 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 week later, 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. Sidaas, 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. Hadda, 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. Schließlich fanden wir ‘unseren‘ Trainer, der ihr Potential sah und so ging es sehr schnell aufwärts und sie überraschte uns oft mit ihren Fähigkeiten.

Im August 2017, nach einem sehr intensiven Training, bemerkte ich, dass sie deutlich erschöpft war, ein bisschen undicht und einfach nicht die fröhliche Wildsau wie sonst. Ich ging am nächsten Tag zu meiner Tierärztin mit dem Verdacht auf eine Blasenentzündung, negativ. Sie bekam ein paar Tage Pause und war weitestgehend wieder normal. Beim nächsten Training passierte dasselbe: totale Erschöpfung, Urininkontinenz. Diesmal bemerkte meine TÄin eine extrem niedrige Herzfrequenz und überwies uns an eine Klink zum kardiologischen Check. Dort machten sie einen Herzultraschall, Bauchultraschall, Blutbild, EKG usw., das volle Programm. 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.

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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.

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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 pounds. We started noticing changes in him when he was about 3.5 sano jir ah (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 dhalashadiisa. 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 ml) for his second shot. Waxay qaadatay 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 maalmood. 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

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[toggle title=”Stirling, Border Collie, Arizona, USA, Diagnosed 2012″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

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. Ugu dambeyntii, 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. Ugu dambeyntii, 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 bilood.

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!

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[toggle title=” Ali, Belgian Groenendael, Florida, USA, Diagnosed May of 2014″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

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, of 2.5 ml of 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? Well, 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.

Sidaas, 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 maalmood. 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 ml.

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!

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[toggle title=” Simba, Standard Poodle, British Columbia, Canada, Diagnosed February of 2009″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Simba waxa uu ku dhashay on 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, uu hoos u dhacay jaranjarada qaar ka mid ah. Kor buu u dhammaadkeedu xayawaannada, tilmaantay mid aad u tabar daran oo aan awoodin in ay socdaan. Bloodwork keentay in ogaanshaha "duuduubka Addison ee" (imtixaanka ACTH lahayn). Waxa uu la siiyey shot a of injection iyo dheecaannada IV qaar ka mid ah, kadibna guriga diray in Florinef, "For 2 bilood, markaas joojin iyo sii prednisone on gacanta hadii uu bilaabo in uu shil guriga. "Isaga oo file caafimaad u akhriya sida sheeko naxdin ah. Bishii November ee 2010, wuxuu lahaa "suurto gal ah" dhibaatada Addisonian, isagoo potassium at 5.6 (dhaxaysaa ilaa 5.8). Simba sida muuqatana wax wadar ahaan 3 dhibaatooyinka halka la qoyskiisa ugu horeeyay, ka dibna soo gaaray 4-tii mar ee isku dhiibaya Standard Poodle Gurmadka.

Ugu da'da ah 6, Yimid Simba ee gurmadka & daryeelka korinta. The gurmadka iyo xubno ka tirsan bulshada Addison ayaa ka caawiyay in ay hesho Simba ku sugantahay Jid toosan, isaga beddelanaya Florinef in Percorten oo uu ku bilowday wajiga labaad ee uu noloshiisa, taas oo sii faraxsanaan lahayd badan!

Keith aniga iyo walaalaha la ah ee aannu River raadinaya, oo gabi ahaanba ma jeela mid noqdo "eey kaliya". Aan la soo socda badan oo eeyaha loo heli karaa gurmadka, ka dibna Simba muuqday. Wuxuu ii ahaa sida clone ah River muuqaalka, xitaa kaliya u qurux badan. Waxaan kaliya indhahayga ma qaadan karto off this jecel yahay wiil. Waxaan lahaa oo kaliya laga badiyay 2 eeyaha in laba sano, mid ka kansarka, kale oo ay ugu wacan tahay dhibaatooyin ka shaqaynayn shunts beerka badan. Aan kala xiriiro gurmadka isku dayeen in ay i marti hadli ka Simba, oo wuxuu ku yidhi waxaan u qalantay hal arrimaha la lahayn, laakiin bartey waxaan dareenay in ay ahaayeen dadka saxda ah ee Simba oo uu xaq u Nastahantahay Naguma Habboona. Yimid Simba in qoyskayagu ka on March 23, 2013, ma dheer ka dib markii uu 6 sano, noocyo kala duwan ah spreadsheets, kiniini, iyo tilmaamaha. Madaxaygana waxaa horena. Waxba ku saabsan waan ogaa Addison ee, marka laga reebo in ay ahayd eray aad u cabsi. Hooyadiis foster, Katey, ii xaqiijiyay in aannu yeelan doono iyada oo taageero buuxda oo ay la socdaan in ka mid ah bulshada Addison ee. Waxaan ku biiray koox taageero si dhakhso laakiin muddo sugayay ka hor dhajinta. In aad noqoto qof xishood, way ku adkayd inay ka hadlaan si farabadan of shisheeyayaal, xitaa haddii ay wax ahaayeen online. Well, waxa ay ahayd waxa ugu wanaagsan ee aan ku sameeyey. Wixii Simba, taasu wanaagsan tahay sababtoo ah waxaan helay gargaar dagdag ah isaga la tacaalida, oo ii taasu wanaagsan tahay - Waxaan sameeyey saaxiibo badan oo cusub oo qiimo leh, dadka qaba kuwaas oo kawada siman Waxaan leeyahay - aynu wada jecel eyda noo Addison ee. Simba wuxuu ahaa "xayaysiiyo" dhammaan waddamada qaaradda Afrika iyo xataa UK, oo sidaas daraaddeed ayuu u yimid isagoo koox gaar ah kooxo, iyo Keith oo Waxaan soo dhex maray kooxda isaga la.

Dhamaadka June 2013, kaliya 3 bilood dabadeed waxaannu ku korsatay, Simba booday baxay Keith ayaa gaari xamuul ah garaashka iyo lugta ka jabay. Maxaa xiga ee farxo wiilkan! Waxay ahayd fasax aad u xun oo intuu ku dhamaaday iyadoo saxan bir ah oo uu gacanta lagu daray silig ku duudduuban oo hareerahooda oo dhan uu curcurka. Waxaa naloo sheegay in ay ahayd a 90% fursad in ay ahayd kansarka, sidaas loo diyaariyey goynta suurto gal ku xiga daweynta chemo. Simba ahayd nasiib iyo geli 10% cad! Wuxuu ahaa trooper noocan oo kale ah isagoo qori oo xiran "goofo,"Ka dibna kaliya marka inuu bogsaday, lahaa in ay dib ugu 6 bilood ka dib in ay waslad khafiif ah oo laga saaray.

Sidaas waxaan la imaanaynaa si 2 sano tan iyo markii aan soo korsaday Simba - waxa uu ahaa sida farxad ah. Isagu waa "uu qofka u gaar ah,"Ma jecli eeyaha kale. Waxa uu Col.Qadaffi a, waxaana la "jimicsiga iska xejin karayn." Isaga oo liiska caafimaad Aan ayaa tirtiray - Mar haddii si sax daawo, arrimaha hore maqaarka la waayay, Daadinta joojiyay. Simba daawaday eeyaha kale ka ciyaaro laakiin marna baratay sidii ay uga qeyb markii uu yaraa. Kor buu u siiyey in badan oo "dhalinyarada xiiso leh" by noqdo Autism Service Dog, iyo adiga oo aan si aad u jiran. Laakiinse markii uu yimaado - waxa uu leeyahay dhalashadiisa ah 8th ku saabsan in ay ka dhacaan - oo uu leeyahay Hooyo a & Dad bal yaa isaga u jeclahay iyo waxay sameynayaan wax isaga u, River walaalkiis oo isaga halkan isagoo jecel yahay a, oo ah walaasheed Pinot cusub oo aan wax iska illoobay in growled iyada maalinta ugu horeeyay ee ay halkan ahayd, laakiin waxay ku kor dabciyeen. Simba macnaheedu yahay "Prince", taas ayaana ah waxa uu yahay!

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[toggle title=” Pinot, Mini-Poodle/Cocker Spaniel mix, British Columbia, Canada, Diagnosed May of 2014″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Pinot waa spaniel Cocker / isku jira poodle mini, ku dhashay on May 4, 2009. Waxay ku noolaayeen 5 sano oo qoyska ka mid ah oo aan waxba ka ogaan. Laakiin kaliya iyada ka hor 5^th dhalashadiisa, iyada waxaa la keenay Clinic Degdegga ah la xirma kaadida iyo mar ay iyada xoog ku filan helay, Waxayna lahayd cystoscopy a urinary. Waxay ahayd guriga soo diray laakiin laabtay in maalin ama laba ee dhibaatada. Xayawaannada doonayay in uu baaro Addison ee laakiin ay markaas qoyskeedii gaadhay heer breaking iyo codsaday in ay la dilaa hurdo. Xayawaannada diyaarsatay in iyada dhiibay isaga iyo sheegtay in laga helay ACTH ah bilowga May. Markaas ka dib ayay ku noolaayeen soo socda 4 bilood ee rugta. Waxaan ahaayeen xarunta caafimaadka ee la River hal maalin oo ay noo sheegeen oo ku saabsan Pinot oo uu u geeyey ee inaga hor imanaya. Waxay qalad muuqda in, kabsatay kursiga keydka galo,, waxa kaliya oo aysan ilaalin karin iyada tamarta. Waxay ahayd kubad ah filterka iyo cuteness. Lyadoo loo weheliyaan, SPIN (Kinesiske Standard In Need) la wareegay iyada iyo Keith ah oo aan iyada kobciya. Pinot waa cajiib! Her maalinta ugu horeysa, iyada oo macno latched gal labada Keith & River, oo ilaa maantadan la joogo ay yihiin labada isusoo ururinta ugu muhiimsan iyada. Bukaan socod eegtada, ay la siinayso 1.0 mg ah prednisone maalin kasta oo iyadu u miisaamay oo ku saabsan 14 pounds. Sidaas, Pinot lahaa dhibaatooyin kaadi ama saxaro aad u daran. Waxaan soo shaqeeyay yareeyo iyada Pred laakiin xitaa marka ay soo degin inuu soo 0.2mg ahaa, iyadu weli ka daadashada. Waxaan isku daynay siinayo iyada Propalin (Mikrada) iyadoo kaliya guul qaar ka mid ah. Laakiin mar ayay bilowday in ay Stilbestrol (DES) maalmeedka, iyada ayaa si buuxda qalalan.

Waad qiyaasi kartaa in SPIN waxaa aan si sax ah loola cararay buuqaan iyaga oo dadka oo doonayay in ay qaataan taas laga abuuray gabi ahaanba farxo. Qaar ka mid ah ay xiiseynayaan oo ku filan inay wax ka bartaan Addison ee & u fiirso, laakiin wax yaabaha ahaa jabiyaha heshiis. Mar kasta, Waxaan ahaa qoraal ku saabsan sida loo cajiib ah waxay ahayd, Waxaan dhacayay iyo aad u badan jacayl iyada la naftayda. Waxaan la wareegi doonaan wax yar oo u baahan in a 7 maalinta safarka wadada iyo tan aynu hore u lahaa 2 kinesiske caadiga ah, ma aanan qabaa na anfaco kartaa 3^rd. Waxaan ugu dambeyntii go'aansadeen in ay "garabka waxa" - Pinot ahaa mid aad gaar ah u ogolaatid in qof kale iyada raaxaysan. Waxay iska leh noo leh, waxaana iska leh iyada la. Oo weliba, sida aan xaata ugu malayn kartaa of iska qaadato ka River! Sidaas, on Dec. 21, 2014, Pinot weligiis iska fadhinnaa noqday. Iyadu waa sida ugu faraxsan a. Waxay aad u dhiibayso dacas ah marka aad timaado in, Inkastoo aan laga yaabaa in kaagu, laakiin waxaa la bandhigay sida oynayo darbi-jiif ku farxo baa in aad leedahay si ay suubiyaan qaado oo kaliya. Waxay gebi ahaanba waa qabatin cida bixiya, alaabta - weyn iyo squeakier ka wanaagsan - tani waa balwad la waxay la qayb sanaysaa River oo ay leedahay a Muran yar ka badan hal "fiican". Pinot ayaa qabsaday qalbiyadeenna oo weligaaba hayn doona.

 

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[toggle title=” Klara, Standard Poodle, Duesseldorf, Germany, Diagnosed February of 2013″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Klara waxa uu ku dhashay on 12 ka August 2009. Waxay had iyo jeer ahaa baabi faraxsan oo ordi, tomboy leh cajiib weyn wax walba oo cusub. Isbedelada yimid ka dib markii iyada kulaylka koowaad. Waxay tusaale u noqotay xoogga badnaana waxaa ka picky, oo aan ku fikiray waxaa la xiriira isbaddelada hoormoon. Waxay tusaale u noqotay xasilloonaan iyo carooday qalafsan marka eeyaha yimid si aad ugu dhow, xitaa saaxiibada iyada eey fiican. Dhogorta The madow on lugaha hore iyada jeestay cawlan.

Haddaba mar labaad ahaayeen mudo dheer marka wax kasto in ay caadi tahay. Muddo yar ka dib iyada dhalashadooda 3aad, wax walba oo sii xumaatay. Oo iyana waxay qabtay xanuun aad u xun dhegta la bakteeriyada adkaysiga badan ee. Si aad u hesho caabuq ka taliyaan, Daloolka dhagta la nadiifiyaa suuxinayaa. Ikhwaanal Musliim ayaa bilaabay. Waxay bilowday in ay diidaan iyada cunto. Mararka qaarkood, waxba way cuntay u 3 maalmood. Mararka qaarkood, iyada lahaa shuban ama hunqaacday. In quus, waxaan bilownay inaan ku qoslay in ugu dhakhsaha badan aan ka heli lahaa galo noo gaarka ah ee rugta. Infakshanka dhegta ayaa waxaa weli ku keeni karo dhib iyo Klara helay iyada nadiifinta dhegta labaad suuxinayaa.

Dhanka kale, ayay ku celcelisay lahaa shuban, matag, iyo calool-. Waxaan ku qaatay Christmas iyo New Year ee Xaawo ee rugta. Baaritaano dulin ahaayeen negative. Bloodwork ayaa ahaa heer sare ah. Infakshanka dhegta waxay dhawreen ugu soo laabtay.

Winter 2012/2013, waxaan lahaa cimilada cajiib ah. Dad badan oo baraf ah iyo qorraxda. Eeyaha dadkaygiina saasay jecel yihiin baraf iyo Klara nafteeda jiiday barafka. Waxa ay lahayd xiiso lahayn. Waad arki kartaa in ay si fiican uma samaynaya. Inta badan ayay la seexday. Vets The helin sabab.

Bishii February 2013, waxa xitaa ka sii daran. Shuban, matag, ayay u muuqatay inuu ahaado xanuun, diiday iyada cunto, laakiin cabbeen biyo badan. Vets ayaa sheegay in, "Waa in aan sugaan. Waxa ay noqon kartaa sababta oo ah iyada kulaylka. "Maalinta ku xigta, markii aan guriga yimid, Waxaan lahaa dareen qariib ah – wax aad u iisheen halkan. Mar kale ayaan eryay isbitaalka iyo xayawaannada doonayay in uu iigu soo dirtay, “Waxaan ka heli tarayaa, wax. Waxaan qabaa inay tahay iyada kulaylka!”

Tani waxa ay ahayd mid aad u badan. Waxaan u cadhooday oo codsaday baaritaan dheeraad ah. “Wax ka qaldan Klara. Anigu tegi maayo!! Ma shaqadaada!” Waxay sameeyey baaritaan dhiig oo dhameystiran ka dibna, vets ay aad u walwalsan. Her potassium ahaa 7.6 ee kala duwan ee 3.5-5.8. Her sodium ahaa 139 ee kala duwan ee 144-160. Bloodwork ayaa noo sheegay iyada in noloshiisa ay halis. Waxay ahayd mid si buuxda ama dheecaanku. Ugu dambeyntii, waxay soo fiiriyeen waayo, taasu waxay. Sunta, ultrasound kelyaha, leptospirosis. Waxay la siiyey IV la bacaha faleebo. Klara guriga ayaan qaadan karto. Waxaan maalin walba u tageen inay rugta oo ay sameeyeen baaritaano dheeraad ah. Waxay ka hadlay kilyaha laakiin helin sabab. Klara ee qiimaha dhiig lagu qabtay kaliya ay infusions laakiin xitaa in aan caawiyo wax sidaas u badan. Qiimaha dhiigga waxa ay ahaayeen ka xun. Waayo, maalmihiisa oo, iyada oo ahaa ciidan quudin, laakiin iyadu lumay miisaanka iyo aad u badan. Waxay la qaatay in ICU iyo waxaan la diyaariyay in iyada lumin. Vets ayaa sheegay in ay doonayeen inay tijaabiso hal wax la soo dhaafay. Waxay sheegay in waxa laga yaabaa in Disease Addison's oo doonayay in ay sameeyaan baaritaan ACTH ah. Sababta ayaa lagu helay. Klara lahaa Addison iyo daaweynta waxaa bilaabay. Maalinta ku xigta, Si aan guriga uga qaadan karto.

Waxay si deg deg ah soo kabsaday iyo wax kasta oo u muuqday in ay ganaax. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, iyadu ma ahaa u xoog badan sida eeyaha caafimaad leh. Waana sababta aan weli u wareegeen ka Florinef in Percorten.

Iyada oo taageero ka kooxda, waxaan ka shaqeeyay in la helo Klara's dose fiican. Hadda, iyada oo miisaan 27 kg oo helo 0.40ml of Percorten kasta 28 maalmood oo 1mg of prednisone maalin kasta. Aniga ahaan, waa sida mucjiso ah si aad u aragto sida ay jecel yahay nolosheeda aan xadeyn. Hadda, ku dhowaad 2 sano ka dib, Klara dareensan ka khayr badan abid. Mase laga Percorten waxaa go'aanka ugu wanaagsan ee abid. Klaraismentallybalanced,faraxsan, bold, oo aad u dhiirranaada. Ka dib markii ay weheliyaan maalinta shaqada(iyadu waa caawiyaha tababaraha my, Waxaan ahay tababare eey) weli ayaa tamarta tagay si farxad ku ciyaaraan si buuxda iyada oo walaalkay hadduu igu!

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Anigu waxaan ahay Annet oo aan ku noolahay Netherlands ayaa. Waxaan leenahay 4 eeyaha, laba Ingiriisi Cocker Spaniels, Boomer iyo Griffon ah Belgian. Mid ka mid ah cockers ah – oo magiciisana waxaa la Flip oo uu yahay 4 sano jir ah – ayaa Addison ayaa tan iyo bishii April 2014.

Wuxuu ka cabbay tons oo biyo ah oo ahaa mid aan is xiiso leh dhowr todobaad. Sidaas darteed, markii eeyaha ay noqotay in aan tallaalka sannadlaha ah, Waxaan weydiiyey haddii xayawaannada hubi laga yaabaa inuu bloodwork total, sababtoo ah waxa uu si fiican u ma ahaa. Marka aan guriga ka helay, Dhajisan waayay miiska hoostiisa oo halkaasay iska sii joogeen, uu xitaa kuma uusan soo baxeen dawayn. Taasina waa wax si buuxda u MA Flip…. Saacado yar ka dib xayawaannada yeedhay oo ku yidhi in uu ahaa potassium khatar sare iyo sodium aad u yar. Markaasuu wuxuu ku yidhi waxaan ka shakisan tahay waxa uu leeyahay cudurka Addison ee. Ka dib markii ay ku safraya 'adduunka Addison ee’ waayo, haatan ku dhow sannad, Waxaan ogahay in xoolaha sameeyey cajiib ah oo ay u soo ogaanshaha hore! Waxa uu doonayay inuu xaqiijiyo la imtixaanka ACTH ah, laakiin waxaa soo baxday in imtixaanka ma ahaa heli karaa Holland wakhtigaas, ma at xoolaha midna dugsi veterianarian! Sidaas Flip marnaba kama dambeys cudurka baaritaanka ACTH, sababtoo ah waxaa si fudud aan suurto gal ahayd. Waxa uu helay fludrocortisone iyo hydrokortisoni iyo ka dib in yar ee 'Addison Adduunka’ Si buuxda ayaan isagii naaska ka gudhisay off ah hydrokortisoni ah. Maamuuska reer Holland ayaa u Addison waa 'Fludrocortisone iyo qiyaasta sare ee hydrokortisoni ka hartay eey noloshiisa'. My xoolaha ayaa sheegay in isaga Okay Al Nahyan ayaa iska hydro ah, laakiin dabadeed wuxuu igu yidhi in uu ka Cabsadeen, sababta oo ah hab maamuuska this. Addison waa dabcan cudur naadir ah sidaa awgeed waa waxa uu ogaa oo aan marnaba la warsan.

Laakiin waxay u baxday si aad u wanaagsan si Flip kaliya fludrocortisone lahaa. Waxa kaliya ee waa in Flip ma wax ugu wanaagsan waa oo ku saabsan oo aanu ku dhamaaday qabsado uu dose ku dhawaad ​​laba todobaad walba. Oo miisaan ku dhajisan 18 kg oo wuxuu lahaa 0.8175 fludro mg. Oo isna wuxuu lahaa glucocorticosteroids aad u badan in uu daawo, in ay ahayd si dhab ah! Waxa uu mar walba eey oo ah xilka, laakiin aheyd sharci doqonimo ah, markii uu helay waxoogaa yar faraxsanahay cowdo (si ay baxeen socod, helitaanka dawayn, helitaanka casho, fekerayo aannu u sii soconnay baxay iwm), Flip saboolka ah…….
Nasiib wanaag waxaan helay qof u fidiya Percorten (ama halkii qofkaasi i helay) iyo tan keentay in ay dhacdo xusuus on 5 January 2015: Flip ahaa Eey hore ee Holland si aad u hesho cirbad Percorten!

Waxa uu weyn samaynayaan waxaa ku, dabeecadiisa waa caadi, inuu timaha waxaa mar kale noqday casaan (halkii ay ka noqday blonder iyo blonder) oo waxaa mar kale sii kordhaya.

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[toggle title=” Pepsi, Shepherd Jarmal, Indiana, USA, Diagnosed July of 2007″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Waan jeclahay inaan qoro, laakiin waxaan halkan u fadhinnaa taag at shaashad bannaan, ka cabsi qabto in aanan samayn karin caddaalad sheeko Pepsi ee. Waxaan sheekadan leh oo dhan waxay wadaagaan oo rajaynaya in ay caawin doonaan qof kale. Waxaan la ansixiyay Pepsi markay ahayd saabsan 6 bilood jir bishii December ee 2003. Waxay ahayd sida eey u gaar ah oo la yaab leh, laakiin ma aha dhan ay in ay hab gaar ah oo gaar ah?

Pepsi lahaa inta badan caadi eey yar-Dhuunta, laakiin qaba cuduradaa ka badan eeyaha ugu sameeyaan. Ka dib ayay saddex jeestay, iyada horumariyo nabarro in iyada siilka. Dhowr jeer ayaan socdaal xayawaannada ka dib, ka dibna u bedesheen vets, oo isku dayaya in qaar ka mid ah ikhtiyaaro badan, waxaan ayaa ka fiirsaneysa inay qaliin u dhiska iyada siilka. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, ay bilowday socday haayo si deg deg ah. Waxay ahayd miisaanka, ruxaya, iyo ugu of dhan, Kaliya waxaan ogaa in wax qalad ah. Waxaan u tageen inay kala shaandheeyaan ka dib dhakhtarka xayawaannada halkaas oo kulli way i beeniyay isagoo sheegay in waxay ahayd "kaliya gabowga iyo gelida hoos." Waqtigaa toddobaad kasta waxaan iyada lahaa xafiiska dhakhtarka xayawaannada ee muddo bilo ah. Waxaan xitaa isku dayay bedesheen vets jeer dhowr ah. Her tamarta ayaa waxaa si deg deg ah loo dhimin. Si dhakhso ah, xitaa iyadu ma socon karin, oo ka mid dayrka oo aan haysan si ay u jiifsaday, oo qaataan biririf. Waxay dhibaato adigoo saxaro ahaa. Mar kale ayaan u kaxeeyey in xafiiska dhakhtarka xayawaannada ee, halkaas oo ay ku ogaadaa iyada la ulcerös. Waxaan guriga ka helay, oo iyadu ma ay heli karin gaariga.

Waan ogaa, waxa ay ahayd, sidaa darteed waa inaan uun ku soo laabtay gaariga helay iyo eryay si Chicago - magaalo weyn. Gudahood 10 daqiiqo oo naga mid ah galaan isbitaalka degdegga ah ee Chicago ee, iyada oo ahaa hordhaca ah ee qaba cudurka Addison ee Disease, oo waxaa la ii sheegay ayay u badan tahay uma aanan habeen kale oo aan daaweynta. Iyada joogay 3 ama 4 maalmood halka ay heshay ilaa iyada dheecaannada, iyo xoog dhabarka. Waxay imtixaanka ACTH ah sameeyo si loo xaqiijiyo iyada Addison ee Disease. Sida gargaartay sidii aan iyada qaado isbitaalka, Waxaa sidoo kale aad uga xunyihiin in ay bartaan in daaweynta ku kici lahaa ku dhowaad $400 bil ah. Waxaan wax fikrad ah kama sida aan u socday si ay u awoodi, laakiin aannu u sii soconnay ogaado hab.

Taasi waa markii aan bilaabay inaan naftayda cilmi, oo helay a K-9 Addison ee group in aan lagugu leeyahay nolosha Pepsi ee ku. Waxay iga caawiyay fahmo cudurka, sida loo tarjumo baaritaano iyada, oo iyada ka heli xaddiga saxa ah ee daawooyinka. Ka dib markii in, waxaan marnaba dib u eegay.

Waxa intaa u dheer 1.4 ml of Percorten-V kasta 28 maalmood oo 1 mg ah prednisone maalin kasta, Pepsi oo qaatay dhowr supplements. Waxay ku dambeysay ku nool 7 sano cajiib ah oo dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan qiyaasood saxda ah ee daawooyinka iyada kaas oo, iyadoo jidka ag fadhida, kaliya igu kacaya in ka yar $80.00 bishiiba. Pepsi in ay ku noolaayeen 11 ½ sano jir ah, taas oo quruxsan weyn u ah 130 eey pound. Pepsi dhintay kansarka maalinta Thanksgiving ka hor in 2014.

Ogaanshaha of Addison ee Disease noqon kartaa cabsi iyo cabsi, laakiin Pepsi ahayd caddeynta in aad ku noolaan karaan nolol farxad macno leh ee dawooyinka sax ah. Sababtoo ah Pepsi, qof walba in taabtay iyada bartay wax badan oo ku saabsan nolosha iyo jacaylka iyo saaxiibtinimada. Waxay loo tabi doonaa.

 

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Valentino soo galay noloshaydana Feb 2007 markii uu noqday mid aan foster ka dib call a dhow hoyga a Dila sare. Wuxuu ahaa nus saac ka la euthanized. Wuxuu ahaa wiifto ah ay jilcaan maqan inta badan uu timo ku dhinac uu (haraggiisa ahaa casaan dhalaalaya dhalaalaya!) iyo aaladda wax lagu timaha degay sida Mohawk ah wuxuu dib, oo miisaankeedu yahay oo kali ah 30lb – inuu haatan yahay 55lb caafimaad leh. Waxay qaadatay 3 bilood uu u celiyo caafimaadka, iyo cayilku. By wakhtigaas, Waxaan noqotay fashilaad foster, iyo Valentino waxa uu ahaa miinada dhan! Isagu wuxuu inta badan kuwa la seexday 3 bilood u dhaxeeya cuntada iyo ku kobca socda ka hor inta uusan u muuqatay inay soo kabsaday. Waxa uu bilaabay isagoo calaamadaha tabardarada, tamar la'aan iyo awood si aad u hesho gudaha / dibedda ee gaariga ee muddo laba bilood ah oo halka uu marna uu cunto xumo gabi ahaanba laga badiyay, wuxuu bilaabay qaadaaya at uu cunto isku dayaya inay cunaan, Waan ogaa in wax qalad ah, laakiin dhaqtarka xoolaha hal mar (markii ugu danbeysay!) beeniyay dhaqankiisa sida “jilaya”. Markaasuu ku burbureen Dec 2007 iyo socodka la Addison ee Disease bilaabay. Isaga oo kala shaandheeyaan kari waayeen “haboon” Valentino ee toddobaadka kale oo aan u tageen inay kala shaandheeyaan saaxiib ee u suurtagashay in ay noo haboon in. Way adag tahay in la ogaado haddii uu AD laga yaabaa in ay saar oo sii yaraanaysa ka hor sidii uu ahaa si jirran marka hore waxaan isaga heshay. Uu burburkii ahaa on Dec 19, uu ku qaatay 2 maalmood ee isbitaalka qaaska ah ee, iyo Dec 25, dareemay si fiican oo ku filan in ay isku dayaan in ay baxsadaan la duck Christmas wixii lagu baxaayo in saxanka jikada – nasiib wanaag uu ku qabtay en delicto iyo duck ka badbaaday in loo adeego casho Christmas sidii loogu talagalay!

Valentino waxaa bilaabay on Florinef / darey fludrocortisone ee .4mg (ka hooseeya lagu talinayaa in uu miisaanka) iyo 2.5 mg prednisone in 12/07 – laakiin electrolytes uu qummanahay (!) muddo sannad ah. Hal sano ka dib, electrolytes uu ka baxay gacanta, oo isna wuxuu lahaa koror todobaadle ah in uu Florinef, ilaa uu gaaray 2mg laakiin electrolytes uu weli ma maamusho.

Waxaan helay xoolaha 1.5 iska hrs oo ahaa diyaar u yahay inuu nala shaqeeyo iyo Valentino bilaaban doono 1.8ml, taas waxaa loo tixgeliyaa inay ku “dose hooseeyo” in 2009, qiyaasta caadiga ahaa xoogaa ka badan 2ml (Waxaan xasuustaa fikirka aan aan lahaa xitaa heli 2 talaal ka mid ah weel kasta kharashka bil walba oo ku saabsan $100 kaliya u-Percorten V!) Muddo sanado ah, waxaan si tartiib ah hoos u 10-20% waqti. Waxaan bilaabay at 1.8ml in 7/09 isaga oo aan xittaa u hesho in ay 1ml til 9/10, .75ml in 6/11, .5ml in 10/13, .4ml ee hadda ka jirta 9/14. Waxaan ku jiray oo dhan badan oo dheeraad ah dib muxaafidka ah markaas oo aan ma lahayn info ku filan u socdaan in ay hoos u qiyaasood………marka laga reebo iyada oo aragnimada xubnaha kale ee kooxda. Waxa ay aheyd wada territory cusub! Haddii ay daraasad ku dose yar yahay ayaa waxa uu ahaa heli karaa 2009, waxaan bilaabi lahaa at .95ml oo helay qiyaas ugu hooseeya Valentino ee wax ku ool ah in si dhaqso ah iyo lacag badan oo ku saabsan imtixaanka Percorten-V iyo electrolytes bil kasta ku badbaadi sidii gunno. Ma dhihi karo ku filan oo ku saabsan farqiga iyagoo qiyaasood hoose ayaa ka dhigay in sida Valentino dareensan bisha electrolytes uu sii joogi quruxsan u dhow bartamihii kala duwan oo u dhexeeya qiyaasood oo dhan. Waxa uu ku qaatay sano samaynaya “ok” – mopey, darnaadaa ee 2 toddobaad ka dib markii kubad kasta, dareen dheeraad ah oo wax yar perky oo ku saabsan hal usbuuc ka hor uu kubad soo socda waxaa u sabab ah, markaas dareemayaa itaal darnaadaa mar kale markii uu helay kubad kale – laakiin hadda uu sameynayo “weyn” bishii oo dhan ku dose aad uga hooseeya ee Percorten-V! Everton iyo hoos ugu dambeeyey Percorten-V, Waxaa kale ee aan awoodin in ay yareeyaan uu prednisone in .5mg – in uu la haro dhexeeya .75mg jiilaalka si 1.25mg xagaaga sanado. Waxa kale oo aanu u wareegeen dareere prednisolone sida falgalka beerka noqday kacsantahay oo uu ku daadiyaan badan……….

PS – Dhibaatada Valentino ee sida jiran a, Dhuma rabin ahaa waxyoonay ee ay iiga go'an tahay iyo ka qaybgalka qoto dheer arrimaha daryeelka xayawaanka ee San Antonio! Sidee badan oo eeyaha sida Valentino ayaa ku dhimatay, maxaa yeelay, may jirin cid in aan xoojinno iyaga khasab ka hor 72 hr muddo qabsaday Dhuma dhacay?

 

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[toggle title=” Argus, Qabyo Rough, Colorado, USA, Diagnosed December of 2010″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Samatabbixinta ayaa dhammaan loo yaqaa Riketis ah spayed ama dhufaantid ka hor inta aan guriga qaaday. Argus waxaa dhufaantid uu laba bilood jiro, oo isaga ka dib maalintaas waxaan u keenay guriga. Laba maalmood ka dib, wuxuu ahaa baraf iyo qabow iyo gariir aad u adag. Waxaan daawaday uu goobta la qalay calaamadaha caabuqa oo kafantii ku duudduubay bustayaal in ay isku dayaan in ay isaga Kulaashaan. Galabtaas waxaan isagii geeyey xayawaannada sameeyey qaliin ah (45 daqiiqo). Xayawaannada ayaa sheegay inuu qabo dareen-qaliinka iyo noqon lahaa ganaax. Oo wuxuu isaga siiyey shot a iyo igu wareejiyey kiniini qaar ka mid ah in la siiyo ee ay maalmaha soo socda. By subaxdii soo socda, uu aad uga wanaagsan ahaa. Waxaan tegey inuu soo arko noo dhaqtarka xoolaha gaar ah baaritaan cusub eey yar. Waxay isla markiiba ka dhaceen kiniini ah in aan la siiyey oo yidhi baabi waa in aan marnaba la siiyey. Ma xasuusto waxa kaniiniyada ahaayeen, laakiin shot ahaa injection oo aan hadda aaminsan yihiin in uu yahay waxa isaga baxay waxa ka dhacaya.

Wuxuu ahaa pup aad u kala duwan oo ka badan waxaana ay aheyd inaan isaga hor. Wuxuu ahaa wax badan mellower badan wax pup aan abid ogaan lahaa. Dib haddii loo eego, waxaa iska cad in uu aayaadka Addison ayaa muujinaya ka maalin ka mid ah. Waxa uu sii xoogaystay oo lagu tuhmey muddo ku dhow labo sano. Inta lagu jiro waqtigaan, waxaan dhumiyay "walaalka ka weyn,"Kobciya laba muqisho ee laba todobaad walba, oo markaas keenay baabi kale our guriga galay. On December 6, 2010, Argus tago cunidda. Maalin kasta oo u gudubtay in ay calaamad kale (dhamaadka tabar deeradii, dhaxani, qabow baraf, iwm). Our kala shaandheeyaan ayaa sheegay in ay bakteeriyada in uu calooshaada – Oo wuxuu heli doonaa in ka badan - quudisaan bariis la kariyay (baaritaan ah aan la ordi). Maalmo ka dib, waxaan u baxay si ay xoolaha kala duwan, kuwaas oo uu sheegay in xubnaha way xidhayo iyo waxa uu u dhimanayaan – Kaasu ha tago!!!! Sida aan ku qaadeen Argus, gadaaman gacmaheyga badan in xayawaannada saddexaad, Waxaan u maleeyay in aan marnaba isaga guriga keeno lahaa. Xayawaannada isaga siiyey dheecaannada iyo orday baaritaan dhiig, baaritaano saxarada, x-rays, shuqulladiisa oo dhan, waxaana lagu hayaa halkaas isaga. Habeen ayay u yeedhay oo ku yidhi, “Waxaan ka shakisan tahay wax aan dooneysid in lagaa baaro oo aroortii.” By habeenkii in ay wax oo dhan ii sharxay. Waxa uu joogay dheecaannada iyo helay kubad ugu horeeyay. Ilaa marxaladdan, halka ninkayga iyo ayaan-baddaleen la fadhiyey, kolkaasaa, na siiyeen jawaab yar. Xayawaannada ma aysan dooneynin inay ha gurigaaga tag, waayo, wuxuu weli ma cuni doono. Maalintii xigtay, Waxaan ku socday oo iyada u sheegay in aan doonayo in isaga guriga u qaataan. Waxay ugu dambayntii ku heshiiyeen haddii aan u ballanqaaday inuu isaga keeno haddii aanan isaga ka heleen inuu cuno ee soo socda 12 saacadood. Markii ay isaga ka soo bixiyey, dhan ayuu booday noo taliya iyo xayawaannada yiri, “Haaa, uu u baahan yahay inuu guriga tago!” Sidaas ayuu si tartiib ah u yimaadeen agagaarka in wax cunaya oo aan u dhaqaaqay dabaal Christmas in guriga walaashey oo way aamusnaayeen oo taxadir leh wax kasta oo aan sameeyey. Hadda shaandheyn ku sameynayaan ii sheegay in isaga keeno in kasta 28 maalmood oo uu shot, maalin walba isaga siin uu prednisone oo uu ku noolaan doono nolol caadi ah.

Argus waa 60 lbs, oo waxaa 2ml of Percorten kasta siiyo 28 maalmood muddo sagaal bilood by casriga ah xayawaannada. Waxa uu 5mg of prednisone uhelay muddo laba bilood ah. Waxa ugu horeeya ee aan helay macluumaad ku saabsan prednisone. Waxaan la siinaya habeenkii oo waxaan helay inuu la qaadan oo aroortii ah, si aan bedelay in. Markaas aan akhriyey maqaal ku saabsan kacmaha oo aan helay in hoos in 2.5 mg. By bishii siddeedaad, waxaan arkay in Argus ', nolosha ma ahaa mid caadi ah. Wuxuu lahaa spunk lahayn. Waxa uu u muuqday mid itaal darnaadaa. In ka badan oo jiritaanka, wuxuuna lahaa ka badan nolol! Taasi waa markii aan ka helay kooxda Internet ah. Tijaabada dhiigga iyo electrolytes - WAA MAXAY? Midkoodna ma la qabtay. Waxay ahayd markii u kubad kale oo ayaan gudaha u galay inuu la hadlo dhakhtarka xayawaannada (oo aan markii aan arkay in dhowr bilood). Ayaa iyana kor bay u guuray waqooyiga si uu u furo dhaqanka iyada u gaar ah. Waxaan weydiiyey in aad la hadasho mid ka mid ah vets kale. Xayawaannada in uu leeyahay xarunta ayaa ii sheegay baadhitaanadaa la sameeyo hal mar sannadkii iyo qiyaasta Percorten bedesho keliya lahaa haddii uu miisaanka bedelay oo aan shot marnaba samayn karin naftayda. Isagu ma uu dhageysan eray keliya waxaan ku idhi midna eegto info ee waxaan isku dayay in ay soo bandhigaan isaga si. Dabeecad ii sheegay in aan si aad u hesho xoog leh oo bilaaba in uu taleefan oo. Waxaan telefoonka waraystay dhowr vets soo socda maalmood ka badan. Kulligood way wada ogaayeen wax walba oo ku saabsan Addison ee. Mid ka mid ah dhaqtarka xoolaha ugu dambeyntii ii yeedhay, oo ka hor waxaan ka codsan kartaa iyada wax, ayay i weydiiyay markii electrolytes ka (“Lytes”) ayaa la soo dhaafay baaro. Markii ay ii sheegeen in aan loo baahan yahay in la sameeyo in marka hore si loo arko haddii uu diyaar u yahay tallaal kale iyo haddii ay ahayd waxa loo baahan yahay si loo dhigi, Waan ogaa in waxaan xayawaannada loo baahan yahay in aan isku dayo. Ka dib kolkii lytes natiijada xayawaannada ii sheegay, "Waxaan heysanaa sugitaan dheer, waa layaabna ma leh, isagu kuguma uu dareemay si fiican u, uu yahay mid aad u badan daawo. "Little ma sida dheer oo sugitaan ah iyada oo kaliya ogaado! Waxaan baari lytes uu toddobaadkii hal mar muddo ka badan saddex bilood. Waxay ahayd in yar ka badan 100 maalmood marka uu ugu danbeyn K helay ilaa xoogaa kor ku bartamihii kala duwan-. Waxay isaga bilaabay at 0.5ml wakhtigaas oo muddo dhowr bilood ee soo socda, waxaa la hoos u ilaa aan gaarnay 0.3ml. Dhowr bilood ka dib, oo aan u baahnayn in la soo celiyo ilaa 0.32ml. Dose ayaa waxa ay haatan ka shaqeeya weyn bilo badan. Dhakhtarka xayawaannada Tani waxa ay ahayd weyn leh Percorten ka, laakiin si dhab ah uma qabaa prednisone waa in la hoos u. Markaasaan weyddiiyey haddii ay dayn inay I tijaabi, oo og in aan isaga si dhow ula daawan doono, oo iyana waxay ku heshiiyeen. Hadda waxa uu is maalin kasta 1mg.

Haddaba, halkan waxaan nahay, iyadoo daawooyinka optimized, ee ku dhow 6 sano jir ah, waxaan leenahay eey yar in uu ay ahayd in meesha ugu horeysa!

 

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[toggle title=” Lexie, Labrador Retriever Mix, Windsor, Canada, Diagnosed December of 2012″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Waxaan la ansixiyay Lexie ka our hoy maxaliga ah ee July 2010. Waxaa lagu qiyaasay in ay noqon saabsan 4-5 bilood jir waqtiga. Ninkeyga iyo waxaan u keenay gurigeeda on a “maxkamad” halka aynu 2 Gabdhaha iska ahaayeen waqtiga kaamka xagaaga, sida aan ninkeeda uu leeyahay xasaasiyadda iyo loo baahan yahay in la arko sida uu uga jawaabi doono. Well, Waan ogaa la joogo waxaan lahaa Lexie ah ee daryeelka, iyadu ma ay dib ugu noqonayaan ahaa in uu hoy u ah in – hubby lahaa oo kaliya in ay xasaasiyad u leh inuu ku noolaado!!

Maalmood ee nala gudahood, Lexie lahaa dhaco matag iyo shuban, iyo socdaal gaaban oo naxsan in xayawaannada halkaas oo ay ku baari xun ee parvo oo ahaa guriga la tilmaamaha soo diray inay ka celin cuntada maalin ka dibna bilowdo cunto jilicsan. Waxay ka soo kabsatay ganaax, iyo in ka badan ee soo socda 2 sano tegi lahaa in ay roonaadaan marmarna matag iyo shuban, laakiin waxa ay u muuqdaan kuwo uma noqon wax kasta oo aad u halis ah. Waxay ahayd faraxsan oo firfircoon, oo u muuqday in ay inta badan caafimaad qaba. Inta lagu guda jiro guga iyo xagaaga ee 2012, waxaan ogaannay calaamado kale, oo ay ku jiraan indhaha goopy, caabuqa dhegaha, iyo arrimaha maqaarka iyo dhogorta. Waxay bilowday leefo ay cagahooda iyada Xad, barta ay ka rawness. Arrimaha caloosha ayaa sii waday, waxaana la sii daraysaa. Waxay si fudud daashay la jimicsiga iyo seexan lahaa in lagu jiro subaxdii, xitaa ma dhibtaada kacdo si aad u cunaan quraac. One Saturday horraantii December, 2012, waxaan ka qaybgalay dabaaldega degaanka Christmas iyo hadana idinka yeelay booqasho ay ku park eyga. Lexie kaliya waxaa la dhigay sida eeyaha kale hareeraheeday yimaadeen oo koolada at iyada – si ka duwan Lexie. Later fiidkii in, Waxaan ka dhigay booqasho saacado ka dib-in xayawaannada iyada, markay u ruxaya iyo urin funny (sida ammonia). Xayawaannada baaraa iyada oo mana aanan arag wax cad walaac, oo wuxuu ku yidhi inay ku soo laabtaan maalinta ku xigta ee bloodwork haddii ay u muuqatay in ay ka sii daraysaa. Well, habeenkaas ahayd xun, la Lexie ruxaya cagahayga sidii aan isku dayeen in ay seexdaan. Back to xayawaannada ee maalinta ku xigta ee bloodwork. Ilaah mahaddiise, my dhaqtarka xoolaha looga shakisan yahay Addison ee markay aragtay bloodwork ka. Waqtigaa, Lexie ahaa mid aad u jirran oo la dhigay isbitaalka dareeraha iyo imtixaanka ACTH ah, kaas oo dib ugu yimid wanaagsan.

Doorashada Lexie ilaa keeno gurigeeda ahaa cajiib ah, waqti dareenka, sida orodday noo farxad leh sida iyo ma jirin isha qalalan ee rugta xayawaannada!! Waqtigaa, Aan gargaar ka helay iyada oo online bulshada Addison ee oo uu dhaqtarka xoolaha weyn oo ahaa ay isku dayaan wax cusub – Low Qiyaasta Percorten. Maanta, Lexie waa 70 lbs iyo qaadataa 0.4 ml of Percorten, oo ay weheliyaan dose iyada oo maalin walba prednisone.

Waxaan aaminsanahay in Lexie soo galeen noloshayda sabab ah. Joogista guriga ammaanka in loola jeeday lahaa dhimasho qaarkood iyada, Waxaan ku qanacsan ahay,, iyo qoyskayagu waa ay awoodaan in ay iyada la siiyo daryeelka gaarka ah u baahan yahay. Sababta oo ah iyada oo ah, Waxaan haystaa cusub “asxaabta” adduunka oo dhan. Waxaan si daacad ah u oran karaa in Lexie weligii fiican – Addison ee ogaanshaha ahaa kama dhigna xukun dhimasho ah, laakiin halkii ay ahayd heshiis cusub oo ku saabsan nolosha!!

 

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[toggle title=” Dharma, Shepherd Mix, Diagnosed July of 2013″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Waxaan ka hoy gobolka korsaday Dharma markay ahayd 8 toddobaad. Waxay ahayd mid ka mid ah 7 muqisho, oo ku nool guri kafiil. Waxaan magaceedii u bixiyey iyada u nooca qaali; indhaheedii bay biyaha moolka dheer ka muuqata. Waxaan inta badan qoslay ayay u leedahay dabeecad oo kaliya hooyo jecel laga yaabaa; Waa qof si ... uh, cajiib ah. Waxay ka soo horjeeda wax kasta eey stereotypically. Markii ay ahayd 5 sano jir ah, Waxaan ka imid shaqada, on Wednesday ah, si aad u ogaato 7 mantaggooda, iyo 4 diarrheas. Subixii dambe waxaan u kaxeeyey in xayawaannada. In ka badan ee soo socda 3 toddobaad(iyo dhowr boqol oo doolar), my dhaqtarka xoolaha ah 10+ sano orday baaritaan dhiig oo, ugu dambeyntii, na loo diro guriga ogaanshaha kansarka (oo ku salaysan "25-kii sano ee kala soocayo"), sibraar Alwaaxdii prednisone 20mg, oo gacanqabto u dabacsanaadaan ah ee madaxa. Waxaan u tegey fikrad 2aad. Laba toddobaad iyo dhowr boqol oo doolar (dheeraad ah oo ku) ka dib, waxaan soo degay isbitaalka buuxda oo ku takhasusay. Ka dib markii shaqada, habeenkii Arbacada ah, Waxay yeeleen sonogram ah. Weli jawaabo jirin; sida "khabiir" ku noqon lahaa in maalinta ku xigta. Qof ku xusan baaro Addison ee (ee kale $250). Sonogram waxa uu ahaa $500+, oo aan galin, Waxaan ahaa dhamaadka aan laga xishoda, yaaban sida aan samayn karin bixinta imtixaanka dhamaadka lahayn jawaabahooda ma. Waxaan u sheegay in aan seexan lahaa on, iyo sugto fasiraad dheeraad ah oo sonogram ah, maalinta ku xigta.

Subaxdii socda, at 4:20 a.m., Waxaan dareemay dareen ah cajiib ah oo qoortay ii saaran. Waxay ahayd Dharma ee neefta, si dirqi ah. Iyada oo madaxa ku haya ayaan garbaha ku jiray, waxayna igu qaadatay xoogaa in ay ogaadaan in iyada neefsashada, daciif ahaa la goosgoos. Oo filanla'aan, Waxaan ogaaday jirkeeda xun waxaa contorted, sida pretzel ah. Indhaheedu ahaayeen gebi ahaanba maran. Waxaan u booday sariirta ka soo, tuuray dharka, iyada ku guulaysatay ilaa buste, oo ku soo orday inuu gaariga. Waxaan u orotameen guud ahaan magaalada, meeshii aan cabnay, habeen ka hor. Ilaah mahaddiise, Waxaan u qalmay ku dhacay aragto waxay ahaayeen 24 xarun saac. Waxaan ka yeellay 45 safarka daqiiqadii in 25. Sida aan albaabka la Dharma ah gacmaha kubad dhaafin, qalbigeeda joojiyay. Oo saasay yeeleen iyada neefsashada. Waxaan iyada u dhiibay ayuu midiidinka u oo wuxuu ku yidhi, "Fadlan iyada ku caawin".

Xayawaannada degdegga ah waajib sameeyaa mucjiso, oo keenay Dharma inay nolosha dib, iyada oo aan wax dhaawac ah oo joogto ah. Laakiin waxaan weli ma garanayn waxa iyada la. Imtixaanka ACTH ayaa la sameeyaa, laakiin natiijada qaadan doono 24 saacadood. Waxay ma hubaan waxay socon lahaa dheer in. Waxay sameeyey qaliin lagu baadhayo, oo ku salaysan waxa ay ku arkeen sonogram ah. Waxay looga shakisan yahay xirma. Waxayna ka heleen oo dhan waxay ahayd qanjidhada aan caadi ahayn u yar adrenal. Ma garanayo sida ay uga badbaaday qaliin ah. Laba mucjisooyin in maalin maalmaha ka mid.

Next, waxaan sugayay. Waxaa la ii sheegey in, Hadduusan jirin Addison ee, ka dibna waxaa jiray gebi ahaanba waxba kama ay samayn karin, Sidii aan hore u baari lahaa, qalitaan oo raadinaya, laakiin ugu dam.

Maalinta ku xigta, markii aan telefoon ka helay aniga ii sheegin waxa uu ahaa, dhab ahaantii, Cudurka Addison ee, Ooyi koontarooli karin faraxsan ayaan ku qayliyey. In daqiiqad in, ahaanteed oo ka mid ah stress iyo cidhiidhi of our dhibtani i kor maydhay in daad ka mid ah gargaarka. Waxay ahayd ugu danbeyn ka badan. Waxaan ugu dambeyntii lahaa jawaab.

Waxaan tan ka muuqataa on saleynayo in dhacdooyinka. Inta ay waalan ee lacagta kacayso in aad hesho si ay u soo ogaado (aynu iska dheh dhaliyay finalka dambe ka badan aniguna baabuur ku qaatay) Waa ku filan tahay in ay sababto qof kasta si ay u muujiyaan. Qoomamada aan waa dhibaatada ugu xun in Dharma adkaystay. My tartan kaliya cafiya xayawaannada asalka u ah hoos u Jidka na diraya. Waayo-aragnimo Tani baray hooyo laba carruur korsan ku saabsan nooc cusub oo jacaylka. Mid ka mid ah in ahaaday, inkastoo aysan u ma'aha inay u.

 

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[toggle title=” Gracie, English Mastiff, Rockford, IL, Diagnosed in 2007″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]

Gracie waa 10 sano jir ah 134 pound Ingiriisi Mastiff. Gracie xadgudbey ilaa ay ahayd 6 bilood jir. Waqtiga in ay markaas ka tegey qoyska jacaylka. Nasiib darro, nolosha oo dhan ku dhamaaday dhaqso leh shilka naxdinta. The ninkeedii iyo ilmo ee qoyskeeda ay ku dhinteen shil gaari ah. Gracie qalbi qaboojisay hooyada xiga 6 bilood. Markaas Hooyada lahaa inuu u dhaqaaqo oo aan qaadan karin Gracie, iyada oo la. Tani xanuunsan iyada u badan. Waxay u eegay galay kooxda samatabbixinta ah.

Hooyo foster ayaa iyada balan qaaday in ay sugi lahaa qoyska oo kaamil ah in ay qaataan Gracie. Gracie ku nagaadeen foster badan muddo ka badan sida caadiga ah.

Waxaan lahaa mastiff ah kuwaas oo lagu helay Addison ee 7 bilood jir. Waxay ahayd runt ka mid ah iyada oo qashin ku jiray dhimasho qarka u saaran marka aan iyada soo badbaadiyey. Once we found out she had Addison’s, she lived to 4 ½ sano jir ah. 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.

 

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[toggle title=” Kindle, Belgian Shepherd (Tervueren), New Zealand, Diagnosed in 2011″ iconColor=”rgba(11,184,166,1)”]
Kindle is a grey Belgian Shepherd (Tervueren) born in 2007. She was always (hindsight is a wonderful thing) a fussy puppy with food but otherwise normal for the first few years of her life and excelled both in the breed show ring and in her first agility competitions.

In August 2011, she started to appear a little lethargic – seemed fine otherwise but just didn’t have her normal drive in training and was just a bit quiet. A week later, she threw up a whole chicken neck which she had been given for dinner 2 nights prior so off to the vet we went. By this stage her litter sister had just been diagnosed as Typical Addison’s so I made the vet aware but as her sodium and potassium readings were normal, the vet dismissed this possibility. 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 bilood, 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. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, 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 saacadood, 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 sano jir ah (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!

 

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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 sano jir ah. 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. Dabcan, 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.

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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.

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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 maalmood. 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, kansarka, 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. On December 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.

 

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Waxaan ogaaday in Lucydog u muuqdeen in ay leedahay infekshinka kaadiheysta. Iyada waxaan ka qaaday in ay dhakhtarka on my Friday off. Waxaa la xaqiijiyay in ay qabto UTI ah iyo sidoo kale caabuq dhegta ah. Waxay dhiig xooday, laakiin sugayay inay soo dir ee codsigeyga tan iyo in kale noqon lahaa $200. Waxay ahaayeen walaacsan in ay ahayd arin aan loo cunayo, laakiin is tusay waxa laga yaabaa sababta oo ah waxay kaliya ma dareemaan wanaag.

Waxay heshay antibiotics oo u muuqday xoogaa ka wanaagsan, laakiin weli ma ahaa cunaya. Waxay ahayd isagoo gilgilasho / ruxaya, laakiin waxay u egtahay inuu sameeyo in badan oo marka aad xanuunsan tahay ama carabka ku adkeeyay. Waxaan bilaabay in aan si aad u hesho walaacsan markay xitaa ma cuni lahaa lafta dhuuxa ah, inkasta oo. Markaas annaga ahaayeen shaqada Wednesday. Markii aan guriga ka helay, Waxaan u tegey oo dhan ha ka baxay iyada guri eey si ay u tagaan ku kobca ... oo iyadu ma istaagi karin ilaa. Xitaa laga yaabaa in aan helin wixii baabacooyinka iyada inay la shaqeeyaan si ay u helaan iyaga oo guri oo dhulka. Waxaan freaked oo markiiba tageen oo telefoonka helay, magacaabo Will oo wuxuu ku yidhi "Lucy kuma socon karaan." kaddibna waxaan wacay xayawaannada, taasoo nasiib lahaa welina ma soo afjarmin (ay doonayeen in 15 daqiiqo) waxaana ay ii sheegeen in ay iyada ugu dhaqso badan soo.
Will guriga ka helay saacad iyo badh ka dib ama si, oo ay awoodeen in ay iyada xasilinta. Waxay u maleeyay inay cudur Addison ee, taas oo ahayd nasiib daweyn karo. Waxay soo bandhigaysaa in eeyaha dhalinyarada, badan yahay ee dheddigga, oo waxay lahayd badan oo calaamadaha ee caadiga ah. Weli u maleeyeen doonaa yeelan karaa fuuq bax daran uun. Kadib 2 habeen cabsi leh kula jirta isbitaalka doggie maxaa yeelay, iyadu weli ma ahaa xoogan oo ay ku socdaan, Natiijada baaritaanka dhiigga xaqiijiyay Addison ee Disease. Cudurka UTI iyo dhegta ayaa jirkeeda ka bedeleysa dhibaatada iyo iyada ahayd ku dhow in la dilo (Maxaa dhacaya haddii aan la xayiran shaqada 45 miridh oo dheeraad maalintaas? omg). Ilaah mahaddiise, waa la daawayn karaa iyada oo la isku duro oo bille ah, mid u baahan doonaa inta ka dhiman noloshiisa. Laakiin nolosha in ay noqon doontaa farxad iyo cimri dherer.

Sidaas, inaan weli heysan ah Lucy-noloshooda oo ay ku sharciyaynayso iyada cudur. Laakiin waxaan ku faraxsanahay inaan sheego in sidii aan noocaan ahay, Lucy waxaa la qaylyina Akhriskaaga sidiisii ​​lafta rawhide in aan iibsaday iyada iyada oo shebeg xaq Gadaal iga ah. Iyo mid kale oo badan ciddiyihii orsada ayaa ka xiiray ayuu halkaas oo ay lahaayeen baafka IV iyo super-soo noqnoqda ah sababtoo ah caafimaad Aan soo kabashada iyada, iyada oo quruxsan badan dib u ol isla 'Lucydog. Oo annaguna waxaannu u jeclahay. Waxaan aad ugu mahadcelinaynaa in dhakhtarka xayawaannada siiyey ogaanshaha degdeg ah oo sax ah oo helay iyada oo dib cagaheeda iyada (macno ahaan) si deg deg ah.

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