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Long night and long story ...forgive me if I ramble. Only got 3 hours sleep from 5-8 this morning. To back-track ... Maggie had her ultrasound and liver biopsy yesterday and also a dermatology consult for a non-healing sore related to her October surgery. I met with the internist at about 5:00 p.m. yesterday: Maggie's liver was very enlarged and irregular; lots of sludge in her gallbladder; mineralization in her kidneys; and, both adrenal glands were very "prominent". No obvious signs of tumors (hooray!!). Depending on results of biopsy (which we won't know until next Wednesday), he is leaning towards Cushings. Maggie has been symptomatic of Cushings for a couple of years but her testing a year and half ago was negative.
Then the dermatology tech came in with Maggie. As I leaned towards Maggie, she tried to bite me -- uh, oh ... this is a primary sign of her anxiety attacks. As the tech kept talking, I watched Maggie whose tail was tucked way between her legs and she wouldn't allow me to touch her anywhere. I really didn't hear anything the tech told me. I took Maggie out of the room, paid the bill ( /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif ) and then put Maggie in the car. She started clawing the car seat and I realized I could never drive the hour back home with Maggie in the throes of an attack. I took her back inside and told the folks up front that Maggie was having an anxiety attack and needed a shot of valium. When one of the techs took her from me, she commented that Maggie had tried to bite her earlier in the day (duh!! they have her complete hx, the internist and I had discussed her attacks/symptoms, including biting -- if they had given her a valium shot earlier, the situation might not have escalated). I called my vet from the hospital and talked about what to do during the evening/night. To make a long story a bit shorter, Maggie sat up all night, crying. Whenever she tried to lay down, she grimaced, starting clawing and pacing. She was definitely in pain. I gave her valium and Deramaxx during the night as often I safely could. She finally crashed at 8:00 this morning. I went to work for a while and, when I got home, Maggie was up and about, getting back to normal. She is still not moving very quickly -- only wanted to go for a short walk - but she ate dinner. Thank goodness I had meds in the house -- at one point last night I did consider taking her back to the hospital but, since they didn't recognize her symptoms initially, I doubted they would know what to do for her. I have to say that I was very upset last night about her attack -- I was just so hopeful that the anal gland surgery would mean the end of these attacks. Her reactions to pain are just so extreme. Will deal with what to do for her physically after we get the biopsy results. Not sure I want to put her through any more tests --
Then the dermatology tech came in with Maggie. As I leaned towards Maggie, she tried to bite me -- uh, oh ... this is a primary sign of her anxiety attacks. As the tech kept talking, I watched Maggie whose tail was tucked way between her legs and she wouldn't allow me to touch her anywhere. I really didn't hear anything the tech told me. I took Maggie out of the room, paid the bill ( /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif ) and then put Maggie in the car. She started clawing the car seat and I realized I could never drive the hour back home with Maggie in the throes of an attack. I took her back inside and told the folks up front that Maggie was having an anxiety attack and needed a shot of valium. When one of the techs took her from me, she commented that Maggie had tried to bite her earlier in the day (duh!! they have her complete hx, the internist and I had discussed her attacks/symptoms, including biting -- if they had given her a valium shot earlier, the situation might not have escalated). I called my vet from the hospital and talked about what to do during the evening/night. To make a long story a bit shorter, Maggie sat up all night, crying. Whenever she tried to lay down, she grimaced, starting clawing and pacing. She was definitely in pain. I gave her valium and Deramaxx during the night as often I safely could. She finally crashed at 8:00 this morning. I went to work for a while and, when I got home, Maggie was up and about, getting back to normal. She is still not moving very quickly -- only wanted to go for a short walk - but she ate dinner. Thank goodness I had meds in the house -- at one point last night I did consider taking her back to the hospital but, since they didn't recognize her symptoms initially, I doubted they would know what to do for her. I have to say that I was very upset last night about her attack -- I was just so hopeful that the anal gland surgery would mean the end of these attacks. Her reactions to pain are just so extreme. Will deal with what to do for her physically after we get the biopsy results. Not sure I want to put her through any more tests --
