Well, certainly not the news I expected or wanted. 🙁 We took Duke in to the vet to have some blood work done to see if we could figure out why his fur isn’t growing back after last summer’s surgery. That is a condition known as post-clipping alopecia and it is sometimes hormonal.
Anyways, we had some blood work done which showed some elevated liver values and followed up with ACTH testing. Duke’s bloodwork has the hallmarks of Cushing’s disease which our previous basset hound, Chip, also suffered from.
The medication situation is quite different now though! The prices for the pills are much higher. So, we are getting a mitotane solution from a compounding pharmacy for vets. We are waiting for his medicine to come in now. Possibly a 3 week delay.
I didn’t think that I’d have to deal with this disease again, but we are hoping to get our buddy feeling better. You can see in this video that he just hasn’t been himself! You’ll see in this video a little Jack Russell Terrier Mix. We are fostering him at present. His name is El Bandito and he’s deaf.
