Thryoid Update

Well, when I took Dylan to the vet yesterday, we discussed Sky's thyroid issue too. As there is some improvement (perhaps 20%) but nothing drastic (and at this point not enough to warrant a life time on medication), Mark said we should increase the dosage drastically (seeing also how high Jesse's thyroid levels needs to be to function normally). So he went from 0.3mg to 0.8 mg for a month to see whether that makes a difference.

This could make Skye hyperthyroid of course (and I have to be careful with that as it could induce anxiety which would increase Skye's aggression), but we will monitor closely and see what happens and then go from there. If it helps, then fabulous. If not, then I will accept that it's a genetic issue and not a thyroid one.

I gave her two whole of her tablets yesterday which made it a total of 0.6mg, and from today she is on 2 x 0.4mg to make up the 0.8mg she is on. Watch this space.

Here are her last results from the last thyroid test a week ago:

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Test Result Alert Units Reference Range

38.8 nmol/L 13.0 - 51.0

And here's some pictures I took over the week-end of the naughty one (who is not so naughty anymore at all). LOL

Sleeping beauty!

 

Two sleeping beauties!

Upside down dog

Right way up dog

Thyroid and vaccinations

Well, yesterday we went to the vet's. It was Ian. He took blood from her for the thyroid test, I need to call them today for the results. Skye also got her vaccinations, which luckily seems to have had no adverse effect on her at all (other than being a bit grumbly when we got home due to the stress).