Gracie has Addisons Disease

On Aug 31, 2011 Gracie was diagnosed with Addisones Disease. She had stopped eatting for up to 3 weeks. The Vet had me giving her a nutrial suppliment force feeding with a syring. Much blood work and testing laster and Addisons was found. It is a desease of the adreneal glands right above the kidneys. Hers have stopped working for some reason. It is usually heretited and I called her breeder but none of her dogs have ever had this illness.

I had been giving Gracie Waggan Train Chicken jerky everyday all summer. And in the fall after she was diagnosed it was reported that it was made in China and many dogs were dieing from kidney desease after eating Waggen Train. I really feel Gracies illness is from those treats.

Gracie is now on medication for the rest of her life. She takes Florinef 0.1mg 1 tab am and 0.1mg 1 1/4 tab pm. She got Blood Work every week at first to see were her levels of Lytes were. Then she went monthly, now she is every 3 months. If she stays stable we will be able to go to every 6 months. The lytes tell us how much medication she needs.

It has been a hard 6 months. She was so sick at first I thought I was going to loose her. Many dogs have died because it was not caught early enough. We were every lucky to catch it early with Gracie.