March 4, 2008 - 12 days after the second SRS

Today Mati was not willing to eat anything. I struggled to get her to eat the liverwurst which hides her medications. I called the UW Vet school and set up and appointment to have a CBC and electrolytes and a cortisol test. I picked up a prescription for prednisone and levothyroxine. At 1:45pm she had the blood draw. At 2:30pm she had 1.5mg of prednisone in liverwurst. I talked with Barb Biller and Sue LaRue from CSU Vet school. They were both surprised by how Mati's cortisol levels had dropped so quickly. Sue thought that Mati should have prednisone to supplement her current levels. Furthermore she reminded me that she might need an anti-inflammatory dose to reduce swelling in the brain due to the SRS. Barb told me that when we have her thyroid tested for changes due to SRS to have just the T4 tested. Mati ate less than 1/8 cup of softened dog food at night. She took her medications in liverwurst. She was not real excited but did eat them without to much work. Mati was up all night and finally went to sleep at 4:30am.

Mati's weight was 2.98kg.

Here are the results from the vet school:
sodium - 147.0 mmol/l
potassium - 6.1 mmol/l
chloride - 105 mmol/l
tco2 - 23 mmol/l
anion gap - 25
calcium - 9.9 mg/dl
phosphorus - 7.2 mg/dl
magnesium - 3.0 mg/dl
glucose - 98 mg/dl
urea nitrogen - 65 mg/dl
creatinine - 1.0 mg/dl
total protein - 6.7 g/dl
albumin - 3.3 g/dl
globulin - 3.4 g/dl
alkaline phosphatase - 586 u/l
creatine kinase - 122 u/l
ast - 20 u/l
alt - 102 u/l
cholesterol - 294 mg/dl
total bilirubin - .1 mg/dl

cortisol - 3.4 ug/dl