Giz/Emma and everyones pets on the board

I'm not sure if there was any blood work done the second time...I think so, still waiting for results. The first time, they did a complete work up looking for organ function as well as any tick born diseases, all was fine except he was ever so slightly anemic, and his WBC was slightly elevated. I think it's an infection, it's just the timing is way off, the first one showed up 10 days post-op, the second one showed up two weeks after he finished a full three week course of doxycycline.

 

Black & whites rock!

 

Thanks. When my wife brought her home I though it was funny she has a stash.

 

That antibiotic is really rough on the digestive system. Need to have food with it.
Would be interesting to see what the doc mike bayerl thinks about this recurrent infection.

 

Thanks for your support, but I'm definitely not a vet. However, I certainly like the idea of the course of doxy. That would have covered just about all possible tick-borne disease which are always my first guess with lame dogs. After that, I don't have anything else to add. Good luck getting it sorted out soon DaveGunter

 

Im in the living room and I smell something burning. Come to find out it was just my cat . She likes to lay on the gas heater but stayed on a bit to long this time.

 

And just what is this "gas heater" you speak of???

 

LOL..Its in the bathroom. To be honest Im only burning wood in my shop where I work .

 

Gas Heater you say ???????.................................

 

Maybe I should have said I have a LP heater.

 

They install cats in LP heaters these days.


Gave mine a vinegar/water spray yesterday, as well as chimney and stove cleaning.


Too much crap in chimney.

Will see how it looks after new stove with dry wood.

 

Careful...............the last time there was discussion about cats in stoves it ended up in a Negative atmosphere!!!!!!!!!

 

Here is an idea to help those lost cats.

 

Also good for skunks, possums, mice, rats and chipmunks

 

Vet says it's immune mediated inflammation, just something wacky happening with his immune system, and not an infection. Took him off NSAID (meloxicam) and put him on some steroid (prednisone). I'll follow her advice for now, but I'm inclined to try and get him off all meds as soon as possible.

 

Prednisone can be very hard on the kidneys.................... Years ago, had to put me retired K-9 down for kidney shut down, after he had been exposed to it for several years.