merlinsmom13
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Our dog has been ill all summer & I thought this was finally it for this miracle dog.
Brief history, my husband found her on the interstate ran over, we took her to the vet & 1 pin & 1 plate later we have a dog. I was not happy but she kind of grew on me.
While recovering from surgery, she gobbled a dead bird & became deathly ill. Another vet visit, she recovered.
A year or 2 of health & my neighbor decided to spray his fence row, Dawg ate the grass & an emergency trip to vet. I kept an icepack on her on the way to the vet, saved her life. Most poisonings kill by raising the body temp, (extreme fever). She lived & added another $1200 to my vet record. Dr Wills loves Dawg.
1 month after Merlin came to live w/us, my 18 yo Manx cat Razz became sick, she had been listless for a week or so, I thought she was pouting because of the new addition. It turns out she had been poisoned by the chinese pet food problem. The day I admitted something was wrong, Dawg collasped too. We had both of them @ the vets @ the same time. In cats it causes kidney failure, in dogs anemia. I lost Razz, w/her age her kidneys were weak, there was nothing we could do.
Dawg was given a transfusion, started on steriods. I added iron supplements & cooked beef liver for her every day along w/marrow bones. Dawg fights on! She was on them for almost a year, the vet monitored her blood levels & it was increasing. Did I mention Dr Wills loooovvves Dawg.
We finally decided that her red blood cells were @ a good level & started weaning her off of the steriods. D Wills didnt think it would work given how long she was on them, but it did. She had been off of them over 3.5 years.
We have another dead squirrel gobbling, but that wasn't going to kill Super Dawg.
This summer it started again, I knew the signs. She is taking a NSAID for arthritis. I accidently found that 1 of the side effects was lowering red blood cells. Dr Wills missed it. He's been my vet my whole life, but I cant say hes great w/small animals. He was wonderful w/the horses.
We're back on the steriods. I was 2 days away from putting Dawg to sleep, I just didnt think that given her age (12-13) she had a chance. She is on another NSAID & the full regiment for the anemia.
This week she suprised me again, shes galloping everywhere, going for walks. Back to her happy self. We are so happy, we weren't ready to lose her yet.
I am grateful for everyday this dog has been in our lives. She's gentle & patient, clean & polite. The perfect dog.
Brief history, my husband found her on the interstate ran over, we took her to the vet & 1 pin & 1 plate later we have a dog. I was not happy but she kind of grew on me.
While recovering from surgery, she gobbled a dead bird & became deathly ill. Another vet visit, she recovered.
A year or 2 of health & my neighbor decided to spray his fence row, Dawg ate the grass & an emergency trip to vet. I kept an icepack on her on the way to the vet, saved her life. Most poisonings kill by raising the body temp, (extreme fever). She lived & added another $1200 to my vet record. Dr Wills loves Dawg.
1 month after Merlin came to live w/us, my 18 yo Manx cat Razz became sick, she had been listless for a week or so, I thought she was pouting because of the new addition. It turns out she had been poisoned by the chinese pet food problem. The day I admitted something was wrong, Dawg collasped too. We had both of them @ the vets @ the same time. In cats it causes kidney failure, in dogs anemia. I lost Razz, w/her age her kidneys were weak, there was nothing we could do.
Dawg was given a transfusion, started on steriods. I added iron supplements & cooked beef liver for her every day along w/marrow bones. Dawg fights on! She was on them for almost a year, the vet monitored her blood levels & it was increasing. Did I mention Dr Wills loooovvves Dawg.
We finally decided that her red blood cells were @ a good level & started weaning her off of the steriods. D Wills didnt think it would work given how long she was on them, but it did. She had been off of them over 3.5 years.
We have another dead squirrel gobbling, but that wasn't going to kill Super Dawg.
This summer it started again, I knew the signs. She is taking a NSAID for arthritis. I accidently found that 1 of the side effects was lowering red blood cells. Dr Wills missed it. He's been my vet my whole life, but I cant say hes great w/small animals. He was wonderful w/the horses.
We're back on the steriods. I was 2 days away from putting Dawg to sleep, I just didnt think that given her age (12-13) she had a chance. She is on another NSAID & the full regiment for the anemia.
This week she suprised me again, shes galloping everywhere, going for walks. Back to her happy self. We are so happy, we weren't ready to lose her yet.
I am grateful for everyday this dog has been in our lives. She's gentle & patient, clean & polite. The perfect dog.
