I am not really happy with my Vet today. In fact I want to go to his house. OUTSIDE NOW!!
Well my lab/springer she is 12 and she was having trouble getting up but when I help her, she can walk for a long time. This was about 2 weeks ago. She has a memory foam bed that I purchased a while back and I started her on glucosamine chondroitin. I brought her to the Vet last Monday to give her a check up and to see what more we could do for her. He did the exam and told me she had degenerative arthritis. (No shit really?) So he says we should do some blood tests and start her on Rimadyl. Calls me back the next day and says she had a weak positive for Anaplasmosis, its kind of like Lyme's Disease but it is caused by a tick and we have tons of them. SO we started her Doxycyline to see if this would help her. According to what I have read symptoms from this bite are within the first 30 days and since we have had nothing but snow and cold since last fall, I would think that her illness would of appeared last fall.
So by Thursday after being on meds for 3 days she quits eating, takes in water but won't eat. Her symptoms of not getting up are worse and she is more bony. We stop her on meds and on Friday night she eats a meal can of soft dog food, and half a pound of boneless chicken. So then I think she will get better and try her on other meds. That was the last meal she ate and I could only get a hot dog in her on Sunday and that is it. Still drinks water but needs help getting up. She can still walk. Talk to Vet today and he says well we will have to do more blood tests and check a white count and do some cancer blood work.
I am like WTF!! I had her in there last Monday and you did blood work but did not do a white count or the cancer tests then. I just about blew! I thought that these would be standard espeecially when I have a dog that is apparently ill. He said he was doing the most cost effective! I don't give a FUCK about cost effective when it comes to blood work. Not that I want to get soaked but I am really pist, maybe I am just upset and in denial about her health but WTF.
Well my lab/springer she is 12 and she was having trouble getting up but when I help her, she can walk for a long time. This was about 2 weeks ago. She has a memory foam bed that I purchased a while back and I started her on glucosamine chondroitin. I brought her to the Vet last Monday to give her a check up and to see what more we could do for her. He did the exam and told me she had degenerative arthritis. (No shit really?) So he says we should do some blood tests and start her on Rimadyl. Calls me back the next day and says she had a weak positive for Anaplasmosis, its kind of like Lyme's Disease but it is caused by a tick and we have tons of them. SO we started her Doxycyline to see if this would help her. According to what I have read symptoms from this bite are within the first 30 days and since we have had nothing but snow and cold since last fall, I would think that her illness would of appeared last fall.
So by Thursday after being on meds for 3 days she quits eating, takes in water but won't eat. Her symptoms of not getting up are worse and she is more bony. We stop her on meds and on Friday night she eats a meal can of soft dog food, and half a pound of boneless chicken. So then I think she will get better and try her on other meds. That was the last meal she ate and I could only get a hot dog in her on Sunday and that is it. Still drinks water but needs help getting up. She can still walk. Talk to Vet today and he says well we will have to do more blood tests and check a white count and do some cancer blood work.
I am like WTF!! I had her in there last Monday and you did blood work but did not do a white count or the cancer tests then. I just about blew! I thought that these would be standard espeecially when I have a dog that is apparently ill. He said he was doing the most cost effective! I don't give a FUCK about cost effective when it comes to blood work. Not that I want to get soaked but I am really pist, maybe I am just upset and in denial about her health but WTF.
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