115 days ago by SophyraMom | 54 views | 5 barks

Medical Update (finally)

Well, the hospital doctor finally called last night. He said she has Giardia, Clostridium perfringens, and Coccidia. All are relatively "normal" in doggie language. All, except, of course, for my dear-a Sophyra. The giardia is NOT a canine variety. Correct, not canine. So, needless to say, its rare for it to show up in a dog and especially for a vet to even think of it. The coccidia is another parasite. The clostridium, however, is a bacteria. There is no medicine to "cure" it. There is a med to stop the reproduction once its in the cells, but from what we've found searching the web, it needs to be caught relatively quickly. Unfortunately, Soph and I have been together for almost 10 months now, so it is not a new problem. There's a lot of "chronic" and "dangerous" talk in all the info I've read, but Doc didn't seem too stressed yet. He said he'd look back through all the treatments we've tried and get ahold of our primary vet and they would work out a plan together. Lucky for us, these guys seem to be on track and really trying to find an answer. Unlucky, its taken this long to find out the actual problem. Now, its more crossing our fingers (and paws) and more positive thinking. We should hear more tomorrow...which is Thursday. I have been working crazy 3am - 3pm shifts to try to start making a dent in these vet bills so I haven't been spending a whole lot of time on the computer. But, thank you for the well wishes and I'll keep everyone up to date!

More update 5.31.08

Sophyra is continuing to put on weight and getting stronger every day. She has definitely grown, but I haven't measured her lately. From sight, I'd say at least another inch! I love it and am so excited. It's making obedience class a little more of a challenge, but who cares? I have waited sooooooo long for her to feel good, I could jump to the moon and back on my chipperness! Today is the last day of meds so "paws crossed" tomorrow will be the beginning of the norm, hopefully!