Hi, this is about Sammi, our yorkie who is
8 months old. She has been sick since we
got her. At about 10 weeks she had her first
seizure. We took her to the hospital and they
could not figure what was wrong. They gave
us some valium to give her to prevent the
seizures. This worked for about 4 months,
then she had another really bad seizure and
we took her in again. They observed her
for 2 days and sent us to a neurologist. He
said to get an mri and spinal tap.....$2000.00.
We have not been able to do this yet.
In the meantime the Dr prescribed phenobarbital.
The first day we gave her the medicine, she went
into a catatonic state for about 15 min, while
we were driving to the vet, where she stayed
for another 2 days........they decided maybe she is
allergic to phenobarbital.
Now she is on potassium something and seems
to be better, but the Dr thinks she is just a sick
dog, and we dont know if we can keep up with
the payments for all the vet bills.
We are soo sad for her and don't know what
to do, we have gotten money from some people
to help, but they dont want to keep her alive if
she is suffering.........sometimes she is, but
mostly she is ok, but not healthy.
I will send a picture of her.......we also have her
sister who is healthy......sorry this is so long.
We just dont know what to do, we watch her
constantly, never leave her alone, do whatever
the Dr says, and the DR has a good reputation.
We are just so heartsick, and just don't know
what to do. They cant figure out what it is.
We got her from a "breeder", and we had just had
our 7 yr old yorkie poodle die in an accident, so
we were not thinking straight. This breeder gave
us no papers, no guarantees, nothing at all and
when we said maybe we could not keep them,
the second day, as we are handicapped, he then
would not take our calls. We paid him and as soon
as the checks went through he never answered the
phone again. Since we thought maybe Sammi may
be sick because she got bad food or something, we
gave up on the "breeder, Doctor" as we were pretty
stupid about the whole thing, should have gotten papers,
should have known he was not a good person, etc, but
at least we got her away from him.
But now we have a dog we love, but don't know if we
can afford to take care of her......she is so loving.
Thanks to any and all of you......
HELP!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, DON'T KNOW
WHERE TO TURN.......
Joan Davis, Las Vegas, NV