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Originally Posted by lil fu fu girl  [/U]
Definitely was not, and thank goodness you got those X-rays and found out about the Lymes. Lil fu fu girl has Lymes as well. Found out about it almost the same way, as it attacks the joints and it looks as if they have skeletal issues when you see their gait.
It seems to be everywhere here in MD! I am curious, did Jackson have to go on antibiotic therapy? When we found out about lil fu fu's Lymes it was about 2 years into the disease, the one doctor we had been going to apparently was not giving her the test or reading it wrong...scary huh?!!
So we found another vet and got her on antibiotics right away. Her count went right down after that. Thank goodness! |
Yup -- I had NO idea until he got tested that Lymes created joint problems. The vet said luckily he didn't have it for long, we caught it early. He was put on antibiotics for 30 days but the limping stopped 6 hours after giving him his first pill
He got a lot of ticks early in the summer while on Frontline so I think that's where he caught it from. Since switching to Advantix, there has been none to my knowledge.
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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie Well the results are....LP.
I had thought it might be when I felt on her knees and the sore one didn't feel the same as the other one.
We did get into a better vet at Shoal Creek and Mike took her and LOVED the service he got there in comparison to Banfield. We're not going back to Banfield for anything other than shot updates and i'll just eat the cost of my mistake there ($20 a month).
The new vet suggested to wait a couple more weeks to see if she improves on her own and it heals up. If she's still not walking well on it by a couple weeks we will go back for x rays to see how bad off it is and then consider a date for surgery. Please pray that she does improve and that at least for now surgery won't be neccessary. I am aware that in the future she will only get worse and will most likely need surgery to fix her LP in the long run. We will make the best possible choice we can for Sadie and are willing to do whatever it takes to secure her knees and make her pain free and comfortable.
Pray for us please. It's rough to have this hit us so early in her little life. |
I'm so sorry to hear about Sadie. Thinking of her during this and hope it doesn't require surgery!