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Originally Posted by beausgrrl  So sorry for what you are going through Madraga.
I agree that the vet should not have given vaccines with the immiticide. How harsh for the poor baby!
I wanted top post here so others could learn that things don't always work even when you do the "right" method. Ok, I am probably out of line here because my dog is a rescue Lab and not a Yorkie. But I've been researching high and low for all information on the slow kill methods for heartworm. We rescued our dog 2 years ago and he has been on preventative the whole time and also supposedly while in his foster home b4 our adoption... Anyway at his annual I brought him in for knee probs and he tested heartworm positive. Fast forward and our vet did the 2 shot injection of immiticide and now almost a year later we have had several followups and the vet believes there are still adults even though June's test result was "negative" for adults...So, the immiticide failed! There are many microfilareas still in his blood and now we are doing doxy 3pills/2x a day for a month, ivermectin(heartguard) once every 2 weeks for 3 months with a followup in Jan.
So, I wanted to share with others that we did "what is recommended" and are so sad that a year later and there must be more damage done and is being done to his heart and lungs (although he shows no signs) and he's still considered positive even though the test said negative as all the followup blood smears show more and more babies....
I wish you luck on treatment....
oh and we have also noticed alot of panting on our walks since starting the high doses of doxy so they have been cut very short.....
Good luck.
-Tracey |
I am sorry this happened to your dog. When you adopted this dog, was a heartworm test done? You said "supposedly" the dog was on preventatives...perhaps he was...and perhaps not. The rescue should have provided proof. And, was testing done a year later? What I can tell you is that if you have proof that he was negative and you gave Heartgard monthly, the company will pay for treatment.