Yeah, my dog was originally diagnosed with lymes in June after he had a bunch of engorged ticks on him. After 28 days, he successfully cleared the bacteria from system and he was good until October when I found one engorged tick on him. The vet didn't seem concerned with putting him on more than two weeks. I just don't want to take the chance of having him go through what he did in May / June. He never showed any real symptoms except drinking & urinating more frequently which he is still doing. One of his eyes were also bloodshot and then after he started the antibiotic, the eye cleared up completely and has been fine ever since. The vet did say she was suspicious of that. I've read that it is a symptom of lyme nephritis but again, as I said before, the vet never said yes or no to if he has lyme nephritis or not. Since he did have protein in his urine, the vet said it could be attributed to his age and she also said it could be because a dog with lymes can shed protein in the urine. I'm not sure about all of it. My dog is not scheduled to go back to the vet until January or February, for follow-up urinalysis & bloodwork. I'm just hoping that the 2 weeks he was on doxycycline for one engorged tick was enough to clear the bacteria. My family thinks I'm overreacting about whether or not he should be put on more antibiotics. I'm just so overprotective of my dog because I've had him since I was 7 years old and he's truly my best friend.
Thanks again for all of the replies. I appreciate it so much. |