Isabella was seen by an internal medicine specialist and an Opthalmologist. Her original blood work had shown an elevated bun level and she tested positive for Lyme. The vet did a thorough exam and found a lesion on her eye and had the eye specialist look at her while we were there. In addition to the lesion she has bilateral incomplete cataracts. The eye vet felt that the lesion was caused by some type of trauma to the eye. We will probably never know how this injury occurred, but I have eye drops for now and she will have a recheck in 2 weeks.
She also had a chest exray which showed Broncho-interstitial changes which indicates a chronic bronchitis. Her skin problems are from a yeast infection and I have a medicated shampoo which I need to bath her daily for two weeks. The vet feels that this should clear up the strong odor and give her some relief. He did a more specific renal panel and we will be getting the results from that next week. So she will be on doxycycline for the Lyme and then we just wait for the results of the renal panel. He did confirm that she is deaf and he feels her eye sight is poor. On a good note her heart sounded strong and healthy and it could very well be that most of the other problems were related to poor hygiene and care. He suspected that she may have been left outside a lot, but it is impossible to know for sure. Thanks everyone for your prayers. I think this old girl is going to be okay with some TLC and a few meds. |