Dawn, I just want to add that I went through something like this years ago with Piccolo. Two months Piccolo spent going to the regular vet with appointments while they gave her all kinds of medicine. I have great faith in her vets, but they just could not figure it out. This was before I knew about YorkieTalk, which would have taught me that there are specialists. I had not a clue there were vet specialists. As soon as I took Piccolo to two specialists in one week (dermatologist and internist), the dermatologist vet did a biopsy and had it figured out which autoimmune disease she had that very day. I wasted so much time at the regular vet and Piccolo just got sicker and sicker. She is fine now, but I give all the credit to the specialist. They were able to give her exactly the right medicine. Wish I had known to go to a specialist way sooner. Also looking back at this terrifying time, financially, so much money could have been saved if I had known about specialists right away.
Just wanted to share Piccolo's story because it does sound similar to your situation. |