[dawn27]

* We are headed to the vets later this afternoon. I look to have the testing done to find the cause of her illness.

Lisa, thank you for sharing you experience with Piccalo. I pray that Brandi has a similar outcome with the management of her meds.

Linda; I appreciate your offer to help and just so you know, Brandi has never been breed. She was spayed at the age of 6 months old. Brandi is and always has been a part of our family and she will remain a part of our family. We love her dearly and she will stay here in her home that she was born and raised in.

This is all just too much for me. My emotions and stress levels are on overload. I will continue to update on her condition and progress. But I think my attention will be best served if I put it into finding what is causing this and finding the correct course of action for her. You may not agree with how we get to that point and that is fine but believe me when I say, we will.

Please to not pass judgment on me until you know all of the fact of this disease. If this is what she has and I will say it again. It is more than likely this she has this incurable disease. There is nothing that anyone can say or do to change that. It can only be managed with medication, there is no cure. It can arise and progress at any time even with the proper medications. I pray that it is not but I must be prepared that this disease with take her life eventually. There is a 40% death rate within the first year after being diagnosed with this disease. I'll be dammed if ill sit back and just let her die. Seeing my baby suffering from this is killing me, but I am confident that it can and will be managed properly. That is all I can do. I will concentrate on getting a diagnoses and than go from there.