[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by LuvMy5Yorkies

Histoplasmosis is also called bird flu. What is not known, because it is so rare is that animals wih compromised immune systems can get it from us walking in soil and from the spores being in the air. They don't have to eat or dig in anything if they have the compromised immune system. We had her at The University of Tennessee Small Animal Hospital. It is one of the tops. It can cost you 1,000 a day for the specialists. She was there almost five days after being at our vet for Meds for three days prior. Our vet said she wasn't responding. I'm tired of people looking this up and automatically thinking I had her in the yard eating bird poop. She was pad trained. If she went out it was on the patio with me. I know what my yorkies are eating. It took a really determined specialist calling in other specialists to find out this is what she had. The vet called Saturday night in shock. It was so rare that it was only in a text book. Now with my tiny hero they can study her and she can help save the next. We will probable not hear of this happening to another since it's rareness. I'm feeling better today after calling her vet yesterday with my questions. Even if she was in two weeks ago it would have ended up the same. We had snow and mostly cold for the last few weeks...Me-Me was an inside yorkie. My tiny Hero

I am so sorry that people are assuming things. If they take the time research more then they would know there are other way's this happens. Again I am so very sorry for your loss Me-Me.