Trying to find a Specialist

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

to find a specialist in your area:


www.acvim.org

thank you again, ladyjane!

[parkerpoo]

I cannot get out of this funk. I am sorry to all of you who have had to deal with this. It is depressing to see your best friend suffer, and hard to push what might come in the future out of my thoughts. I installed Jumicam on my phone to watch Parker through my home lap top. He just gets way too excited looking out the window, and I can talk to him through Jumicam while I'm at work. I am now trying to get an appointment with a radiologist specialist at Penn to have one of those digital radiography, I think that is what it is. The specialist isn't taking any appointments until April, and they don't have her schedule yet. Sheesh! They said to call back next week.

[fifeandshaffer]

I went to Penn then Cornell then to see dr Weiss
He is the best for ct you may get in with him before Penn,,
He saw my dog fife, you can google dr chick Weiss and read all his papers on ct in dogs. I'm a radiologist for people we looked at fifes scans together but nothing could be done for him. I know how heartbreaking it is. I'm so sorry
Penn was great with fife, he had his hips and knees done at Penn, just so you know and I didn't be prepared if you are going to do surgery, they usually do it the next day you leave your dog after the appointment. That is what happened both times I was at Penn when Fife had surgery be prepared to wait most of the day.


Chick Weisse, VMD, DACVS | Animal Medical Center

[parkerpoo]

Originally Posted by fifeandshaffer

I went to Penn then Cornell then to see dr Weiss
He is the best for ct you may get in with him before Penn,,
He saw my dog fife, you can google dr chick Weiss and read all his papers on ct in dogs. I'm a radiologist for people we looked at fifes scans together but nothing could be done for him. I know how heartbreaking it is. I'm so sorry
Penn was great with fife, he had his hips and knees done at Penn, just so you know and I didn't be prepared if you are going to do surgery, they usually do it the next day you leave your dog after the appointment. That is what happened both times I was at Penn when Fife had surgery be prepared to wait most of the day.


Chick Weisse, VMD, DACVS | Animal Medical Center

I know, he is nice too. He answered my email when I started searching - I had been hoping he was at UPenn, but no such luck. Maybe I will go up there after I get the scans done at UPenn.

[parkerpoo]

Has anyone tried Holistique Blendz Adult Dog Food? I had been mixing it with Parker's regular Blue Buffalo, but he has been throwing up. I had heard that someone else tried it and they said the weight just fell off. Not the case with Parker.

[fifeandshaffer]

I'm sure most won't agree with me on this and for sure I'm not an expert on ct but I did have two dogs with ct, I nearly tortured myself and my dogs to get the weight down fife was about 7 pounds pre diet and 5.5 post diet, he was always hungry and miserable. The steroids to make him breath better made him hungry. The weight loss I can't say helped at all. He wasn't overweight by any means. My shaffer on ten otherhand was chubby a tea pot,,, he was close to 12 pounds but he was short he lost 3 pounds I was determined to get them both to get the weight down so I knew I did everything I could. We switched to life's abundance food, amnd ziwi peak as treats. I also made spinach and brusslesprouts as treats both my dogs loved. I don't know anything about the food you mentioned, but from one person who beat herself up to try to do everything I could for my dog, the weight loss was of no signifigant help. I'm sure others will disagree with me but that was my expeience with both of my dogs.

[parkerpoo]

I will have to try the life's abundance food. He seemed perfect at seven pounds, and last weight was 11.3 pounds! That makes me feel horrible. When he wants something, he kicks around his stainless steel bowls and makes such a racket! naughty, but funny too

[parkerpoo]

I wanted to update: Parker had his chest xrays and fluoroscopy at MJRV uPenn. He unfortunately has mainstream bronchi collapse also, which I didn't expect. Right now we are giving hydrocodone/homatrop and theophlline. Very upsetting.
But I was very happy with Dr. Clarke. These people were so compassionate!

[parkerpoo]

BTW Parker is down to 10.4 pounds. Yes, he is a tortured soul, though.

[fifeandshaffer]

I'm so sorry. I know how hard it is, Penn is great he is in good care by both you and them. Did you happen to ask about the marax, I know it worked wonders for fife for months.

[parkerpoo]

No I don't know about marax. I will be sure to email Dr. Clarke. Thanks for keeping in touch.

[parkerpoo]

Originally Posted by fifeandshaffer

I'm sure most won't agree with me on this and for sure I'm not an expert on ct but I did have two dogs with ct, I nearly tortured myself and my dogs to get the weight down fife was about 7 pounds pre diet and 5.5 post diet, he was always hungry and miserable. The steroids to make him breath better made him hungry. The weight loss I can't say helped at all. He wasn't overweight by any means. My shaffer on ten otherhand was chubby a tea pot,,, he was close to 12 pounds but he was short he lost 3 pounds I was determined to get them both to get the weight down so I knew I did everything I could. We switched to life's abundance food, amnd ziwi peak as treats. I also made spinach and brusslesprouts as treats both my dogs loved. I don't know anything about the food you mentioned, but from one person who beat herself up to try to do everything I could for my dog, the weight loss was of no signifigant help. I'm sure others will disagree with me but that was my expeience with both of my dogs.

Parker likes Life's Abundance. They are so nice there. They sent us samples.
He didn't really care too much for the treats, but likes the food.