~ Life As I See it ~
change of plan
Jack and I are just in from a long morning out at House Paws. Jack was lucky enough to see Dr Lisa and she was everything I heard she would be, kind, gentle and informative.
Upon examination, she found Jack had a fairly bad ear infection in his right ear. Late last week, I thought he may have had something brewing in there and not realizing it would get this bad this quickly decided to wait it out knowing he would be seen today. This turned out to be a bad decision on my part. She also found his gums to be in poor condition with a nasty case of gingivitis. She was quite surprised by this as generally this condition is seen in much older dogs. (Jack is 18 months - 2 years old) I was unaware he had this health issue.
Dr Lisa and I discussed this and that; type of food he is eating, how much, energy level, etc. . . she thought he may have allergies. I brought up the fact he had suffered two seizures over the last six weeks. This apparently is a big red light danger signal and she would not give Jack the first heartworm injection. The infections, of both ear and gums, coupled with the seizures all point to a possible compromised immune system. She suspects he has an under laying condition. This may have been hidden from us as Jack was on a round of strong doxycycline when he first arrived masking these symptoms.
She drew blood and is running several tests. She also gave me a rather lengthily survey of questions about his behaviors to complete. The results will be combined and hopefully give her a better picture as to how to proceed with treatment of heartworm and any other health condition he is harboring.
change of plan
Jack and I are just in from a long morning out at House Paws. Jack was lucky enough to see Dr Lisa and she was everything I heard she would be, kind, gentle and informative.
Upon examination, she found Jack had a fairly bad ear infection in his right ear. Late last week, I thought he may have had something brewing in there and not realizing it would get this bad this quickly decided to wait it out knowing he would be seen today. This turned out to be a bad decision on my part. She also found his gums to be in poor condition with a nasty case of gingivitis. She was quite surprised by this as generally this condition is seen in much older dogs. (Jack is 18 months - 2 years old) I was unaware he had this health issue.
Dr Lisa and I discussed this and that; type of food he is eating, how much, energy level, etc. . . she thought he may have allergies. I brought up the fact he had suffered two seizures over the last six weeks. This apparently is a big red light danger signal and she would not give Jack the first heartworm injection. The infections, of both ear and gums, coupled with the seizures all point to a possible compromised immune system. She suspects he has an under laying condition. This may have been hidden from us as Jack was on a round of strong doxycycline when he first arrived masking these symptoms.
She drew blood and is running several tests. She also gave me a rather lengthily survey of questions about his behaviors to complete. The results will be combined and hopefully give her a better picture as to how to proceed with treatment of heartworm and any other health condition he is harboring.