Update on Butterscotch

Scottiemom wrote:
Our white Scottie, Butterscotch, has been battling urinary problems for a year and a half. I posted on here earlier this year. This week she has been at Purdue getting scoped, prodded, xrayed and ultrasounded by the chief researcher for TCC (transitional cell carcinoma aka bladder cancer) in Scotties.....

.... I think there are some homeophathic things I have learned about that we may be able to give her to help her stomach if we need to. This will all be discussed with the vets when they get back to us later this week.....

I wanted you all to know that if you have a pet you are having trouble diagnosing, don't be afraid of a teaching hospital.

It's been expensive this week ($1400) but we had already spent more than that at different vets trying to find the problem and now we have definite answers. We were not close to a teaching hospital this winter or we would have done this sooner. Dale

So sorry for the diagnosis.:(
I completely agree with your advice about using the Universities.

I am a BIG BIG fan as is my Vet about using the Universities for diagnosis and treatment. AND, Yes the cost is FAR less and you get the BEST of the BEST veterinarians at your service. They are on the cutting edge of all new treatment studies before they are released to the public for humans and animals.

I also went to Purdue for a liver problem involving cancer my Great Dane had. Referred to by my vet. Diagnosis was not good.

But they gave me a weekly regime of natural remedies. I was able to purchase them all at my local Health Food Store.

He is still on record for having "outlived any dog with that diagnosis using these remedies" with no use of chemo.

I swear by the Universities. You will most likely get a "TEAM" of vets. They are NOT the students that see your pet, they are the Professors of the University. The students are there to observe and learn.

OP: DO use and follow any of the homeopathic options they give you. They DO work and in the case of the Universities they have been extensively tested and evaluated for their success. Purdue being on the cutting edge of this study.

You must buy 'exactly' what they tell you and it must be the pure version of it. Not something off the internet or at Walmart.

Sorry for being long winded but so few pet owners are given the knowledge that using the Universities to help diagnosis and treat your pet is available to you. Sadly too many vets just don't offer this info.

I have had 3 of my Great Danes be treated at a University. 1 at UWM Wisconsin and 2 at Purdue.

With all three of them I agreed to be part of a trial study when all other treatments failed. None of the trial studies involved chemo or any harm to the animal. He was treated with all natural products.

Fast forward many years and I have found out that all three of those trial studies my dogs participated ultimately resulted in a cure that was then released to treat humans. :C