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DOTLDaddy
Nomad
Jan 28, 2013

Please put Gretchen on your prayer or good thoughts list.

Gretchen has not been feeling very well the last several days. Hardly eating, lethargic, and just not being herself. We took her in this morning to see her vet. Found out right away she had a fever...
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DOTLDaddy
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Feb 11, 2013
Dandy Dan wrote:
DTOLDaddy aka Walter,
What is the scoop on Gretchen? Haven't seen anything in the last couple of days. Hope all is going well.
Where do I begin . . . . :p We have been to two vet specialist places today. We just got back from the second a short time ago.

This morning, after going through Sunday with no meds, per schedule, Gretchen's eye's were grossly swollen and red. Went to VSSSTL at 9:00am. The vet there was so concerned, we were sent to yet another specialist vet clinic to see an ophthalmologist. (BTW, Dr. Doug, this vet was a former dean of the UM Columbia vet school. Maybe you know him, Dr. M----???)

Anyway, to keep this brief, the short time off of prednisone apparently contributed to this flare up. Not only is she back on prednisone, but doxycycline and metronidazole as well. The first specialist was concerned that there may be some growth, cyst or tumor behind her eyes, but Dr. M---- , the ophthalmologist, does not think that is the case. He thinks it is some sort of autoimmune thing going on. There are so many possibilities . . . . Anyway, hopefully, the predisone will work it's magic again, and the other stuff will kill off the underlying badness.

The skin condition on her body has resolved itself nicely, and we had the stitches taken out today while we were at the first vet specialist place.

This morning before going to vets, not pretty:





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