Bella has Lymes Disease

Oh poor little Bella. Get well quickly, sweetie. Thanks for bringing this up, Pam.

Hopefully this is simply a false positive due to the vaccination.
Take care sweet Bella and be a good girl for your Mommy and take your medicine! Keep us updated on how she's doing Pam.
I'm actually looking into the new medication K9 Advantix for fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. We are now West Nile Territory here in North Texas, so we're taking all precautions this year!
I know you can't help but feel guilty about not using a tick preventative, but hindsight is 20/20, so don't beat yourself up over it.

Pam thank goodness you brought her in, it sounds like your Vet is on the side of caution and that's very good, can't have our beautiful white princess sick that's for sure. Please give her hugs from us and to Ripley too the little cutie pie.
Jackie, Perry and Miss Daisy

Oh Pam. I do hope Bella gets to feeling better, But also even if she had been on frontline doesnt mean she wouldn't get it. Frontline is a preventive. I keep frontline on my dogs all year long once a month. They still get ticks on them. I live in a heavy flea and tick area. Lots of deer in my yard all the time. I also use frontline spray on the horses. My boss and his son both have had lymes disease also. So dont be to hard on yourself.(which I know is easier said than do) With all the well wishes here and prayers she will be fine. Keep her all comfpy. all the gang here says get well soon.

We are totally taken aback with this news. I really want to believe it is the vacinnation and a pulled muscle! On the other hand, the vet, had he not had all this experience with Lyme disease could easily have overlooked the possibility and should it be that, things could have gotten so much worse. (I don't know if what I said was that clear. I hope it is not Lyme's but if it is I am so glad it was caught in time.)

Is the assumption that the ticks are out already even though winter is barely over? That this is a *this year's bite*? You would think that all that snow would somehow get rid of those bloody bastards!:mad:

Dear sweet Bella. Hannah knows princesses do not like to be sick or in any way incapacitated. She suggests your Mommy bring you servings of only the most delectable treats and give you gentle massages. Please get well and feel better fast.

Bella is not putting any weight on that leg at all this morning. It is so hard to see Ripley racing through the yard and Bella sitting on the sidelines. Their early morning romps are so routine and I know she is wishing to join in. She came back upstairs this morning after going potty outside. Going up anything (stairs, onto a bed) is harder than going down but she seemed determined to do it. I lifted her up onto the bed, where she seemed she was wanting to go, and I put her food bowl on the bed. She ate laying down. I somehow got the impression that she could get used to this lifestyle. ;) Oh my, I can't wait for these pills to kick in and make my sweetie return to her normal self.

You know, it is so darn difficult to see an animal having discomfort. I suppose it is much like a young child, unable to let you know what is really going on in their little minds. It is not like they are able to say, "Hey, Mom I'm feeling a bit under the weather - can you call the Dr. to see if he can fit me in"..... but instead you find out when they can't walk or vomit up every speck of food you just gave them... etc. etc. I don't know that we can every really keep our eyes and ears open enough to predict the problems that sneak up on us/them. Bladder infections in animals are my favorite. They can be horrible for the pet and yet you don't really know it is happening until it is raging through their bodies!

Let's try to teach our pets to "sign"..... and let us know what is going on in their bodies.

It would be so much easier on Pam, if Bella would say "hey, Mom, I did injure myself while playing with the Ripples dog and I don't have Lyme disease like the doc thinks...." I wonder what sign we could translate that to be?

SAS

Hugs to Bella and Pam

Poor sweet Bella, I hope she recovers quickly! :(

I believe I knew they had a vaccine for Lymes Disease, but I have no idea if it's offered here. I know the Giardia one is. Maybe I should look into it. I've never used the flea/tick preventative as well, we don't have fleas here.....but maybe I should use it...but just for ticks? We do have ticks, and we do go camping very often.

Poor Bella :( Pam, sending prayers and positive thoughts that the beautiful sweetie gets better real soon. Please give her a hug from me.

Chris

Feel better soon, sweetie. Hmmmm, food bowl on the bed......don't tell Shiloh........

Praying that Bella gets better real quick!

*Hugs*

Poor Miss Bella girl :( I do hope that it's a "false alarm", but so glad that you caught it when you did, as I have heard Lymes can be pretty icky.

Get better, you beautiful girl.

Pam, let us know how she's doing. Hopefully she's getting better by the day :(

Oh Dear Pam, I wish you have told me this morning on the phone! In light of what Cody is going through,sweet Bella's Lyme disease is no less important! I'm so glad you took her right to the vet. What a good mom for noticing! You know I love you all dearly, and I swear to you that I am also praying for Bella that she recovers in no time!

As I told you in my email, Pam, my Jingles was diagnosed with Lymes at age 11, even though she never missed one dose of Frontline and always received her yearly Lymes vaccine. Perhaps it was a strain, not Lymes. There is a possiblity of a false positive. If it is Lymes though, dogs respond so well to a course of antibiotics; that usually does the trick. We're sending beautiful Bella all our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery. She couldn't be in more loving, caring hands...that's for sure. Love, Sandra, Star and Cody

Star demands you get better dear Bellla!! And you know she will not be denied!;)

Sandra I didn't realize that Jingles had Lyme disease. :( Your note is helping me a little in regard to the guilt I have been feeling. It sounds like nothing is foolproof. I am still wondering if it isn't a combination of Lyme and a sprain/strain. I am supposed report in with the vet tomorrow, and he said I should be noticing a big improvement. Actually she is much worse. She has put no weight on that leg at all today and won't do steps pr furniture at all. She goes down steps but simply can't come up. My hubby and I have been carrying her. I just can't wait to talk to the vet again tomorrow and maybe have him look at her again. I had to go out for several hours today and before I left I took a picture of Bella and her new little brudder, Ripley, as they laid in the warm sun streaming into the kitchen. She laid there for ages and he was with her a good bit of the time.

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I took this when I got home. She is still not walking on it. :(
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