It is with heavy fingers and heart that I update everyone. My girl is very, very sick. We went to the vet today at 2:30...left at 5:30. The new vet was wonderful! So thorough and explained everything! I was so happy to have found her, and she is practically in my back yard!!That is the good news. Sahara, on the other hand, did not come home with such good news. Her mange is back with a vengance. It is covering her baby feeties and all four of them are beginning to get like the one really bad one. The mange is everywhere on her body, although she has all her fur and looks pretty good. There are two possibilities. The first being that the mange is being caused by allergies and, although expensive, is treatable under the right conditions. The other option is that since she has had this pretty bad since she was a baby, it could have compromised her immune system, leaving her unable to fight off the mange, or any other disease. If that is the case, the chances of her survival and a happy life is slim to none. There is nothing we can know until about two weeks...until we see how the meds are reacting. To sum everything up:
The mange is back....very badly...the most affected part of her being her feet; her feet also have a secondary bacterial infection that is deep-seated from the mange; she has an ear infection and yeast infection in both ears.
She is on Ivermectin liquid, antibiotic for her bacterial infection in her feet, some sort of feet soaking medicine to help with the infection, ear cleaning solution, and antibiotics for her ears.
I'm so mad at our other vet for not being thorough!! I feel like such a bad mommy!!! I didn't take care of my girl and it is partially their fault for not informing us and taking all steps necessary to make sure she would be ok. Now, it could be too late!!!! It is not fair!! She is only 6 months old!!!! Please, please pray hard for my girl these next coming weeks. Only time will tell.................
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