Hi everyone! Please forgive my lack of participation lately!! I'm so sorry...but I have been keeping up as much as I can (I sneak in a quick read @ work). Between work, the last two weeks of school, and a baby girl with a lot of medication to keep up with, it is quite hectic here! Not to mention the holidays approaching!! Phew! I'm sure everyone can sympathize this time of year! Well, on to the update...two weeks ago, Sahara was quite a sick girl. Her mange (demodex) had flaired up again, but this time very bad in her feet!! Well, after two weeks of a rigorous medication line-up and a lot of love and pampering, my girlie is feeling much better. Her footsies are all cleared up of the bacterial infections, and the swelling is gone. Her general infections are clearing up as well thanks to the antibiotic. So right now, all that we are left to deal with are the mites that are still abundant. The vet has counted a good number of dead ones, so that is a good sign...but we are still not in the clearing. It is still unknown if her immune system will be up to battling this disease for the rest of her life. So fingers and paws are still crossed. We are pushing a lot of Ivermectin into her system and that seems to be helping. We are now on fatty acids for her skin/coat, a new shampoo that we are to bath her in twice a week that has some sort of medication to help with the mites, and an F/P (fish and potato) diet to rule out any food allergies. Chloe is going to start on that too, because she is developing some serious skin probems. Anyway...my big girl is going to be 7 months old on the 28th, and weighed in at 92 pounds!! (she gained 7 pounds in two weeks!!!We are happy about that!)
Sorry about the length...takes a lot of breath to catch everyone up! lol I'm going to attach a photo of my girl from just two days ago...you can see that she is feeling much better
Love to all! <><
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