I'M IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOME ANSWERS. JAZZ IS 13.5 YRS OLD. SHE HAD HER FIRST BIOPSY 5/31/05, FOR A LUMP ON HER LEFT HIP. I INITIALLY TOOK HER IN BECAUSE SHE STARTED FALLING OFF THE BACK OF THE COUCH AND SHE SEEMED TO HAVE TROUBLE GETTING HER BACK END TO OPERATE RIGHT. SHE QUIT EATING AND HER ATTITUDE HAD CHANGED. SHE KEPT SHAKING HER RIGHT EAR, LIKE EAR MITES. SHE COULDN'T KEEP HER FOOD DOWN AND SHE HAD 3 KNOTS OR LESIONS: ON HER LEFT HIP, RIGHT SIDE, BELOW HER HEAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER NECK. STATE LAB SENT BACK RESULTS STATING HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION TO BITE OR IRRITATION. WE WENT HOME WITH SOME ADVANTAGE AND DRONCIT TABLETS FOR ALL THREE OF THE GUYS. I STARTED GIVING HER SMALL DOSES OF MINERAL OIL TO HELP KEEP HER FOOD DOWN.
IN JUNE, WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT CLINIC BECAUSE OF INCREASING LESIONS AND DISSATISFACTION WITH THE FIRST VISIT. SHE HAD A THOROUGH CHECKUP, BLOOD TESTS,X-RAYS. THE GOOD BLOOD LEVELS WERE LOW AND THE TOXINS UP. I FOUND OUT SHE HAS A PRETTY GOOD HEART MURMUR AND AN ENLARGED LIVER. SHE WAS PUT ON LONGTERM ANTIBIOTICS(12.5 MG ZENIQUIN PER DAY). WITHIN A WEEK, HER LESIONS FLATTENED OUT, BUT DIDN'T GO AWAY. AND SHE WAS ACTING LIKE HER SELF AGAIN, BEING VOCAL, PLAYING WITH STRINGS, GREETING ME IN THE MORNING, BEGGING FOR FOOD AND OIL AT NIGHT. THE LESIONS CONITNUED TO SPREAD. OTHER THAN THE INITIAL DISCONFORT OF THEM, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HER.
ON 10/22/05 THE VETS TOOK HER OFF THE ZENIQUIN BECAUSE IT "DIDN'T SEEM TO BE HELPING ALL THAT MUCH." WITHIN ONE WEEK SHE WAS RIGHT BACK TO WHERE SHE WAS AFTER THE FIRST BIOPSY. TOOK THE SECOND BIOPSY 10/25/05 AND SENT IT TO UNIV OF MO. IT CAME BACK WITH SUSPECTED EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMAS "BUT THE PATTERN IS UNUSUAL AND FLAME FIGURES WERE NOT OBSERVED." SHE GOT A SMALL DOSE OF DEPO MEDROL AND CLINDAMYCIN DROPS. SHE WAS OKAY FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN WENT NUTS! SHE STARTED DIGGING AT ALL THE LARGE RAISED LESIONS, CAUSING THEM TO BLEED. SHE STAGGERS AND FALLS A LOT. I CALLED IN AND WAS TOLD TO STOP ALL MEDS. TOOK HER BACK ON 11/19/05 AND HAD HER PUT BACK ON THE ZENIQUIN AND SHE WAS GIVEN OVABAN TO TAKE FOR A WEEK.
IF THE ZENIQUIN DOES ITS STUFF, SHE BE ACTIN BETTER IN ABOUT 2 DAYS, BUT THE LESIONS WON'T HEAL. I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER RAN INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE OR IF THEY HAVE A VET FRIEND THEY CAN ASK. THE NEXT STEP IS A REFERRAL TO A SPECIALIST AND I JUST CAN'T AFFORD THAT. I'M REALLY IN A BIND HERE AND ANY HELP WOULD BE JUST GREAT! THANKS IN ADVANCE...S
11/24/05: She's been on twice a day feedings with fish oil(wet food) and dry food for about a week. Her appetitie has really increased. balance in rear is better. when she looks up at me by turning her head, she has major balance control problems(like she's dizzy). the scratching has eased off, but the lesions still look the same.
see www.creekowl72556.photosite.com for before and after pics of jazz.
Catch you on the flip-side...me
IN JUNE, WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT CLINIC BECAUSE OF INCREASING LESIONS AND DISSATISFACTION WITH THE FIRST VISIT. SHE HAD A THOROUGH CHECKUP, BLOOD TESTS,X-RAYS. THE GOOD BLOOD LEVELS WERE LOW AND THE TOXINS UP. I FOUND OUT SHE HAS A PRETTY GOOD HEART MURMUR AND AN ENLARGED LIVER. SHE WAS PUT ON LONGTERM ANTIBIOTICS(12.5 MG ZENIQUIN PER DAY). WITHIN A WEEK, HER LESIONS FLATTENED OUT, BUT DIDN'T GO AWAY. AND SHE WAS ACTING LIKE HER SELF AGAIN, BEING VOCAL, PLAYING WITH STRINGS, GREETING ME IN THE MORNING, BEGGING FOR FOOD AND OIL AT NIGHT. THE LESIONS CONITNUED TO SPREAD. OTHER THAN THE INITIAL DISCONFORT OF THEM, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HER.
ON 10/22/05 THE VETS TOOK HER OFF THE ZENIQUIN BECAUSE IT "DIDN'T SEEM TO BE HELPING ALL THAT MUCH." WITHIN ONE WEEK SHE WAS RIGHT BACK TO WHERE SHE WAS AFTER THE FIRST BIOPSY. TOOK THE SECOND BIOPSY 10/25/05 AND SENT IT TO UNIV OF MO. IT CAME BACK WITH SUSPECTED EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMAS "BUT THE PATTERN IS UNUSUAL AND FLAME FIGURES WERE NOT OBSERVED." SHE GOT A SMALL DOSE OF DEPO MEDROL AND CLINDAMYCIN DROPS. SHE WAS OKAY FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN WENT NUTS! SHE STARTED DIGGING AT ALL THE LARGE RAISED LESIONS, CAUSING THEM TO BLEED. SHE STAGGERS AND FALLS A LOT. I CALLED IN AND WAS TOLD TO STOP ALL MEDS. TOOK HER BACK ON 11/19/05 AND HAD HER PUT BACK ON THE ZENIQUIN AND SHE WAS GIVEN OVABAN TO TAKE FOR A WEEK.
IF THE ZENIQUIN DOES ITS STUFF, SHE BE ACTIN BETTER IN ABOUT 2 DAYS, BUT THE LESIONS WON'T HEAL. I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER RAN INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE OR IF THEY HAVE A VET FRIEND THEY CAN ASK. THE NEXT STEP IS A REFERRAL TO A SPECIALIST AND I JUST CAN'T AFFORD THAT. I'M REALLY IN A BIND HERE AND ANY HELP WOULD BE JUST GREAT! THANKS IN ADVANCE...S
11/24/05: She's been on twice a day feedings with fish oil(wet food) and dry food for about a week. Her appetitie has really increased. balance in rear is better. when she looks up at me by turning her head, she has major balance control problems(like she's dizzy). the scratching has eased off, but the lesions still look the same.
see www.creekowl72556.photosite.com for before and after pics of jazz.
Catch you on the flip-side...me