I am glad that the doctor found the tick. Whew. I am not familiar with all of the full tick issues but did the doctor put him on antibiotics?


Traci

Ohhh Melody how great! Now we'll keep our paws and fingers crossed that the tick doesn't test for anything bad!

Give Evan a big hug from us!

Love, Laura and The Doxhoonts Freddie, Annabel & Brownie

We went to the pediatrician's office yesterday. After doing test after test trying to figure out why Evan's temp spiked to 105 on Wednesday, nothing came up conclusive.

The did a strep test and drew blood and nothing! Right before the doctor checked in Evan's ears...he spotted it!! It was a deer tick right behind his ear, which he removed right away. The kept the tick for testing and last night when he went to bed, his temp was hovering around 100....HUGE improvement in the last 24 hours.

Thank GOD he found the tick and it didn't stay attached another few days. We live in the middle of the woods out in the country where we've already had many days in the 80's, but I never even thought to check for a tick.

Anyway, thanks for all the prayers, emails and comments on Myspace asking about Evan. Looks like he is on the mend!!!

Love you guys!!
Pepper's Gang...Melody too!

No this is the one I picked up in February as an owner surrender. The story came out and the lady admitted taking her away from her adult daughter who "forgot to feed her" and kept her outside year round. I took her to the vet and she had heartworms, parasites and an diaphragmatic hernia from some trauma like being kicked in the stomach. Her abdominal organs were in her chest cavity almost fully collapsing her lungs. She had to go to LSU vet school for the tricky surgery and it was discovered that she was left with this injury for quite some time as she had some scar tissue. Despicable people.
Here is a link to her story.

http://www.ssdr.org/info/display?PageID=4243

Is this the same one that was due to be put down?
What a cutie!

Thanks for the update on Suzie.
Her pics show a cute little girl!

She is a real fighter and now that the doctors know what not to give her and can treat her kidney issues, hopefully she will make a complete recovery.

Prayers will continue to go out until we hear that she has fully recovered.

Bette and Baxter

She is so adorable. Prayers for her complete recovery.