Starting the day

[fitzw]

Fed the chickens this morning, and broke the ice on the waterers — not an easy task, that.

Have to see the orthopedist this morning, for a followup on the MRI images that were taken at the end of last month. Maybe we'll get an idea of what is going on with my shoulder.

Then a few shopping errands on the way home.

My father's dog (now my mother's dog) has tested a “weak” positive for Lyme disease, and is on a regimen of painkillers and antibiotics. Hopefully that will help with his lame foreleg. He certainly seems more energetic this morning; I no longer have to half-carry his 106 lb bulk down the stairs so that he can relieve himself outdoors.

Comments

[embermwe.livejournal.com]

My dog was also lyme pos when we got him. If yours tests only weakly pos, the chances of a full cure are good! Best of luck to you and to him.
Our vet used a long run of doxycycline followed by first lyme vaccine, and immediately followed that with a shorter run of amozycillin and then the second shot of the two part vaccine after that. My little guy tested strongly pos when we got him, and after this regimen tests VERY faintly pos. (He used to live in CT and was likely pos for a year or more.)

[chrystie69.livejournal.com]

My dog Tiny also tested as being exposed to Lyme Disease and now seems to have the anti-bodies...I found that treats or dog food with Glucosomine in it has helped him a LOT!

Also if anyone else in the household starts having symptoms you may want to get checked. Because what are the chances that the dog got it but that tick didn't somehow get to a person too? My 'ear issue' I've been dealing with since September is now being chalked up to potential Lyme Disease and I'm waiting for test results. Now all my doctors are saying if it comes back positive we will have to go back to the drawing board for the past 2 years of disagnosis...

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

Doxycycline (with Pepcid an hour earlier, just in case), plus Tramadol for the lame leg. We only have 10 days of the Doxy so far, to make sure that it doesn't bother his stomach too much. If it does, we'll have to switch to a gentler, but less effective, antibiotic. If it doesn't, we'll get a refill to take us out to 30 days, and if that's effective, increase out to 90 days.

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

Goes the other way around: I had a deer tick site last year that required treatment for infection (although not Lyme disease). We go for the full survey when we come in from the woods to make sure there aren't any lurkers.