CHERYL ANNA

thanks Maylissa: I did write a letter to my EX vet...explaining all the details, taking my Dakota back 5x during 30 day period, amnd even reading about if Doxycyline does not work for lymes, **take other tests** she never did that and never responded to my letter. Unfort. the Internal Vet was great, she sent me flowers and sent a card to me, explaining that they could not determine Dakotas death cuz the antibiotcs she took did not help, she only got worse....it just sickens me that the 1st (ex vet) could have done something, well maybe not...but I think Dakota was too far along with being sick that there was no help for her, she also lost 12 lbs in the 6 week period...I feel awful, dog only 4 y/o and i sometimes wonder if vets know what they are doing. I know I can never bring her back (dakota) but if more measures were taken for her life, she could still be here....and I know that there is grief, blaming, etc...I am not blaming my vet for no apparent reason, I do have good reason, and I was shocked when my Internal Specialist told me ***Dakota NEVER had lymes disease*** and ***that is why the doxycyline DID NOT WORK****, so yes, I am mad, still grieving, won't bring Dakota back....but I now have to live with this pain. The best I could do was write a letter to the ex vet, and I wrote it not blaming, but asking questions.....with no response back from her. I guess it is so hard to lose a dog, that was so young, and so precious. Thank you all for listening!!!

HELLO everyone, brand new to this board, just having a hard time with the loss of my 4 1/2 y/o shar pei. Started back on Aug 10th, my initial vet said she had Lymes disease, and gave her doxycycline to speed healing, but even after a week no changes, so the vet took her off doxycyline and put her on amoxycyline, for 5 more days, this still did not help, so vet took her off ALL meds for 5 more days, then put her back on doxycyline, i still see no improvements, vet said she is a "slow healer", etc.....then she was switched to Doxycyline again, once i reached the 30 day period with no improvement the vet finally takes an xray and finds anemia, which she didn't have Aug. 10th, and also resp. infection and bronchial infection and needs internal specialist. I feel that this vet mis diagnosed my Dakota (4 1/2 y/o name) and should have done something sooner, after spending thousands of dollars and so many antibotics, Dakota never got better, only worse, on Sept 25th the internal specialist couldn't even see her "heart" thru the Xrays cuz there was sooo much bacteria/infection covering, and she was just getting worse, and had the hardest time breathing, and had to put my "baby" down. Its been well over 3 weeks, I feel the pain more with Dakota cuz she was so young, and I wonder if the vet should haved done something more after a few days on doxycyline when i brought her in on Aug 10th.... and if the vet did something maybe Dakota would be alive today. She was my lil' girl, Dakota, I still have my 2 other Pei's at home, who I adore, 5 & 1 y/o...but Dakota is gone, and she took alot of my heart with her. Just any help during this time would be great, I am so much need of support. thanks for listening!! ((((Cheryl Anna)))))