need help explaining to vet

[chodnett]

After many years of going to people doctors and many many family titers testing, I now have my eyes set on one of the dogs being the culprit.

We got dog JAN 08 and then a few months later everything when wrong.

Why did I not see this until now????

Still, my daughter is better on antibiotics and has had 3 IVIGs, but I think dog is reinfecting her.

Could this be????

Right now Dog has Blood blister type cyst on her chest.

But after I asked for a month of antibiotics just to see what happens I found by giving double dose of prescribed not only is the blister getting smaller.

I feel like daughters tics are better too. Might also be from the IVIG. I still want to pursue running blood tests on dog.

I am having a hard time gathering my thought on what to say to Vet and what blood tests I will need to get. Does anyone have any thoughts to help me out. I have brain fog myself right now. TOO much on my plate.

Thank you

[T_Mom]

We have treated our dogs with strong abx.

 

Our vet said to get a strep culture accurately in the dogs we would need to put both to sleep for the procedure--so we went ahead and just treated the dogs.

 

Don't worry about the vet, just tell them that your kids are having neuro-psychiatric issues possibly related to strep--and that you have been told to get the dogs treated.

they may look at you oddly, but most likely will be glad to treat.

Edited November 29, 2010 by T.Mom

[dabel]

It is cheaper to just treat the dogs than to test them. This is what our vet told us when we looked into it.

[EAMom]

I think you will also find that vets are less "phobic" about rx'ing antibiotics than the average pediatrician. Even if they think your antibiotic request is odd, they're likely to go along with it.