Have your dogs checked! It's no joke

[boysrlove24]

Hi everyone,

 

For anyone that is new, or relatively new, to this forum like myself - let me just tell you...it is no joke to have your dog checked for strep. I have read it on this forum and I kept shaking my head saying there's no way. I even called my vet and asked about it and he said, "Um...strep? I've never heard of that." So, I hung up the phone and moved on. Several weeks later my younger DS came up with strep again for the 5th time in 7 months and I took him to his ENT appointment to have his consultation for a tonsillectomy (because he keeps making his PANDAS/PANS brother sick). The ENT looked at me and asked if we have a dog, I sighed and said yes knowing where he was going with this line of questioning...and told him that I asked his vet about strep but he hadn't heard of that. The ENT encouraged me to ask another vet. So, like any of us on this forum would do I started researching and calling vets and found one that said she had heard of this. I took the dog in, had his throat cultured and whadoyaknow - the DOG HAS STREP.

 

I know all of you that have been dealing with this for years are nodding your head and saying, "Duh, of course!" But, it was a shock to me that the dog actually has strep. I honestly believed that he was not going to have strep and it would be one more "idea" that doesn't pan out for us.

 

Well...I'm happy to report my DP (that's Dear Pup) will be starting doggie augmentin tomorrow.

 

Off to bed I go with one more piece of this insane puzzle identified.

 

The moral of the story: Get your dog checked even if you have to call 5 vets before one will test him/her.

[dasu]

Interesting, thanks for sharing. And glad you are making progress towards recovery.

[Sirena]

Okay...adding pet check to my list..guess ill have to screen for lyme too