Hi All,
Libby here. France was lovely. Thanks for asking.
Now let's get down to business. Dr. S. was telling me about a cool case he saw that I wanted to share with you all.
A few days ago, a little four and a half pound, three-legged, twelve year old Yorkie named Woodstock came into the PPAC. Poor little Woodstock has had a tough go of it. A few years ago, a tumor was found on his leg and after consulting with an oncologist, they decided to amputate his leg because the tumor was not really operable.
So anyway, this adorable little three-legged pup is brought into the PPAC by his mom earlier in the week because Woodstock had been acting a little funny and she wanted some blood-work done. Nothing of any real consequence came out of the tests, so Woodstock was sent home.
At home, his condition continued to worsen and got to a point where he couldn't even walk. At this point, his mom decided to bring Woodstock back in for some follow up tests. Dr. S. met the little pup and after a physical examination, he observed that Woodstock couldn't walk, had a fever of 104.5 and had enlarged lymph nodes.
Dr. S. had an idea that these symptoms might be related to tick borne diseases (those nasty ticks are especially bad in the summer time!) so he sent out some blood work looking for lyme disease, ehrlichia and anaplasmosis. (Sheesh, what a mouthful! In case you didn't catch on, those are all tick-bite related conditions) He sent Woodstock and his mom home with a treatment of something called doxycycleine, and told them to wait for the results of the blood-tests.
The blood tests came back and there was a positive test for anaplasmosis. Woodstock's mom put him on the meds Dr. S. gave him a few days earlier and he is doing much better! Needless to say, Woodstock's family is thrilled (as is Dr. S.) for having figured out the mystery of the three-legged dog.
I love a happy ending!
Til' next time,
Libby
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