Re: Frankie Part II

Dimpled Chad wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:13:19 GMT, Dimpled Chad opined:
>
> > We're worried. Please keep him in your thoughts. More tomorrow.
> >
>
> Thanks, everyone, for your well wishes. They are helping tremendously.
>
> Frankie is stable and doing okay. So, we went to see him this morning. Gave him
> his eye drops and his morning
> treat. He's pretty darn happy for a dog in this much trouble. I gave him all
> your thoughts, and he sends back a wagging tail and a little lick on your
> hand.
>
> If all goes well, he can come home tomorrow.
>
> Chad
> http://www.marvistavet.com/html/immune-mediated_thrombocytopen.html
>
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> It's hard to think of you as the end result of
> millions of years of evolution.

Frankie is certainly in my thoughts. I am relieved to hear he is doing
better this am. I sure hope you do see his plalet count go up. I can't
believe this all happened so quickly.

BTW, this tidbit caught my eye on the link above. You may
want to discuss testing Frankie for this, I know for a fact
that erhlichia does cause most if not all the symptoms
Frankie has.

Here:
Ehrlichiosis (especially infection with Ehrlichia platys)

Chad you may want to call the vet and ask them to
run the test for Ehrlichia. It is about $65.00. Has
Frankie possibly been bitten by a tick recently
or even as long ago as last spring or summer????


Gwen