Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Trouble in the land of the curly tails...

Not all is well here...

When we went for the yearly heartworm testing this week Watson came up positive for Lyme disease. He has had no symptoms, which is good. It could mean that he was exposed and that his system managed to handle the infection on it's own...but treatment with a 30 day course of Doxycycline is still warranted.

He started on the medication today...so now I am crossing my fingers that his system will be happy to tolerate the whole course without nausea and vomiting. He gets the pills with one of his meals and I am adding yogurt to try and help his tummy through this.

Dr. Miller wants have him vaccinated as soon as possible since the immune system does not gain memory from Lyme.

I am worried...and Watson...well he is being Watson, which means he is a dynamo of bouncy energy and naughty doings. It's pretty much impossible to keep a good Basenji down!

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