How an AI tool helped me uncover the most undiagnosed disease in dogs… when even major blood work didn’t.
In April of this year, I brought Chloe in for her yearly vaccine appointment. That’s when I casually mentioned something that had been bothering me…
Earlier this year, I thought I had solved Chloe’s debilitating itching with a Vet-approved treatment that had cleared up her yeast infection – or so I thought.
My sweet Simona was said to be about 5½ years old, back in October 2014. Adopting adult dogs can certainly lead to our discovering major issues with improper training, of that I have learned the hard way.
That’s right; I found this cutie-pie on September 2, 2013, shortly after she was posted as being available.
Why, you ask, would I have been looking for another puppy?
And, you ask… did something bad happen to Nugget?
My precious, little Nugget was born 13 June 2002, a very lucky number for me.
On April 2005, I was introduced to a “new” product for flea, tick and mite control and heart worm prevention, called Revolution… a liquid that was to be applied to my dog’s back, between his shoulder blades, once a month.
My precious Nugget was diagnosed with kidney problems. For several years, he was vomiting once every so many months, then all of a sudden his vomiting became nightly. After a few days of trying different things (including changing his diet), I took him to his doctor and had his blood tested.
My little 12 pound Shih Tzu was sick again last night. That’s the second night in a row! And, this time it wasn’t just stomach acids, but his undigested dinner that he consumed 12 hours earlier.
Once the emergency of the situation had passed…
