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Poor Maddie - she was back to the vet yesterday. I was concerned (what gives anyway, she's Carl's dog, not mine
) about the matter from her eyes. Her matter stuff was only one eye, but now was in both eyes. And then there was the lump under her neck. At first, I thought it was just a reaction to having had a tick in the general area or that I had even left the head in when I removed it (again, what's up with this, she's Carl's dog, not mine
) but after following all the suggestions on this site, it was still there and it almost seemed like it was getting bigger. It was reddish and you could definitely feel it when you stroked her neck.
So anyway, the vet said that the matter was conjunctivitis, possibly related to Maddie's allergies (we've been suffering ourselves lately) and then did a fine needle draw of fluid from the lump. She suspected and confirmed that it was hystocystoma. It's supposed to go away on it's own, but I'm to keep an eye on it if it doesn't, I'll bring her back in.
The pinkeye will be treated with a steriodal eye gel. She doesn't like it, not one little bit, but she's very good about sitting still.
Oh and she needs to cut back on her food. She's a whopping 56.5 pounds and the vet doesn't want her getting any heavier, so she suggested cutting her back a half cup a day. She was getting 3 cups of Canidae ALS, grain free, daily.
Finally - the vet doesn't quite buy into the dogs and food allergies thing, but I asked her to explain why Maddie's fur and skin are doing so much better now on grainfree food than before we switched? She couldn't. I think I trust the advice on this forum more than I do the vets somedays.
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So anyway, the vet said that the matter was conjunctivitis, possibly related to Maddie's allergies (we've been suffering ourselves lately) and then did a fine needle draw of fluid from the lump. She suspected and confirmed that it was hystocystoma. It's supposed to go away on it's own, but I'm to keep an eye on it if it doesn't, I'll bring her back in.
The pinkeye will be treated with a steriodal eye gel. She doesn't like it, not one little bit, but she's very good about sitting still.
Oh and she needs to cut back on her food. She's a whopping 56.5 pounds and the vet doesn't want her getting any heavier, so she suggested cutting her back a half cup a day. She was getting 3 cups of Canidae ALS, grain free, daily.
Finally - the vet doesn't quite buy into the dogs and food allergies thing, but I asked her to explain why Maddie's fur and skin are doing so much better now on grainfree food than before we switched? She couldn't. I think I trust the advice on this forum more than I do the vets somedays.