LillyBoPeep
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i admit, i haven't been here in a while sooo -- hiiii to anyone i don't know yet, and good thoughts and glitter to whoever might need them -- it's free! take as much as you want! i admit, my pupperton had contracted heartworms. i admit, i was a little nervous when the vet said to put him back on heartgard (i'd slacked off due to colossal brokeness; the one smidge of time when he was unprotected, he got it -- that's how it goes), because years and years ago, i was told that heartgard would kill a heartworm + dog. well, things have changed apparently. i admit, i had planned to go ahead with the expensive (and somewhat dangerous) immiticide treatment because i wanted him to be free of the bugs, but it was very hard to get a hold of the medicine, so we did heartgard for 6 months to kill the microfilariae, make him noncontagious, and help weaken the adults. well six months later (the other day) i took him in for a follow up chest x-ray, and lo' and behold, his heart is back to normal size, his lungs were wonderfully clear, and the vet said he was actually no longer showing any clinical signs. she wanted to retest him for heartworms because apparently they can actually get rid of them on their own sometimes -- sure enough, my dog had done just that. i admit, best pet related news in my recent history. ^_^
< Message edited by LillyBoPeep -- 9/25/2011 5:34:16 AM >
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