$198 ear infection

Daisy, my dog got her 2nd ear infection in the 6 1/2 years she has been alive. I just so happened to notice it when she was sitting on my lap one night. She never itched or rubbed her read (the usual signs of something going on in the ears) So I made an appointment at her vet and took her in. He doctor is wonderful. For some reason Daisy has made quite an impression on him. I am sure he has read her file inside and out.

When we got Daisy almost 7 years ago, Mark and I were married about 2 years. We did not have kids then. Mark was going on deployment and he thought a dog would be a great companion for me while he was gone for the 6 months. Well, we did a big no-no...we went to the local pet store. I know..I know...petstores help puppy mills stay in business...trust me, we now know never to get a pet at a pet store again. We fell in love with Daisy, she is a Maltese. She was a pound and a half when we got her. Cute little fur ball:). THree days after we got her, she was back at the vet because she was not herself. This was a different vet from what we have now. She dismissed anything was wrong. That night Mark and I had to take Daisy to the emergency vet. Doctors told me she was very sick (respiratory issues and low blood sugar). So Daisy had to be monitored for a week there...to a tune of a $1000. We called the petstore demanding compensation and all they told us was go to their vet and they will cover the cost. Luckily we saw a different dr than the one that dismissed earlier. He ended up keeping Daisy at his clinic and at home for 6 weeks while she recovered. She made a full recovery...tough start for a pup!

Right around the time she turned 1, she started having seizures. There is no cause the drs can find to why she has them. Idiopathic is the term It was very scary. She was starting to have them way too much...her worst was right after Meghan was born. She was having multiple seizures in a day. Our vet at the time decided to start medicating her. Phenobarbital. Yep, the same that humans take. She did great...she only had maybe 1 seizure a month. A few dosage adjustments had to be made, but then she hit a plateau with her meds. We decided to add a new med to her regime..KBr (Potassium Bromide). This combo has done wonders. Daisy maybe has 4 seizures a year at most.

Back to the ear infection....the Vet looked at her ears and her ear canal was completely shut. SO the vet techs had to go out back and clean out her ears. So the ear cleaning, the lab test to see if the EI was bacterial or not, the vet visit, ear cleaner, 2 medications...the bill was $198. I am glad to report she is feeling much better...:)