Ok -- Fairy Dust aside (Callie/Tink)

 Good luck Tink... not that you need it, you're in the best hands!  Here's hoping your mama is just being a worry wart!  **lots of fairy dust**

I just saw this---Tink, Tink, Tink--honey, we hope you're feeling better. And, we're sending lots of positive vibes to you and your mamma for your visits with the Dr. B and Dr. D.

 Tink, sweety, please stop worrying your mama!!

Lots of 'let it be nothing' vibes coming your way!!!

Not that I know anything about worried Mama syndrome, cough, cough, but that's what I hope it is !!!   Feel better soon, Tink !!!

Deb W.

 Sending good vibes from this area as well!  Don't be sick Tink.  Maybe it's just a case of the blahs and it will pass.

Hey Tink...sending you some strength all the way from the north.  I've got 8 babes here who wish you well and hopefully it's nothing.

I've got an idea Tink....if there's nothing wrong maybe you can give mums the *look* to get extra attention and goodies.  Tessy does it to me and I give in RIGHT AWAY!!!  It works like a charm every time!

All the vibes I've got are coming your way right now for good news from BOTH vets.

~~~~~~ H U G S ~~~~~~~

iluvjamison

worried Mama syndrome

Johnny&Tessy

iluvjamison

worried Mama syndrome

LOL....I like this one!!!  You know though it's best to catch things early right!!!  Like you were saying....Billy is a prime example of this!

He certainly is -- but I also bask in the knowledge that thankfully it's not *every* time they act off that something heinous is wrong. 

However -- me being the weirdo that I am, I also look at this as a training opportunity.  Yeah, I really do. 

Because I whisper to them "Ok ... you're telling me you don't feel very good.  I am LISTENING.  Dad and I bof are.  So .... you will go to Dr. DiNatale tonight ... AND we'll go see Dr. Bailey tomorrow.  If there is something wrong we're gonna find it and try to fix it.  It's a GOOD thing to tell Mom!!"

Billy has gotten good at it -- when we go forehead to forehead and I "think" a picture to him (of Dr. Bailey or Dr. D's office, etc.) the first time he literally turned tail and RAN AWAY from me.  Now?  He WAGS. 

Tink's gonna learn this time -- David and I have both told her we're "listening".  She also KNOWS she's going to the vet tonight ... ALONE.  It's a big tipoff for her -- cos usually that's Billy's thing!!" (shoot, it's his appointment -- and I"m gonna have one ticked cocker spanYELL tonight!!)

Actually letting a dog know you try to listen to them -- it's kind of a big deal to me.  You tell me you want water -- I'll give it to you now.  Tell me this or that isn't right in your world and I'm gonna try to fix it.

For some of you this is too weird for words.  But trust me -- Foxy the Mostlie Sheltie taught me this -- when he needed a drink and we were somewhere I'd catch him looking at me, a sigh, and suddenly my throat would be dry as dust.  I'd look at him and say "Thirsty?" and he'd SIGH looking at the water bottle.

They communicate pretty well if we listen.  It's just that as a human I can be pretty slow on the uptake.  I'm trying tho. 

Maybe I'm getting better cos of all the fairy dust somebuddy blew at me up there!!  It helps, I think!

Prayers, good thoughts and lots and lots of *nothing serious* vibes coming from us.  Be sure to keep us posted, Callie.

Joyce

Callie, I so agree with you about talking to our dogs.  I do it all the time & I'm convinced that they ARE telling me what's going on with them.  We're all crossing paws, & fingers that it's something little.  I'm hoping it's something that some accupuncture or the like can help.  I'm thinking of you.

Holy cow, Callie, I'm so sorry I just now saw this.  I'm sending lots of vibes to you and Tink that it's nothing serious.

Dr D found a ton of yeast in her ears but no significant bacteria.  The ears hurt - I knew we've been battling it ... but she also agrees with me it's almost like Tink has a headache.

However - it was also apparent to her she's 'off'.  Her tongue is too red, a bit swollen and has 'pink' edges -- classic TCVM signs that the liver is 'off' and probably is making her feel almost bloated (not really nauseus -- but not feeling great either). 

We've got some herbs AND **FOR THE FIRST TIME** Tinkerbell got needled.

She was SO good.  I was thrilled -- it was almost a non-event for her (it really doesn't hurt folks -- if you go to the videos section you can see Billy getting needled by Dr. D). 

However -- i'm still gonna go get bloodwork, a fecal and a urinalysis done in the morning -- just to make sure nothing's hidden and just to see what the liver results are.  They won't be huge -- but I betcha they're off just enough to be distressful

i'm gonna take this and be REAL happy if we don't find nuffin more. 

It's also SO gratifying -- when she first saw Dr D she was feisty.  But after 5 more minutes Dr D said "You're right -- she IS "off" -- and I think her belly is giving her trouble -- nothing huge, but just plain not feeling good."

Tink, you were a very good girl for Dr. D! She could tell you aren't feeling good, too--yeast in your ears and a sore belly--yikes!

Callie, I'm so glad you were able to get some definitive info, and it does make sense to do the bloodwork, too. That way, you can monitor changes. As you said, I'd take it and be real happy to if this it it!

Sending our love and positive energy from sunny RI.

Good girl Tink!  You learned good from Billy and the ladies.  Tell your Momma when you are not feelin well and be a good girl at Dr D's

So glad to hear the initial exam revealed nothing major.  Fingers crossed for normal bloodwork.

 Do you suppose the super high pollen count is contributing to the excess yeast in her ears?