[Beverly Anne]

I took Francis for his "well baby" check up last Friday and last night the vet called to tell me Francis has roundworm(!) and hypothyroid. He's been a tiny bit more sleepy but I was putting it down to the increasing heat. Also, his stools were only a tiny bit more runny in the last couple of days.
Francis is at increased risk for picking up junk from the ground as he puts his nose right to the ground to sniff his way around, he no longer lifts his head to see. Swell.
So now we're going to do Panacur C and he had a complete thyroid panel drawn at the vet's.
The funny thing is that Francis has hypothyroid, glaucoma and a parasitic worm and my mother has hypothyroid, glaucoma, and she picked up some nasty bug over the weekend!! Maybe she was sniffing the same ground as Francis.
She was less than thrilled when I brought it up.

 

[copsmom]

I hope Franny gets all straightened out soon. I sure your mom wasn't pleased with the comparison but it was really funny.

 

[2hounds]

Yuck, hope Francis gets better soon.

~Heather

 

[Rubydoo]

As weird as this sounds, every time Ruby has a "girly" type of infection, I do too! Sad but true!!!

The female vet thought I was nuts when I told her this.

:lol: :lol:

Janice and Ruby ("Mommy, that's really TMI! = too much information)

 

[BubbaLeroy]

Sure hope Francis is better soon, poor guy. Bogie is sending some of the wonderful healing drool he has been getting to him.

 

[Betsy Iole]

Hope Frannie feels better soon! As an aside, some heartworm preventatives also protect against other parasitic infections. But being in NE, Frannie's probably not on year round HW prevention.

(So Bev, your sense of humor comes from Dad, then?)

 

[Lightning&Stomps]

You might want to dose Mom with some panacur as well. If ever there was a dog who you'd think would be riddled with worms, it would be my Lightning. He's a poop connoisseur, and I don't know how often (if ever), the dogs who visit our yard are wormed. But when I had him checked he was clean as a whistle. Go figure. I hope Franny and Mom are bug-free and feeling better soon.