[nagdu] Hot off the press!!! Griffin update!!

[Tracy Carcione]

I'm so glad to hear Griffin is getting better.
Tracy


> First, to Janice, you have certainly been placed in a tough position.  The
> dog has not had any more seizures, so was it an isolated event, or are
> there other seizures waiting in the wings?  I can relate. While m;y
> situation is different wiht Griffin since he was diagnosed with chronic
> hepatitis, I don't know if some of the stresses that our guide dogs face
> coudl make things worse.  he is not symptomatic with the exception of the
> liver enzymes being out of whack.  But I know there is a point at which he
> will become symptomatic with the uglier side of the illness.  So retire
> now, or later?  He is allmost ten, so for now, I have made the decision to
> retire him.  he has slowed down some, and I don't want to run the risk of
> the job he has to do just making the problem worse.  But I must tell you
> that lately, I have been pondering whether I should back out of the
> October class that I am tentatively penciled in to.  *major groan*
>
> But I do have some good news that I am happy to have received, and I'll
> take it and run with it for as long as the good Lord allows.
>
> Got the lab results back for Griffin.  One liver enzyme is back to normal,
> and the other one, while still above normal, has dropped to a more
> acceptable range.  I can now go to an every other day dosing schedule with
> the Denamarin, and in a few months, he will be tested again.  So, there is
> indeed progress in the camp.  Oh, almost forgot, he has nearly gained back
> the weight he lost when he got sick from the reaction to the antibiotic.
>
>
>
> Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
> Adult and Community Services Division
> Adult Services Screening Unit
> 410-853-3550
> VLowery at dhr.state.md.us
>
>
>
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