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Old December 14th, 2009, 10:46 AM
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So the vet's office called this morning and said that Oscar's doctor had a family emergency and will be out for a week! Argh! I can talk to the specialist but I really dislike him so I'd like to have some more information to start with. I don't know if she'll be able to help me but I gave my aunt a rundown of the situation. She's a people doctor, not a vet, so it's not exactly the same, but she can still give me some information on the procedure and diagnoses that might come from it.

In the meantime, Oscar's not doing well at all. He's walking a little funny (I really don't know how else to describe it) and seems to be in a bad mood. There's a wail in his lungs every time he exhales so I'm giving him the inhaler a few times a day and it seems to help. He's not eating as much as he ought to even with the Cypro and he's still down at 8 pounds - he should be up at almost 10 for his size.

How dare my vet have a family emergency when I need her. Isn't there something in the contract about not having a personal life when you have patients to attend to?

I'm very worried about my baby boy. I keep being reminded of my friend's mother who had cancer. She was fighting it but all of a sudden all these new symptoms started popping up and the oncologist said that usually meant that the fight was over. I have no reason to think Oscar has cancer, but it kind of feels like that - we used to have the symptoms from asthma but now we have all these other indeterminite symptoms...

I was really looking forward to asking the vet about his meds. He's on so many of them and if they're not helping, I'd rather give him a break and not force them on him. The cypro he needs or he won't eat, but it doesn't appear that the Terbutaline and Accolate are doing much. Any thoughts? Also, I was thinking about it - a lot of the "indeterminate" symptoms started when he went back on the fluoxetine. Has anyone seen any symptoms like this from that drug?
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