Zoom has Discoid Lupus and was recently diagnosed with Autoimmune Hypothyroidism. She hadn't been "herself" for nearly 6 months, so the recent diagnosis was something of a relief in that we had a potential solution to getting her feeling great again. But I was back to the vet this morning with her after just 10 days of thyroid medication and a week of antibiotics. The skin lesions on her back that have been present as a rash since August last year have now turned nasty. All that time the rash has been present, but without having any real consequence on her behaviour. We'd hoped the thyroid treatment would improve the skin problems, but that's certainly not the case yet. The rash seems to have become a deep infection in the root bed of her hair folicles, causing large clumps of hair to come out with the skin. So she's back on a strong antibiotic for two weeks and a skin biopsy has gone off to the specialist for analysis. Meanwhile she needs to keep her elizabethan collar on as she's wanting to scratch and bite at the wounds. She'd also lost half a kilo in body weight so I haven't got the balance quite right yet, so I'm increasing her food by another quarter of a cup daily. Despite all of this though, I swear she seems brighter in herself. Her eyes are coming alive again. Fingers crossed we can get her healthy and happy again soon.As for Missy; I'm thinking she's bruised for off-fore foot pad as it seems tender to touch and she is reluctant to put it down or place weight on it- most noticably on rough surfaces. I'll give her a day or so observing it and see if this is the problem or not. ... And we had such a nice training session last night after the rain. I've been working on her jumping after putting together a plan based on the wisdom from a combination of articles written by Susan Salo and Jo Sermon and the One Jump DVD by Susan Garrett. Hopefully this is a short-term injury.
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