Dona
Dr. Falconer, thank you for responding! I will look for homeopathic vets and the vomica lux. Is the vomica lux to help him detox from the Frontline or for some other bit of mending?
Unfortunately or fortunately, Sat morning the vet prescribed prednisone, an ear gel, and said to continue the antibiotics, benadryl, and apoquel. So I am bombarding him with whitecoat meds. I was afraid not to. His skin was hot almost everywhere. Inside his ears the skin was the reddest I have ever seen, he would not let me touch them, and he kept shaking his head violently. Inside, they looked horribly sunburned. He kept raising his head and staring around, as if he were seeing something near the ceiling. He has been comfortable since seeing the vet, his skin cooled, and his ears look normal and he lets me touch them now. He eats and drinks and acts normal other than being more quiet than usual. He became a little playful once today, but remains very quiet . I was and am afraid to ignore her instructions and prescriptions, but as soon as Buddy gets detoxed, I will try to find the holistic path for his skin allergies and flea prevention. And getting his ALK PHOS down, which if we can't, we will test for Cushings. It is down from 6000+ to 847 after omitting steroids, but now he is back on them for 6 days. I know, I'm rattling on. I am just very frightened over what additional harm I am doing to him, what harm I might cause by not doing what I'm doing, and feeling guilty, guilty, guilty and sad.