Carrie
Hello, i love these podcasts. I live in N California where heartworm is really bad. Is there any way to detox the heartguard after you dose the dog? My dog has always had vomiting little bits of food and throwing up water (choking on water) worse after heartguard but when he was a pup he had heartworm. He was treated and cured but wow i never want to have him go through that again. Its just that last October after he had been having systemic yeast from compremised immune system the vet kept giving him antibiotics for a sore that hadn't healed for over 4 yrs. Then as a senior dog with inflammation showing in the pathology from the sore they forced a rabies vax on him. First he had a episode where he couldn't walk then extreme arthritis set in. He's had 2 seizures since then when he shook his head hard probably from his ears, tremors in his rear legs usually while sleeping. The vet gave him yeast rx drops for his ears then he went completely def over night and lost half his vision. Hes still full of life but gets depressed because he used to know every word i said. The first thing i did after the forced rabies was i ordered anti-vaccinosis attemping to clear any damage it had done. Ive tried a couple homeopathic pellets for liver detox recently. Is there anyway to help him? Hes my companion dog beings we bonded so strongly when he had his heartworm disease treatments when he was less than a yr old and i was on a picc line for 3 yrs for lyme and babesiosis. His recent labs show he has antibodies to Ehrlicia (100-150) which i believe is low from a tick he had in his ear over 8 yrs ago. He was treated with doxy immediately but i know these tick born illnesses seem to lay dormant until stress, a vaccine, allergies etc trigger them out of hiding.
I appropriate your knowledge and hope more vets learn your knowledge.
Sincerely
Carrie