03.25.07
Urgent – Charo Worth – beautiful shih tzu girl – being treated for distemper
Charo’s foster mom called me last night to tell me that Charo was sneezing and had a fever. She has been on antibiotics for over a week. One thing we always watch for is an upper respiratory that doesn’t get better after a week on antibiotics. We suspect distemper.
So off she goes to our “distemper doc” in Plano. He has a special way of treating this almost always fatal disease to at least give her a chance to live. Distemper is a serious virus – hard to diagnose and hard to treat. You have to catch it early and hit it hard.
The distemper specific treatment that has been successful for several of our dogs cost $350. Charo may not have distemper, but we don’t have time to wait and see.
