Health

I'm not a medical professional, but have lived the nightmare with one of my kids.

IGENEX (CA) is the best lab to have bloodwork sent. (To the best of my knowledge, Mayo Clinic has NEVER comfirmed a single case of lyme.)

Be very careful of this disease and its coinfections.

When my child was sick with this, our dogs also were. Note we NEVER saw a tick, there was no "bulls-eye rash."

I spoke on the phone to Dr. Ibulaimu Kakoma (now deceased), a veyr gifted vet pathologist at U of IL. His words to me were: "These diseases are easily transmitted by ANY insect that bites for blood: flies, fleas, mosquitoes, etc. and if one dog in your home has them, they will ALL have them, transmitted by the water nad food bowls, and toys.

What Dr. Kakoma told me is, of course, contrary to all the medical "wisdom" on this diease, but proved absolutely 100% correct.

Ehrlychiosis is often misdiagnosed in dogs as lymphoma. Happened to one of my beloved Sheltie kids. The vet's unwillingness to listen to common sense from respected authorities resulted in him crossing the Bridge at the ripe old age of about 6.

The other dogs in our home at the time were treated with Imizol, a cattle anti-parasitic which the FDA approved for this use in approximately 1997 or so. (There ar 2 protocols, I chose the single dose as there is less chance of an allergic reaction.)

Stay safe out there!