Why am I telling you all this? Because we just found out that Calvin has valley fever. :( Not only does he have it, but he has a very severe case of it. A normal Valley Fever positive titer is 1:4, sometimes going up to 1:32. Calvin's titer came back as 1:256. Wow.
The ONLY clue we had that anything was amiss was the fact that he woke up Monday morning with a bada$$ nose bleed. Like blood all over. I took him to the vet that day and they ran the Valley Fever titer. We got the definitive results today. The drug of choice is Fluconazole, so we started him on it immediately. Hopefully it will start to make him feel better soon.
Given the severity of his case, he will most likely be on this drug for the rest of his life. He's taking it all in stride...still chasing after the tennis ball, though not quite as quickly.
This disease is not contagious, rather it's environmental, so we're gonna have Jam tested. Both live in the same environment, so it stands to reason that Jam's chances of having the disease are slightly elevated. It is called the "silent killer" since there really are no visible signs.
In honor of Calvy-Walvy, here are some of our favorite pictures...
3 comments:
Oh, Poor Calvy-Walvy!!! I hope he's back to good health soon and that maybe he doesn't have to stay on the drug for the rest of his life. And I hope Jam doesn't have it.
And I love, love, love that final photo of Calvy-Walvy with the ball between his paws just waiting for, or willing it to drop into the pool. So incredibly Golden-dously cute!
Poor doggie. Poor vet budget pocketbook, too. Keeping my fingers crossed for Jam.
The Ball is Zen. The Zen is the Ball.
What a cutie he is.
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