We got the blood work back today on Grover and he has Hypothyroidism! Which is basically a generalized metabolic disease resulting from deficiency of the thyroid hormones...so he thyroid doesn't work as well as it should! It could also explain his fur issues. Even though it is rare in young dogs it can occur in larger breeds in young dogs.
So he will take another new medicine for 3 weeks and then go back and have more blood work done to make sure the medicine is doing what needs to be done. Our poor dog is on 4 medicines or 9 pills a day....YIKES! I am just glad we got something figured out and that it is something we can treat! Also, the pills aren't that expensive so that is good news since he will likely be on them for the rest of this life!
Friday, March 26, 2010
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