Friday, January 4, 2008

Beau

As some of you may know, Beau was diagnosed with Valley Fever in December. This is how it came about. A couple of months ago, Beau had a bump on his cheek, below his eye but on the upper jaw. He also was not walking on one of his legs. I thought that maybe he pulled a muscle and that the bump would go away.

Ha! That's funny!

Then about a month later, Beau had a bump and was limping again. So, I took him to school for a reading therapy day and to show him to his Nana, my mother. She said, "Take him to the Vet."

So to the Vets we go. After a lot of probing and testing, he has Valley Fever and the bump is not related. He got meds for the bump and the apparent pain. The bump went away in a couple of days. He is doing great, but needs to be on medicine forever...


Check out the picture of his bump. This was taken January 1st. The bumps on his right side.
Good news is: After two days of Asprin, the bump is decreasing!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Whoa! I had no idea his bump was so bad. I'm glad your getting the word out. Do you have any info on Valley Fever?

I'm glad you took him in to get it taken care of!

Shessie said...

Check out this website. It describes Valley Fever for humans, but can be applied to dogs. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/valley-fever/DS00695/DSECTION=3