Hello all!


A week ago last saturday night Kathy and I had occasion to
use the services of the 24/7 emergency vets in Germantown, a Memphis suburb. 
Schotze had been switched to a new vet the
week before because the local vet up here on the little town square didn't
seem to want to do anything but expensive
possibly unneeded tests and push steroids at her for what we thought was a bit
of problem with the hind legs and
lameness, no not hip dyslexia.

HEr ocndition deteriorated with the anti inflamatory the new vet prescribed,
sort of a bacon flavored chew pill.  Over
the weekend she got to where she wouldn't move at all, just
lay on a furniture pad in the bedroom, or scooted herself on her belly out
into the hallway if she really wanted to be
nearer to us.

Saturday late afternoon she urinated, laying right where she was, which didn't
surprise us, floors are tile, nothing a
mop wouldn't cure.  But, when we saw blood in the output we
became very concerned.

TOok Kathy's daughter and I both using furniture pad
stretcher, and my two folding ramps to get her into the van.

tHe emergency care vet was very good, did some bloodwork and determined she
had a massive urinary tract infection, for
which they prescribed keflex.  We had a small supply of that because it had
been prescribed for Kathy recently but she
had an allergic reaction to it.

They even took her post dated check.

YEs they're spendy, but worth it.  We're glad to have our
loving Rottweiler back acting normal again.



Regards,
           Richard
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