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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Thank-you
| It was one year ago today that Ginger was diagnosed with chronic AIHA. I just wanted to say Thank-you from the bottom of my heart as I know we would not have made it without all of you. I had never even heard of AIHA prior to her diagnosis. Due to the kindness of the members on this thread we have been given been given excellent medical opinions (I have amazed my vet many times), words of encouragement, donations of medication, prayers, links to websites for research and many of you have shared your past experiences with me and in the past year I have learned so much about AIHA and have also learned to have an active part in the treatment of my dogs. Ginger had a relapse in July and we could not get her PCV over 28 for over two months and now after being on Cyclosporine for a month, which was suggested by a few members of this forum and my vet agreed with them, Ginger's last PCV was 38. I have felt your pain when your beloved pets did not survive this terrible disease and the last few months have been extremely difficult ones for so many of you and I hope and pray that one day there is a more effective treatment for this terrible disease and the survial rate increased. I wish that there was some way we could get the links to Meisha Hope website and the VetNet AIHA thread website out to every vet and emergency vet that diagnosis's a dog with AIHA and they would in turn pass it on to the family of the pet, instead of a few of us finding this thread when it was too late or by accident, like I did. I am sure my vet never heard of either website before treating Ginger and it made a huge difference in her treatment. A special thanks to Joanne and Meisha for making this all possible. Gratefully, Cheryl & Ginger |
| Cheryl & Ginger Pineville PA |
| Cheryl, It is so wonderful to hear about your success with Ginger! It is very helpful to have the support and knowledge of others. Remember though, that it was *your skills and perseverance* that made the biggest difference. I am sure your vet understands this and appreciates deeply your desire to educate yourself and him/her. I attended a Dr. Dodds seminar two weekends ago and during a break I talked at length with her about this health crisis canines in this country (and around the world) are going through. I told her how motivated I was to try to elicit political changes and to help educate vets but that I felt I lacked the skills to be successful. She is certainly a tsunami-like force in this country when it comes to changing things! After the break she addressed the whole group and talked about this. The point she made was that it will continue to be a grass-roots effort on our parts. Political change is hard to bring about without a massive effort by an organized group. However, the simple act of bringing information to our vets is a motivating force in this battle. Education is the key. And the internet is the tool. She advised us to use *credible sources* of information. She was very inspiring to me and helped me understand that the focus is one dog at a time, one day at a time. Patrice |
| Patrice NYS |
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