Dog Allergy's

our lil bella bean has had allergy problems since the day we brought her home 10 years ago

just this past year we had exhausted every possibility except allergy testing

we have done bloodwork, special diets, special medications, atopica, steriod shots, benadryl and the list goes on and on and on....thousands of dollars later.

we decided to bite the bullet and 2 months ago made our appointment with the only vet dermatologist in charlotte.

our appointment was one day after bella's 10th birthday.

we arrived that morning and we went over every detail with dr. kelly. thenwe left bella there for allergy testing....

we already knew she was going to be allergic to a lot, but now we know what.

trees. go figure. almost all kinds. weeds, a few molds and fleas where a few noteable ones.

she also has yeast infections on some of her skin and paws.

no way around this. bella needs allergy shots.

we were excited to hear that we dont have to restrict her diet anymore. the special food was costing a fortune and she was always hungry. she used to be a semi plump dog and now she is skin and bones only weighing 14.2 lbs.

she is always itchy. always anxious and always irritated. she is now home resting after her traumatic day.

she is now on a course of steriods for a week or so to help with her recovery from the allergy testing. she is also on meds for the yeast infections, bi monthly flea prevention, benadryl.... until we pick our vaccine from the vet in a week or two and begin the shots.

initially every three days for 2-3 months, then once a week for the rest of her life.

bless her little heart

this has a 60-80% chance of working.

please pray this works.

the upside.... bella might finally feel some relief. we wont be making visits to the vet every 3-4 weeks...racking up insane bills...instead we just dumped a bunch of money into the visit, testing and vaccine....now we will be cutting down on long term costs! there is always an upside!