On Thursday Phil, Charlie and I went to the vet for another puppy checkup. We had a couple concerns and a couple questions but it turns our little Charlie wasn't feeling so well. She has a yeast infection in both of her ears. The vet told us that this is very common in puppies with floppy ears and can occur after baths - which we just did (see: puppy bath time).
She also has Demodex - this is a small mite that attacks puppies hair follicles. This means that our puppy is losing some of her hair (insert overemotional crying emoticon here). In order to diagnose Demodex, the vet had to take some skin scrapings to see it under the microscope. She described it like when you fall on concrete and skin your knee.
I hate that. Charlie did too.
We have a pretty intense calendar outlining all of the medications that she's on, when she takes them and dosages.
Good thing Phil can ready my handwriting!
So far she's been great with letting us shoot medication in her mouth and ears (sounds pleasant, huh?). We're just ready for our puppy to feel 100% again!
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