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Harmony: Final Update

After a heartfelt talk with her doctor, we decided it was time to let Harmony be at peace. She fought bravely and with all she had, but her body was just not strong enough to beat whatever was making her sick. After 5 days of treatment, Harmony was not making any new red blood cells [...]

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12Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 5 comments | Continued
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Harmony Update: Jan 11

Evening update: Ken just spoke with Dr. Presley who confirmed what the on call vet told us earlier tonight…Harmony’s PCV value has held steady at 20-21% all day, which means she hasn’t shredded through the red blood cells from her second transfusion, like she did with the first. So, while she hasn’t improved per se, [...]

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11Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 2 comments | Continued
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Harmony Update: Jan 10th

What a crazy day. I headed to Birmingham for an 8 hour round trip drive to pick up four retired racers for adoption and Ken stayed behind to hold down the fort and handle calls from the vet. We debated cancelling the trip, but decided it was important to go. To help four dogs retire and take that [...]

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10Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 1 comment | Continued
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Harmony Update: Jan 9th 10:30pm

Update: Dr. Vilar from OSU and Dr. Presley (Harmony’s local vet) spoke and they are both having a hard time reconciling her symptoms with anything specific. OSU just removed the spleen from a greyhound who had similar symptoms, but it turns out their cases diverge because Harmony’s spleen isn’t really that enlarged. The other dog’s [...]

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9Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Update: Home from our visit

Ken and I were able to spend a little time with Harmony today. She was very happy to see us, but still looking very tired. It didn’t take long for her to become completely exhausted. Her gums are still pale, but she wags her stubby tail when she sees her  mom and dad.
The vet had [...]

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8Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 3 comments | Continued
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Update: Still no answers…

Dr. Presley called this morning and reported that Harmony ate a little bit, but not much. She seems to be enjoying the belly rubs from the staff, but you can tell she’s not feeling well. Her PCV is 28%, so it’s holding steady from last night when it was 27%. Her protein is low, so [...]

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8Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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What is wrong with our dog?

OK, I’m finally home and have the dogs and the humans fed. What a long day! Spent quite a bit of time with the internal medicine doc. He’s a new one for us – though we’ve worked with several of the doctors at Upstate and they have an excellent staff there. I really liked him [...]

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7Jan2009 | Heather Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
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Unexpected Illness

Harmony skipped two meals in the last two days and sloooooowly ate her breakfast this morning. She’s also seemed a little bit off and being lazier than usual. With the rain and bad weather, we almost thought it might just be a little thing she was going thing she was going through, but this morning [...]

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