October 20th 2009 9:14 am
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Just letting all my dog buddies out there know that sometimes mistakes can happen in laboratories. Mom and dad have us on heart worm medication for prevention purposes. I had got sick about 5 months ago and during some blood test they said I had heart worms. My mom and dad didn't believe it and the morning that I was scheduled to start my heart worm treatment, which I heard them talking about it being dangerous to me and I would have to be confined to a carrier for weeks at a time during treatment, they requested that I get tested again. The vet said they would call to let them know the results before starting the treatment. Well, thank god mom and dad requested that retest, I tested totally negative for heartworms. The lab had made a mistake, a mistake that could have killed me or made me very, very sick. So I want to let everyone out there know, if you test positive make sure they do a retest, just to be on the safe side. I was just tested again at my well physical and I am still healthy. The originial illness, that I was having blood work for, never showed anything wrong with me, mom and dad seem to think I got over heated and couldn't cool off fast enough. Another thing, be careful of FIRE ANTS, Remi sat down on an ant mound and got bit, he had a bad reaction to them and almost died. Mom and dad carry a first aid kit for us and thank god they had benadryl in there, the vet said that is what saved him from dying. Well doggie buddies, be careful and safe, there are lots of things out there that aren't doggie friendly.