Monday Morning Visit

Bright and early this morning we packed Sebastian and Noah into the car and drove off to visit Dr B. It's been two weeks since Sebastian was diagnosed with a nasty yeast infection in his left ear. Since then we've cleaned his ears daily and put ointment in his ears twice a day. He has hated every minute of the treatment. He hides when he sees me reach for the meds and I have to leash him to force his cooperation. When I'm done he spends a lot of time rubbing his greasy ears on anything he can reach and rolling on the ground.

Today was the follow up check to see if the infection is gone. As usual he was happy to see everyone at the clinic and gave them all hugs and kisses. He was even happy to see the doctor until he realized that his ears were going to be examined. Then he squirmed and tried to hide his head between his legs. Two of us had to hold his head so the doctor could see into the ears. Good news! Dr B could see the ear drum, it's intact and the canal is clean. No sign of infection. Now Sebastian just has to have his ears cleaned weekly.

Noah went along today to have a weigh in. As of last week, he'd lost another pound and I was getting really worried. We've started giving him a third meal in the evening and he gets a tablespoon of olive oil on each meal. I didn't know what to expect when I put him on the scales this morning, but I had almost decided that if he'd lost more weight I'd stuff him with puppy food to bulk him up. That won't be necessary, at least for now. Noah has gained three pounds back. He's still underweight and Dr B suggested adding more oils, both olive and fish oil to his diet. We need to do it slowly so we don't undo all the progress we've made so far.

It was a good start to the week.