Re: [PyrNet-L] HEALTH: Clondike's Miracle Anal Sac Cure

[Joy Mccarron <jemc@monmouth.com>]

Way to go Clondike.   Have a great time in Chicago town!!!!!
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From: David P Kintsfather Jr <kintsfat@kutztown.edu>
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Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 2:26 AM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] HEALTH: Clondike's Miracle Anal Sac Cure


>Clondike is determined to get into the veterinary journals one way or
>another.  Not only has she achieved a 4 week remission (and counting) from
>lymphoma after only 3 treatments of a protocol that is supposed to
>require 10 treatments, but she has also demonstrated remarkable response
>to a new treatment for an anal sac infection.
>
>Both lymphoma and chemotherapy are immunosuppressing, so Clondike has
>suffered a number of minor, but irritating infections, generally in the
>urinary tract and anal sacs.  In an effort to avoid oral antibiotics, our
>vet has tried packing the anal sacs with Panalog, Topagen and Betadyne.
>None of these worked without the additional help of oral antibiotics.
>
>Last week the one glitch in our plan to take Clondike to the National
>Specialty was a mild anal sac infection discovered on a routine exam--not
>from any symptoms.  One of the other vets in our practice has been
>experimenting with using a human burn cream called Silvadene (silver
>sulfadiazine) on resistant anal sac infections and our regular vet decided
>to try it.  The cream has to be thinned (I'm not sure with what) and then
>it took a cat catheter to get it in one of Clondike's sacs that has built
>up a lot of scar tissue.  The poor, weak, cancer patient was able to buck
>at least a foot in the air with me and two big vet techs hanging on for
>dear life, but we managed to get both sacs infused.
>
>Well, tonight her anal sacs were almost empty, showed no sign of infection
>and were MUCH less sensitive.  The vet packed the sacs again to be sure
>we wouldn't have any problems on the road, but feels we have a full cure
>with no oral antibiotics needed.
>
>An added side effect of this cream is that it is a skin softener, so
>Clondike will probably have the softest butt in Chicago and the vet won't
>have to use hand lotion for a week!
>
>I hope this helps someone out there someday.  Clondike's vet was really
>excited by the response, but then I think Clondike is one of her favorite
>patients.
>
>David
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