Hello, I hope this review gets read by many! Meet Kala! This is one of my kids. She is very special to my husband and myself. We call her Kala kid!
Kala got real sick on us one day and she got to where she couldn't raise her back end up off the floor, then we noticed that she couldn't raise her whole body up off the floor, even with her front legs. Then she was on her side and couldn't raise any part of her body, including her head. We couldn't figure out exactly what was going on, so I called the veterinarian immediately here in Missouri. I took her in and they did some blood work, and some other test said that she had a ruptured vertebrate in her back! At that time they put her on something like a muscle relaxer and they also gave her steroids.. They told me to keep her on the steroids for a week and within that time she should be back on her feet, but she will always have problems with her back. Well, after that week was over she was not any better actually she had gotten worse. It's like she had given up hope ,so I called the vet and they told me to give her the steroids for another week and then contact them. Come to find out the steroids was actually making things much worse!
I then called my friend who said something is just not right. And she said you should bring her back up here to Dr. Pothast (Johanna). We used to live in Iowa so I had been to Dr. Pothast ( Johanna) and she had done miracles on my dogs. She really examines them looks them over very carefully does not try to rush through anything and does blood work and everything else to try to get to the bottom of what's going on she does not give up!!!
So I had my friend call Dr. Pothast (Johanna) and set up an appointment. So we took her up there, and Dr. Pothast ( Johanna) looked at the paperwork that the doctor in Missouri had given me, and my friend told her everything that they had said and done. She looked at it was puzzled and decided to just not even look at it and do her own test and her own blood work and start from scratch. She was puzzled at first, but kept running test and like I said she did not give up until she got it figured out. Needless to say with the steroids from the prior vet just about killed her. And come to find out she never had anything wrong with her back!!!! Dr. Pothast (Johanna) called my friend and had her come in and told her that she had Myasthenia Gravis!!! Which is a chronic immune disorder. She is on medication for the rest of her life. Very small dosage every morning and every evening. It has been almost a year now she is happy fat and sassy! My friend was a blessing to me and so was Dr. Pothast!!!!!!
I would really like to include Russ in my review! He really went on his own to find a place to compound her meds. To go above and beyond to tailor specifically to Kala's needs. Just not a normal prescription. But made just for her!!!! Please do not hesitate to take your pets or as I call them my babies to Dr. Pothast!! As far as I am concerned, she is the very best! She saved our Baby Girl !!!!
Sincerely, Desra Coggins and KALA !!!