Hello Dr. Susan and Welcome, I have a positive Bailey who also tested positive for bartonella and we tried several meds and holistic things over the course of about 6 months, he also had swollen lymph nodes and and his saliva was gummy and he was constantly licking his lips and pawing at his mouth. The meds we tried were zithromyacin, and I believe doxocyclin (sp?), both for a couple of months each, we were doing acupuncture once a week and I tried chamomile tea and raw food. All of this did bring his lymph nodes down and the redness got better but he was still not eating as good and was losing a little weight, so we decided to pull all but his upper canines and little teeth in between them. That was about 2 months ago, his redness is better but not completely resolved and he is steadily gaining weight again.
About 3 weeks ago my vet wanted me to try a new herbal treatment of Chinese Herbal Virolyte pills (code #V902), Bailey hates pilling but I managed to get two of these into him for about two weeks, when all of a suddenly seemingly over night his right lymph node swelled way up bigger and harder than ever before. I actually thought I had gotten one of those pills somehow stuck in the side of his cheek (the pills are the shape and size of a bebe), it was the lymph node way back under where the jawbone is hinged. My vet was out of town but I stopped giving him the pills and within 3 or 4 days the lymph node went way down. My vet came by yesterday and was checking him over and we discovered a couple of polyps under his tongue on the right side, she wants me to give him doxo for 10 days and then recheck. I just lost my Buddie to liver cancer in July and I'm scared because I know positives are susceptible to cancers and Bailey is 9 1/2 years old and has been positive since atleast 5 months of age, and hasn't really had any problems until this stomatitis. I'm taking Fred in Saturday to have a lump she biopsied and thinks is basil cell removed and sent it, should I just have her go ahead then and biopsy Bailey's polyps or do the 10 days of doxo and then biopsy if they are still there, I only wonder because the stress of pilling Bailey in my mind is very bad for him, but I don't want to put him under unless there is really a reason to. I know mouth cancer is very bad and spreads quickly so that is why I'm worried. PS. He started his doxo last night so by this Saturday he'll have had over half of his dose, maybe I should check him and ask her to bring him in if there is no change, by then we should see a change shouldn't we? -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls Vote For Us http://www.bemikitties.com/toplist/cgi-bin/topsites.cgi?id=1 ----------- Web Design Porfolio http://www.bemikitties.com/bmksamples.htm#portfolio
