Armour for Kayley

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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my recent Holiday experience with you all, and who knows

I may be able to help some of you out.

All weekend I was sick with an intestinal virus. Sunday I was laying on the

couch and heard a huge crash and a horrible scream. I looked out the window and

my 13 yr old Westie, Kayley had been hit by a car. Apparently my dh was

watering the garden (we live in S FL) and accidently left the gate open. OMG it

was horrible, an 87 year old man was behind the wheel and just kept on going (my

neighbor followed him) Anyway, she was in shock and of course we took her to

animal emergency room and the next day our regular Vet.

Monday I had my appt with my Endo. I had always been suspicous of my 21 year

old daughter maybe being hypo. She has fatige, devistating anxiety attacks,

depression....on and on. But the only answer I could ever get is Throid is in

normal ranges. I finally went to her Shrinks office with her and demanded a

copy of her test results. All they checked was TSH, 3.96. I could literally

kill these Doctors, they've had her on antidepressants and Zanex for two years.

Of course my Endo said the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when I showed

him the test and he'd check for antibodies, do the free's and start her on a

trial of Armour.

Tuesday, the Vet called and said Kayley was ready to be picked up, just one

thing: he had checked her for Hypothroidism and guess what??? I just started

laughing uncontolably. I think the Vet thought I was losing it! (maybe I was)

But here's the good news. I convinced him to treat her with Armour! Thanks Val

and Roxanna for your expertise. I faxed him info from the Armour site along

with the dosing info Roxanna had emailed me. He calls me last night and asks me

how he wants me to call this in to Pharmacy. It seems dogs need twice as much

Thyroid as humans. She'll eventually be on about 4-5 grains. He actually asked

me if I wanted him to prescibe it for me so my insurance would pay for it! I

said no, I think they might become a little alarmed if it looked like I was

taking 7 grains a day!

So, the moral of this story is always act on your hunches. My husband gave me

greif every time I said I think my daughter or my dog was Hypo. Said I was

paranoid and seeing it in everyone. Well, if the shoe fits....he's next. Also,

if you have a friendly Vet this may be a way to get our Armour. I consider

this the Armour Revolution and all is fair in love and war!

Charge!!!!!

Debbie

ps Kayley has been on Armour since tuesday and is now trotting when I take her

for a walk!

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