Bear has been doing good lately. Our main problems have been all of the skin and ear infections and trying to get him all cleared up with the right combo of medicines. Having UDS makes him susceptible to infections and is one of the things that will always be a battle for us. In the last few months we noticed the skin patches getting significantly worse and infecting his belly, nose, pads of feet genital areas and tail. We have upted the Atopica to 4x's/week again and have had him on 3 different types of antibiotics for the skin infection. We have also tried Mometamax (7 weeks) and then Posatex (8 weeks) to help with ear infections. For topical areas we use a special shampoo weekly, a diluted bleach rinse weekly, and Gentacalm Spray daily. Needless to say, our baby gets lots of attention to try and keep him healthy. His eyes have been stable these last 4 months which is a HUGE blessing and he has stayed on his 4 different drops consistently (Latanoprost, Demecarium, Flurbiprofin, and Dorzolomide). Dr. Griggs gave him an A+ on his last visit. We do watch his right eye to be sure the pressure does not increase too much daily, but we have special drops if that happens. His right eye is still blind, but he does well navigating around places and does not seem bothered much at all. We are so blessed that his left eye has been stable and seeing well at this point. Bear continues to love on us daily with his smiles, snuggling nightly when we watch TV, following us everywhere, barking at anything outside, and making us laugh when he chases his "babies". We sure do love our precious Bear and he brings us so much JOY daily!
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