daisychick
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Glad you finally got some of the lab results back. I hope it helps her to get better. 
newborn with skin issues - she's gone
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elevan
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x2ksalvagno said:
I really hope the Dex works.. Can't remember but, did you ever start her on an antibiotic? If not, I *definitely* would now that you've got a sore that's getting neosporin'd.. That's just the sort of thing that can get outta hand when the immune system is hampered with steroids..
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peachick
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She is not an any antibiotics right now. The area on her nose is healing nicely. Might not have need the neosporin, but it couldn't hurt, right?
I did take some updated photos today. The one thing I notice in these photos is that the hair on her body is looking better... it feels softer and looks healthy now.... almost has a shine to it. YAY Legs are still thin in the crustier areas... but they are not as crusty as before.
You can see how the pigment around her mouth, eyes, and ears has filled in, and hair is growing in around her mouth. The new bald spot on the top of her muzzle is healing well.
Her eyes.... you can see the white mark on her eye in one photo. I still am thinking the cat is responsible for the eye issues. One eye is almost completely healed, and now the other one has a mark on it... I put a tetracycline eye ointment in them twice a day.
Her physical maturity is still very slow... little Zoom is all over the place, running and jumping... Black Betty only does a few bounces and wont even try to climb on anything.... but she trots after me and stands straight... no longer hunchbacked.
DSC_0002 by S!GNATURE, on Flickr
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I did take some updated photos today. The one thing I notice in these photos is that the hair on her body is looking better... it feels softer and looks healthy now.... almost has a shine to it. YAY Legs are still thin in the crustier areas... but they are not as crusty as before.
You can see how the pigment around her mouth, eyes, and ears has filled in, and hair is growing in around her mouth. The new bald spot on the top of her muzzle is healing well.
Her eyes.... you can see the white mark on her eye in one photo. I still am thinking the cat is responsible for the eye issues. One eye is almost completely healed, and now the other one has a mark on it... I put a tetracycline eye ointment in them twice a day.
Her physical maturity is still very slow... little Zoom is all over the place, running and jumping... Black Betty only does a few bounces and wont even try to climb on anything.... but she trots after me and stands straight... no longer hunchbacked.
DSC_0002 by S!GNATURE, on Flickr
DSC_0012 by S!GNATURE, on Flickr
DSC_0009 by S!GNATURE, on Flickr
ThreeBoysChicks
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Zoom is definately named well. Have you been able to get a picture of her standing still?
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Ms. Research
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Can't wait to see Black Betty running like Zoom. It appears as though you are getting her to that place. Congratulations on all your hard work for this baby.
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peachick
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Thank you... she has consumed my time these past 3 weeks... but today she was feeling good and bouncing around.... it seems we have good days and bad days (both of us).
I cant wait to show her off when shes finally looking good and zooming around with her buddy.
I cant wait to show her off when shes finally looking good and zooming around with her buddy.
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peachick
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A Cornell University dermatologist called my vet today about my crusty baby goat.
Apparently he is "extremely interested" in her case... and asked for weekly photographs.
He believes this is a very rare congenital skin disorder that is almost never seen in animals... however it is a devastating illness in human babies... called..... Epidermolysis bullosa (EB)
The reason he feels it is EB and not a juvenile skin disorder is because she had it at birth.
Gosh, just when I was thinking she was recovering
I cant tell you how bad I feel for this little baby.
If this doctor is correct, my baby wont get better.
Apparently he is "extremely interested" in her case... and asked for weekly photographs.
He believes this is a very rare congenital skin disorder that is almost never seen in animals... however it is a devastating illness in human babies... called..... Epidermolysis bullosa (EB)
The reason he feels it is EB and not a juvenile skin disorder is because she had it at birth.
Gosh, just when I was thinking she was recovering
I cant tell you how bad I feel for this little baby.
If this doctor is correct, my baby wont get better.
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I know that isn't the best news, but the Cornell vet may try to help your baby at no cost to you, because what they learn about her condition can be documented and used to help others too. My uncle who is a professor of veterinary medicine in Iowa (livestock vet) said they'd do that when unusual cases came in. They had more tools available to analyze the problem, too.
