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Canine Distemper

Dante’s destiny

Save Dante From Distemper

Dante was found on the streets of Hancock Park in the Los Angeles area three weeks ago wandering with a female Husky.  He was adopted from the shelter along with the Husky as a bonded pair.  From the time he came out of the shelter he was being treated for kennel cough. The kennel cough was getting worse and the family took him to the vet, and the vet diagnosed Dante with distemper.  The family had been considering euthanasia until Kind Hearts In Action and Under the Porch came forward to get Dante to a vet willing to try Dr. Sears’ distemper treatments.
Dante is now at the vet awaiting treatment, but donations are needed to pay his vet bills. Donations can be made through Paypal at the Under The Porch Web site at http://undertheporch.wordpress.com/ or through Kind Hearts In Action at https://kindheartsinaction.com/
We also need funds to pay for the creation of Dr. Sears’ serum to save dogs in Southern California.
Please help,
Ed Bond

Update: Jan. 4, 2010

From Karen Bond: Dante didn’t make it – he passed away in the night after the last bed check at midnite and before the 6 am rounds. He appeared to have gone in his sleep not all twisted from a siezure . The vet techs had all spend time with him petting and talking to him and trying to make him comfortable. It was just too late for him … Sorry guys, we tried … We will save the next one is what we have to hope.

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Canine Distemper

Dr. Sears describes a spinal tap

This is from Dr. Sears’ lecture in October 2009. It’s a very useful clip for any vets who are using the spinal tap. To order the DVD go here.

 

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Canine Distemper Saved Dogs

Tigger Bounces Back

en español

The tale of the nose

The story is below, but these pictures tell the tale. First is Tigger, shortly after being adopted a few weeks ago.

Now, here is Tigger’s nose after he came down with distemper. This the classic, dry look of distemper with mucous.

Here is Tigger waking up from the anesthesia after his treatment.

And here is a closeup of Tigger’s nose later on. It’s much better.

Here is the account sent in from Haydee Crystal Acosta Bustamante on Dec. 15, 2009:

On NOV 14, 2009 we adopted two puppies (different litters) from the local humane society in el paso, tx (one 13 weeks the other 9 weeks old) .

On NOV 16, 2009 I took the 13 week old puppy to the vet because he looked terrible sick (yellow diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite) the vet prescribed antibiotics.

On NOV 24 we noticed our second puppy coughing and took both of them to another vet who prescribed antibiotics for both puppies.

On the 27 NOV after the 13 week old puppy started drooling and chewing gums we took him to a third vet who told us he had distemper and we had to put him to sleep. The vet told us that he had been exposed to distemper prior to arriving to the humane society of el paso… and that they propably didn’t realize he had it because it could live in a dogs buddy a week or two before showing any signs.

We came home sterilized the house for the second puppy and kept giving him antibiotics hoping he didn’t have it because he had received his 1st shots before we adopted him on NOV 11 and 3 days before being exposed to the 13 week old puppy.

On 11DEC09 we took the puppy for his followup and the vet said he had a high fever and swollen limp nodes and his nose was getting harder. Vet took a blood work and said he was 60% sure he had distemper too.

Later today we saw our second puppy now 12 weeks old have a seizure. (puppy clenched up on all four and his mouth began chewing uncontrollably and drooling for about 10-20 seconds..during this the puppy also defecated himself). looking back at it we believe the seizures began 3 days ago (once per day). We stayed up all night doing research online and found Ed Bond’s site about the treatment! We emailed everyone who we found with success stories or vets and a vet in Austin, Texas, responded to us the next day. She called and asked us if we could bring him in first thing Monday morning. She then called us back and said better yet bring him in tomorrow (Sunday Dec 13) the more we waited the worst the seizures and damage would get. We got our bags ready and drove from home (El Paso¸TX) to Austin Tx.. a 9 hour drive with a very sick puppy… who had 5 seizures on the way there. She saw him first thing in the morning, ran blood work and got him ready for the treatment.
The vet has seen 8 dogs with distemper from all over the US and so far has been able to save all but 2… When she saw Tigger she said that he was one of the healthiest dogs she had seen with the deadly virus… so she had high hopes for him… It’s now been almost 48 hrs (Which are the most crucial as the body is killing the virus) and he has been seizure and twitching free! We hope this will cure him forever so that he can be a living testament that the Newcastle Treatment is dependable and worth looking into by all vets!
The Staff and Vet of the Humane Society of El Paso – the shelter we adopted them both… have been very supportive and have committed to see Tigger until he is done with all of his booster shots. They feel horrible and helpless that we had to go through this… but again it was not their fault… most likely they received the 13 week old puppy already having distemper but since there were no obvious signs (fever, coughing etc..) we took him with us… 2days after the signs started. I hope this story continues to build awareness and validates that the Newcastle treatment could be the solution… We lost one puppy and were not going to lose Tigger without a fight!

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Canine Distemper

Update: Almost 10 years later, Kasi going strong

By complete luck, I happened to reconnect recently with Blake Donovan, whose 6-month-old puppy, Kasi was saved by Dr. Sears in June 2000.

Here’s what I wrote back then: “6/13/2000 — This is Kassi, whose owner, Blake, found my website only days after I put up these pages in May and got her to Dr. Sears in time. A six-month old puppy, Kassi had just been rescued from a shelter but quickly showed the early signs of distemper, including a green mucous discharge from the nose.”

Here’s what Kasi looked like in 2000.

At the time, Blake Donovan wrote this:

“She is another success story for Dr. Sears. He even has my vet’s attention, he got some of the serum for his practice. . .The titer test shows no signs of the virus at all. Thank you so much for your site, it saved little Kassi’s life for sure.”

And here’s Kasi today [received 12/12/09], almost 10 years later, still a happy, healthy dog:

Thanks to Blake Donovan for sending this in and giving an update.

Ed Bond

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Canine Distemper

Video gallery

Informational videos

These are video clips from Dr. Al Sears lecture in Houston on Oct. 24, 2009.





Videos of cases treated

These videos were created from footage sent in from the owners of distemper dogs saved by Dr. Al Sears‘ treatments.

Istanbul, Turkey

Alberta, Canada

The Philippines

Houston, Texas

Cebu, The Philippines

Compilation of several dogs

Miami, Florida

Southern California

San Diego, California

Szekszárd Shelter, Hungary


Istanbul, Turkey

Szekszárd Shelter, Hungary

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Canine Distemper

Canine distemper downloadable files

These are based on Dr. Al Sears discovery on how to fight canine distemper using the Newcastle Disease Vaccine

Complete packet on the NDV Treatments

Paquete completo sobre los Tratamientos NDV (en español)

 

If you are looking for a vet who can treat your distemper dog with the NDV treatments, write to us @ ed.bond.new.york@gmail.com and tell us:

  • Where you are
  • Whether you have a diagnosis
  • What symptoms you are seeing
  • Whether the dog has shown neurologic problems, such as muscle tics, twitches, spasms, seizures, paralysis, blindness.
  • How old the dog is and what breed
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Canine Distemper

We can offer more than hope

November 9, 2009

TO OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES:

If you believe we can Save Dogs From Canine Distemper, we need your help.

If you do not believe, perhaps you need to watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeFeC-E9-dk

As amazing as the story of Kaliber is, his story does not have to be so rare. And while it is wonderful that Kaliber liveddonatenowlogo2 copy thanks to the treatment discovered by Dr. Al Sears, it is a tragedy that his sister, Lil Miss, died.

It is a tragedy that dogs and puppies across the U.S. and the world needlessly die of canine distemper. Although the distemper vaccine has done much to control this disease, it still attacks shelters and strays, puppies and unvaccinated dogs.

And it is a tragedy that so many dog owners do not find out until too late that there is hope, that there is a treatment that can save their dogs. Just today we received word that the owner of a puppy in Colorado could not be saved because the owner did not find our Web sites in time.

And it is a tragedy that so many veterinarians do not know that there is another option for their distemper patients beyond just giving antibiotics, fluids and watching the animal die.

Eleven months ago, the Save Dogs From Canine Distemper cause was launched on Facebook. Nearly 900 of you joined us. We offered information, a little hope and a compassionate ear.

Today, we can offer owners of distemper dogs much more — with your help.

Imagine how it would be, if a dog owner bringing a sick dog to the vet could be told: “Your dog has distemper. Usually this is a death sentence, but fortunately we have Dr. Sears’ serum in stock and we can save your dog.”

Or even if the dog is suffering from seizures. The vet could say, “Your dog is very sick, but we have been trained in a treatment that can turn off the distemper virus and stop these seizures.”

This is the world that I imagine. This is the world that I need your help in bringing about.

Save Dogs From Canine Distemper is now a project run by Kind Hearts In Action, a new 501c3 public charity that aims to help homeless dogs and to support the canine distemper treatments discovered by Dr. Al Sears.

Our plan is to raise funds to pay for the creation of Dr. Sears’ serum across the U.S. We want to document these treatments and demonstrate the effectiveness of this serum. We also will be supporting research efforts into the spinal tap treatment that can save dogs in the neurological phase of the disease.

Our goal is not just to save dogs from distemper, but to push for Dr. Sears’ treatments to be given the serious scientific consideration that they need. We strive for skeptical, scientific inquiry into these procedures to resolve the questions about their validity.

Too often, I hear about vets and experts who dismiss Dr. Sears’ ideas as impossible. But they do so without looking at the evidence. Without scientific trials, how do we know whether we have a new ally in the battle against disease?

Let’s put it to the test.

So, to save dogs and put Dr. Sears’ treatment to the test, we need your help.

We need your donations.

And this is why we have waited until now to make this appeal. With 501c3 status and with registration on Guidestar, you can have assurance that your dollars will go directly to the effort of Saving Dogs From Canine Distemper. Any amount helps, and your dollars will save lives. Just look at Kaliber.

You can donate by going to our Facebook page or to the Facebook page for Kind Hearts in Action at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/375267/21547541?m=dc361cb6

You can also donate by going to the new Web site: https://kindheartsinaction.com/ or to my original site at http://www.edbond.com/distemper/

When you donate, you can designate that your donation be made for the Save Dogs From Canine Distemper project or for Kind Hearts In Action’s effort to help homeless dogs in the Los Angeles area, Under the Porch.

You can also make recurring donations on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. And you can make a donation in someone’s memory. Perhaps that could be a dog you knew that died of canine distemper.

Together, we can at least make one small part of the world a better place.

Keep the faith and thank you,

Ed Bond
Project Director
Save Dogs From Canine Distemper

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Canine Distemper

Distemper dogs saved with serum or NDV

en español

These are dogs who — like Galen — were saved from canine distemper before seizures started thanks to a treatment developed by Dr. Al Sears.

San Antonio, Texas

Twelve puppies and dogs were reported to have been saved by NDV-induced serum. Received July 27, 2011.

Miami, Florida

Simba was saved with the NDV-induced serum. Received June 17, 2011

The Philippines

Mr. Blue is an English bulldog puppy saved with serum. Received May 31, 2011.

Florida

Ten dogs were saved during a recent outbreak of distemper in Florida. Received May 25, 2011

Hungary

A second report on serum use. Received April 15, 2011

Houston, Texas

The NDV serum is credited with saving the life of Lucky, another Texas dog. Received April 3, 2011.

Houston, Texas

Hachi is a thriving puppy now that he was treated for canine distemper. Received Feb. 25, 2011

Austin, Texas

Two puppies saved with shots of NDV. Received Feb. 14, 2011

Fort Worth, Texas

Phantom was treated with serum and is recovering. Received Feb. 10, 2011

Florida

Sumi is a Miami-area dog saved with the serum. Received Jan. 13, 2011

Hungary

Five dogs saved by Dr. Sears’ serum in Hungary. Received Dec. 16, 2010

Adrian

A Texas puppy saved with the help of Dr. Sears’ serum. Received Aug. 1, 2010

Belle

A “shout out” to Dr. Sears on the recovery of this dog from Austin, Texas. Received July 24, 2010.

Milagro

A report from a clinic in Mexico that used the NDV to save a distemper dog. Received June 15, 2010.

Puerto Rico

A report on the first NDV-induced serum made there. Received May 28, 2010

Basher

A dog treated in Orlando with Dr. Sears’ serum and has made a complete recovery. Received April 12, 2010.

Trixie

How a dog in the Fort Lauderdale area survived canine distemper because of Dr. Sears’ treatment. Received Feb. 19, 2010.

Mimi

How a rat terrier from southern Florida survived distemper.

Muttu

Received Jan. 27, 2010

A dog from India saved by Dr. Sears’ serum.

DwightDwight

Received January 26, 2009

Hi all, This is my experience & knowledge of Dr. Sears’ treatment. It was just too long to post as a comment, so I made a blog for it. Hope this helps get the information out to someone who needs it.

Jennifer Tseng Yarbrough

http://sickdwightpuppy.blogspot.com/

Buddy

From: “Shari & James Nadal” Buddy
To:
Subject: distemper
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 23:37:15 -0700
X-Priority: 3
Hi Ed, this is Shari Nadal, I wrote to you almost 3 years ago about our dog Buddy and never did get around to sending you his picture. I just realized by reading the letter I wrote to Dr. Sears and sent to you that it is almost exactly 3 years that Buddy has been a part of our family and he’s doing great. He has no health problems (except for some seasonal allergies) or any signs at all he was ever as sick as he was. I just wanted to send you a photo of him taken today. He looks a little freaked out but that’s only because he couldn’t quite figure out what I was trying to do in getting a good picture of him! He’s a happy, healthy boy thanks to Dr. Sears. I don’t have a before photo, Dr. Sears took one, I’ll send this photo of Buddy on to him too for his records. Thanks again for your website, I don’t believe Buddy would be with us today if we hadn’t found it. Shari Nadal

From: “james&shari” janshan@prodigy.net
Subject: our dog’s distemper cured
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 01:46:04 -0700
Hello Ed Bond, thank you for your web page, we recently found it very helpful as you will read below! I was going to write a separate letter to you, but this is the one I sent Dr. Sears and it seems to say it all. I apologize I don’t have any photos developed at this time to share, but if you’d like to post our letter on your web site, please do and as soon as we get a photo we’ll send it to you.
James and Shari Nadal

Hello Dr. Sears, this is coming from James and Shari Nadal who brought you our Austrailian Shepherd Buddy in last week. I know my husband called and let one of your staff members know our name and that Buddy has seemed to fully recover. I just wanted to give you a little more detail and thank you for taking the chance in treating him. I was so excited after seeing you but so guardedly optimistic, I knew Buddy had been sick for a long time, but we saw some glimmers of improvement after just 12 hours. By 24 hours you could hardly tell he was sick and by 48 hours he was like a new dog. It’s been a week now since he received the treatment, he had his last day of antibiotics yesterday, he still was having a small amount of nasal discharge until a couple of days ago, but that is gone now too. Best of all, whatever it was that was causing him to limp in his back leg is gone, he seems to be having no problems with it at all. He was so underweight when we got him and it did not seem like he gained any at all during the almost 4 weeks we had him, but since receiving the serum he looks like he’s put on 5 pounds. (we’re not positive, but we believe he weighed about 30 pounds when we brought him home and he weighed 35 at your clinic, so he may have gained some weight, but it just wasn’t noticeable at all until this last week) Though we had him for almost a month, it feels like we’re just getting to know him now. Our dog, whose nose we wiped, and didn’t play, and walked around with his tail between his legs for so long now fetches (we didn’t think he knew how to do that!), he greets me happily when I come home at night, he plays, he steals our kids toys, and most impressive of all, he walks around with his head held high, his ears perked up and alert, and he carries his tail like a flag behind him. Up high and curled, it’s a beautiful sight to see. As soon as we get a good picture of him we will send it to you so you can put it with his before picture, wow, what a change. We brought Buddy home on August 3, 2001, you didn’t see him until August 30th. Perhaps we were lucky, maybe his body was fighting it, maybe not being a young puppy helped, we don’t know if the limp was related to the distemper or not, whatever the reason, Buddy seems to have beat the odds. I remember you mentioning something about an 80% success rate when you get later into the disease with your treatment. I believe Buddy has made those odds.
Thank you so much. Gratefully yours, James and Shari Nadal

Cookie

CookieFrom: DawnHecht@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001
Subject: A Great Big Thank You

Hello Ed, I just wanted to write you a note to say thank you for taking the time and effort to post all of the information about Dr. Sears.
I live in Riverside, CA and have a 4 month old Aussie.
She came home from the humane society with Distemper and my vet told me there was really nothing they could do.
I did not accept this and went on a hunt for more information…that is when I found your site.
We took Cookie [pictured at left] to Dr. Sears and now she is fine.
Dr Sears is such a great guy…how do we get the word out to more dr’s? I am e-mailing Oprah!!! and everyone else I can think of!
Well, Thanks again- you can go to bed tonight feeling like a hero because you literally saved my puppy’s life!!!!!
Best Wishes to you and your family!
Dawn Hecht

Bailey

BaileyPOSTED 2/9/2001 — “Bailey was adopted from the Pensacola animal shelter in the late summer of 2000. He was about eight months old. He seemed OK at the time, perhaps a little scared or confused, but in less than a week he was completely lethargic and could not even keep water down. My veterinarian, Dr. Susan Wells of Lillian Veterinary Clinic in Lilian, Alabama, ran some tests and diagnosed distemper. After finding your web site, I immediately called Dr. Sears’ office and requested a shipment of serum. We received the shipment two days later and the vet administered it. In less than 24 hours, Bailey was eating, drinking, able to keep it all down and his bowel movements were beginning to become more normal. We brought him home two days later and he has been happy, healthy and full of energy ever since. He is now a little over a year old and has gained 30 pounds since we first got him six months ago. My vet and I truly feel this is thanks to Dr. Sears’ cure. We had tried everything to get him better, but nothing worked until the serum. We were just ecstatic and ran around telling everyone we could about Dr. Sears.”
– Susan M. Kovacs
Elberta, Alabama

But one of Susan Kovacs’ dogs we couldn’t save. Distemper is such a nasty virus because it can attack different dogs in very different ways. Daisy suffered the neurological attack first.

Bear

Bear1/30/2001 — This is Bear, a german shepherd mix rescued from a pound and is thought to be about nine months old. Here’s what her owners had to say:
“Thank You so much for your story. Our dog Bear was diagnosed with distemper just a few days ago. She has been having symptoms for about 9-10 days, all but the seizures. My husband and I have been devastated since our regular vet told us about this horrible virus, and we have been doing as much research as we can to find out what we can do to fight it
“Despite the ritual of antibiotics, vitamin C and vitamin B supplements, fluids and trying to keep her appetite up, we have been watching Bear wither before our very eyes. Her eyes were constantly squinting, no appetite, and her nose was so dried up and clogged that she could only breath through one side. We knew the seizures were coming, and soon.
“Sunday evening my husband discovered your story by chance, in a last ditch effort to find something, anything to save our beautiful girl. The thought of a cure being 5 miles away from our home seemed unbelievable! We knew we had nothing to lose, so Yesterday morning we took Bear to Dr. Sears in Lancaster. He took her in immediately, and my husband and I went home almost afraid to even hope for a full recovery.
“This morning I went to visit her first thing. When I saw Bear’s face, I couldn’t help but cry. Her eyes are bright and wide open! And her nose is so much better, she has no trouble breathing through it now. Her appetite is up and so is her energy level. She still has a ways to go, but all this is after just one treatment! This one treatment with Dr. Sears has done more than an entire weeks worth of antibiotics. We can finally allow ourselves to believe in a full recovery. I know that if we hadn’t taken her, she never would have had a chance. Distemper would have easily taken her life, like the thousands of puppies before her.
“I can’t wait to see Bear tomorrow, and to be able to bring her home. Thank You again for your story. You have helped restore hope for my husband and I, and save the life of a precious friend.”
Sincerely,
Monica and David Erlich
the_vw_girl@msn.com

Bear before and after

Dot

Dot8/10/2000 — This is Dot, who might be a Australian Shepherd – Corgi mix. She was rescued out of the West Valley Animal Shelter at the end of July, and developed the signs of distemper within a couple of days. Her rescuer,  now owner, Teresa, got her to Dr. Sears in time, and Dot has recovered.

Here is Dot’s story.

Part I – A Rescue with distemper
Part II – The results of the treatment
Part III – More thoughts about Dr. Sears

“THANK YOU, so much, Dr. Sears! Thank you Ed Bond, and Terri Haase, for putting this important information out there for others to find and hopefully, save their animals too.”
rescuerama@hotmail.com

Kassi

6/13/2000 — This is Kassi, whose owner, Blake, found my website only days after I put up these pages in May and got Kassiher to Dr. Sears in time. A six-month old puppy, Kassi had just been rescued from a shelter but quickly showed the early signs of distemper, including a green mucous discharge from the nose.  “She is another success story for Dr. Sears,”  Blake [Resqpet@aol.com] says. “He even has my vet’s attention, he got some of the serum for his practice. . .The titer test shows no signs of the virus at all. Thank you so much for your site, it saved little Kassi’s life for sure.”If you have a dog who has been saved by Dr. Sears, please let me know. I’d like to post other before/after photosof distemper-surviving dogs and your comments on this page.

Update 12/12/09

Almost 10 years later, Kassi going strong

 

Galen

And here is the story of Galen, who was saved in 1997.

And here’s the original story of How Galen Was Saved, originally published online in May 2000.

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Canine Distemper

SUCCESS STORIES: Dogs saved while in neurologic stage

UPDATE: A study of the NDV spinal tap to treat dogs who have reached the neurologic stage of the disease had been conducted at Kansas State University from 2014 to 2016. After some promising results in early cases, Dr. Ken Harkin ultimately concluded that the NDV spinal tap — injecting Newcastle’s Disease Vaccine directly into the spinal canal — did not help in the recovery of distemper dogs. But he also believes we give up on these dogs too early. The disease can and does go into remission on its own, so dogs can survive neurologic distemper with enough nursing care. So, you should also look at these stories as examples of how it is possible for dogs in the neurologic stage of distemper to regain a decent quality of life.


These are some dogs who had been suffering from neurological symptoms but survived after being treated with the NDV spinal tap.

Mojave from Santa Cruz, California

Received on Nov. 9, 2011

Bella from San Antonio

Received on July 6, 2011

NDV spinal tap on Hector in Istanbul, Turkey

Hector was treated with the NDV spinal tap on Feb. 10, 2011.

NDV spinal tap on Puik in Istanbul, Turkey

Puik was treated with the NDV spinal tap on Jan. 7, 2011.

NDV spinal tap in Szekszárd, Hungary

Dena is one of three distemper dogs treated with the NDV spinal tap. Video received Jan. 17, 2011.

Bailey in San Jacinto, California

This is the story of Bailey, successfully treated with the NDV spinal tap. Story, videos and pictures received Sept. 25, 2010.

Rosie in San Diego, California

This is the story of Rosie, rescued from the desert in Baja, Mexico, and later started showing symptoms of distemper. Received Aug. 26, 2010.

Bartley in Austin, Texas

Here is the story of Bartley, treated for neurologic distemper in Austin. Received July 7, 2010.

MJ in Austin, Texas

Here is the story of MJ, treated for neurologic distemper in Austin. Received July 7, 2010.

Dexter in Istanbul, Turkey

Dexter’s owners were told to put him to sleep when he was diagnosed. They found reason to hope. Received Feb. 11, 2011.

Romeo in Florida

It was quite the rollercoaster ride for the volunteers who banded together to save this dachshund mix, but Romeo has finally turned the corner. Received April 12, 2010.

Labrador in India

Here’s a letter received from India on Feb. 13, 2010.

Tigger

Here are the photos and story from El Paso, Texas, posted Dec. 15, 2009

Max

November 2009: Max had to fight both distemper and pneumonia. He was able to beat the distemper thanks to the spinal tap treatment discovered by Dr. Al Sears and used by a vet in Austin, Texas. It has taken him longer to beat the pneumonia, but he seems to be turning the corner. The music is Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” and “Keep the Faith” by Margaret Owens.

Icy

Received Sept. 18, 2009, from Clarisse Quitco-Tanner of the Philippines:

Icy’s Canine Distemper Treatment

“The very day she was diagnosed with distemper, me and my husband kept researching about Canine Distemper. I read many many medical articles about it saying that it has no cure and the prognosis is very poor especially when the Neurological phase sets in. She was tested and diagnosed on August 31 and it progressed really fast. In less than a week her neuro symptoms first showed on her right front leg, next on her head and then her hind leg muscles started to show subtle spasms. At first it was just bad when she would rest and sleep, then after a day or two, resting or not it was almost non stop. All this happened in a matter of days. …

“… One morning, a few days after the NDV treatment, I went downstairs and there she was! Greeting me joyfully, jumping, wagging her tail, all excited. She hasn’t been this way since she got sick. We can’t wait to spread the word and help other dogs.”

Hunter

Received May 3, 2009, from Suzanna Urszuly of Southern California:

My name is Suzanna and I have read about you on the Internet. I have a 5 months old border collie mix puppy who hasHunter sick distemper. She is really sick now, she can’t even get up. … I don’t think we have much time left and I am very desperate for help. …. About 10 minutes ago she got up ate and walked around the room. She fell down a couple of times but got up. I am not sure if she has seizures or not but she twitches a little with her head and front legs. not much just a little bit.

With help from the Facebook group, Suzanna got her dog, Hunter, to a vet in Austin, Texas, for a body and spinal tap treatment within a week. (Photos by Jade)

(Thank you, Jade and Julie.) Here’s what Suzanna said after the procedure:

Received May 19, 2009

Thank you so much for checking in. Hunter is doing amazing!!!!! … She already felt a lot better after her bodily Newcastle shot. Her nose and eyes were clearer and her pneumonia was gone. Now it has been about about 9 days since she got her CSF tap. She can walk really well now, she does not fall like she used to. She can see at least 60% how, before she was almost blind. She still has a little bit of the “head tilting and chewing motion” going on but it is less and less every day. She is such a happy, pretty puppy. I will send you some photos of her soon. She has a lot of energy too. She dug out my flowers and brought them back in the house and then she hid them under her pillow. 🙂 Thank you again for your help and I’ll be sending her pictures soon.

Update: Oct. 6, 2009

Here’s a video sent in by Suzanna Urszuly. She writes: “Hi Ed, Here is a video of the little girl. She is doing so well.”

Thanks again, Suzanna!

Sammie

Received May 25, 2009

Carmella

Received Jan. 12, 2009Dear Ed,My dog, Carmella has had treatment with NDV both in the body, and Carmellathe neuro part (developed later) injected into the CNS.Her story is very long and is a compilation of months of documentation, before and after pictures, and IÕve even been monitoring her on live webcam accessible from my blog. You can read her blow-by-blow account from as far back as early July 2008 when I got her from the shelter. Here’s the link to my blog;http://artlifenewsblog.blogspot.com/ a photo album of her before and after pictures on Indie Public:http://www.indiepublic.com/photo/albums/946391:Album:541951 and my Flickr profile where you can check out my photo stream for more photos:http://www.flickr.com/people/giftbearer/.Her improvement has been pretty dramatic even though by the time I succeeded in convincing a vet to treat her with CarmellaNDV in the Central Nervous System she’d already developed myoclonic jerking in her right, front leg. That was quickly worsening almost daily or every few days, and then just in time a compassionate vet stepped up to do the procedure! That stopped any further disease-progression.As far as I and Dr. Sears know she is the first dog in the US to be successfully treated with NDV into the spinal canal. Several dogs have tried it last summer and have not survived because of inexperienced vets or inability to withstand a surgical procedure in their advanced condition. Then after Carmella was successfully treated for neuro-involvement there was a male Boston Terrier successfully treated.There are a lot more vets who are willing to do the body cure than those who are willing to attempt the CNS part. Every single neuro-vet I asked in the Atlanta area and in Florida refused to touch it. Ultimately the vet who agreed to try it was one who had only done spinal taps years ago and he did it under ultrasound imaging so that there would be no slip-ups. Carmella had no crises or side-effects as a result, just a headache for the first few hours afterwards. I hope that her story can be placed on as many sites as possible so that other dog owners wonÕt have to wait as long as I did to have their vet agree to it. Although Carmella is cured of the virus, the time spent arguing her case because vets didnÕt want to risk “liability” with it not being published in medical journals, cost vital brain tissue she may never regenerate.

Since then she developed Demodectic Mange, but is being treated for that with Mitaban dips and it is drying up, slowly but surely.

I’ve attached a before picture of her taken the first week I had her and an after picture so that people can see the dramatic difference. (The headshot was before she developed mange) and her coat was beautiful at that time!

Sincerely, Pippit

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