My dear Moxie, a Cardigan Welsh corgi, developed a mysterious limp. My old vet couldn’t diagnose it, but my new vet found sensitivity in her leg. He xrayed it and found a lesion. She is Valley Fever negative now, but I guess it’s damage from when she was positive. The first pic is a bone from a passed dog with a lesion. The second pic is Moxie’s x-ray with a circle around the affected area. She’s on Deramaxx as needed. Poor thing. Today she was three-legged.
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Is Moxie still on medication for the Valley Fever? My boy Sonny didn’t even show a titer the first time he was tested for it, it can take a while to show up. He was on Fluconozole for a full year before he was able to go off the med.
But VF really doesn’t go completely away, and can flare back up. Some years later, Sonny went into the vet for a weird constellation of symptoms involving his kidneys, and my friend who works for the Valley Fever Center for Excellence in Tucson suggested doing a Valley Fever test, just to be on the safe side.
Not being in Arizona, and with him not having a cough, my vet didn’t think the test would be positive, but figured what the heck. Sonny’s results came back with an extremely high titer, resulting in an immediate switch-up in his treatment.
He was hospitalized for 10 days, but began to recover after his treatment was changed. Sonny was on a high dose of Fluconozole until he got down to showing no titer. He is on a maintenance dose of the med for life, as recommended for dogs that have had disseminated Valley Fever (found outside the lungs).
It’s been 6 years, and it’s never come back again. His hair’s a bit thin from the med, but considering he was very close to renal failure, well worth the low dose he gets daily.
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I am actually in Tucson. I can’t remember the exact timeline, but she is off fluconozole for now. Her last titre was zero. If she needs to go back in it, we certainly will put her on it again.
We are hoping to breed her as she has an amazing temperament and she is an AKC grand champion. You shouldn’t breed or nurse puppies in fluconozole. If she starts having symptoms before she goes into season, of course we’ll put her back on. The lesion is old, but causes the soreness. I’m not sure if there is pressure between the ulnar and the radius or whether the lesion itself is painful. It’s weird though because the lameness comes and goes.
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I am so sorry to hear about your Moxie and her lesion. I have not run into Valley Fever being an east coaster.
I hope that lesion does not give her too much problem.
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