Our beloved Frankie

When I first came to see Dr. Roman at MASH it was because I had been told that my 3 year Golden Retriever, Frankie, was in kidney failure. I had not been given hope that she would survive very long even though she had been so healthy up until that time. This was not acceptable to me because she was so young and vibrant and we had been looking forward to a litter of puppies from her. The litter was lost when she became ill. When she started to act unwell I thought it had to do with the food I was feeding her because two of my other dogs got sick at the same time.

Dr. Roman reviewed her history, which included recent vaccines for rabies and Leptospirosis and a positive Lymes test (she had been given Amoxicillin instead of Doxycycline in hopes that it would be safer for the unborn pups) and she was currently on Azodyl and Tumil-K.

We than began a new learning experience “the Dr. Roman” way! Frankie began to get LM1 Phosphorus, nettle seed, Rehmannia 6, AminoBplex, Ultra EFA, Nutrigest, MASH vital nutrients, and ozone treatments.   At home she was given fluids subcutaneously.

I started to cook her food for her using the Pitcairn kidney diet. She loved this! Although we had a couple of back-steps, she really did well. Frankie had ozone treatments regularly, daily fluids, aquapuncture (which always perked her up). Canine thyroid support was added because Dr. Roman wanted to take as little blood from her as possible.

The months went by with Frankie enjoying her life and her family making the most of every moment. We went to the beach when we could. We went to New York City. If she couldn’t go, we didn’t go. I avoided doing bloodwork as much as possible because I didn’t want to know if she was getting worse. We all just kept a very positive attitude and let Frankie know we were going to take care of her.

Frankie lived almost a year. It was a good year for her and for us. Her quality of life was very good until the very end. Going to MASH was the best thing we could have done. I’ve learned a lot. My other dogs are benefiting from this experience. Even though we’ll always wish she had lived to be an old dog, we’re grateful for the time we were given with her.