Huge apologies for the big gap, but a lot of you will know why we've been AWOL.
As intended, Bran was taken to the vets on the day after passing his bronze test and I was fully expecting to be told that he needed to be booked in for hip x-rays. However, I was told that they suspected he had Auto-Immune Hemalytic Anaemia and that they "could save him if we've caught it early enough". As you can imagine, that pulled the rug out from under us a little :o(
Bran was immediately admitted to the hospital and underwent a battery of tests. He ended up being in and out of the vets for 2 whole weeks and had many blood tests, several CT scans and an endoscopy. He went from 25kg to 22.7kgs in just a few short days, developed a horrid cough, was very cold and pale and horribly lethargic :o(
Thankfully, it was eventually concluded that Bran was *just* suffering from Lymphocytic Plasmacytic Enteritis - one of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - and he was given medication to soothe his stomach and allow his body to start drawing nutrition from his food again.
His Zubrin was also stopped (this was managing the pain of his elbow dysplasia) and he is being given cartrophen injections instead. This seems to have worked wonders as Bran is cheekier and naughtier than I've ever seen him! He's put back on all the weight he lost and is looking fabulous at the moment :o)
Due to being so poorly, Bran missed his first three KC Silver classes, but we finally made it back today.....
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