GME: A DEADLY CONDITION YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF

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1 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 1 of 18 H O M E A B O U T A L L A B O U T C H I S M Y C H I P R O D U C T S A D V E R T I S I N G C H I O F T H E D A Y GME: A DEADLY CONDITION YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF April 26, 2016 By kilosmom 11 Comments Search this website LEARN MORE ABOUT GME HERE: Sit.Stay.Listen. Sit.Stay.Listen. Margaret Ditty, 00:00 18:25 2

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3 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 3 of 18 Have you heard of Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis, more commonly known as GME? I haven t until recently. And I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about dogs. There is also an even more severe from of this called Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis or NME. GORGEOUS ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR CHI! What it is in Layman s terms is an autoimmune disorder that affects mostly small dogs. Which is why we as Chi parents need to be aware of this. It can be deadly. MARGARET S STORY OF CRICKET DOES YOUR FUR KID NEED A HARNESS OR COLLAR?

4 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 4 of 18 Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means we will receive a small commission if you buy something through them. It won't cost you anything extra though and it helps support our site. FACEBOOK I first learned about this issue through one of our Facebook group members Margaret Ditty. She has a precious little Chihuahua named Cricket who has had very rough time of it since she developed GME and NME. Margaret and her husband Rich have spent thousands trying to get help for their little girl. It s Like Page Shop Now been a long tough road for the Ditty s and I admire their dedication to their fur Be the first of your friends to like this baby Cricket. I Love My Chihuahua Club 38 mins This Chihuahua is so smart! And he wants to show off his tricks for you! Cute video! Smart Chi Does Tricks

5 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 5 of 18 HERE S LICKING AT YOU! You can read Margaret s entire story of Cricket and leave a donation too if you want to help them with her medical expenses here. CAUSES OF GME GME is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. It usually won t develop in older dogs over the age of 10.

6 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 6 of 18 Most vets will tell you that they really don t know the cause of GME but there are some that believe it is caused by repeated vaccination. Did you know that the same amount of a vaccine given to a 120 pound dog is given to a 5 pound dog? That is just crazy! Since I am not a doctor, I will let you watch Dr. Becker here in this video explain about this condition:

7 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 7 of 18 SYMPTOMS OF GME (YOUR DOG MAY HAVE SOME OF THESE SYMPTOMS OR ALL OF THEM) Head Pressing: Dog will press their head against things Weakness in legs Behavior changes Circling Seizures Blindness Drowsiness Head tilting Unsteady walk or gait It is imperative that you get your dog in to see your veterinarian right away if you suspect GME or are seeing these symptoms in your dog. Without treatment, dogs can die within a day or so after the symptoms start. HOW GME IS DIAGNOSED A basic blood panel and urinalysis and a spinal tap (done under anesthesia) is required. Also sometimes a MRI is needed. TREATMENTS FOR GME Depending on what areas are affected, treatment may consist of: Corticosteroids (prednisone) Chemotherapy

8 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 8 of 18 Radiation therapy (if the GME is localized) In severe cases, hospitalization will be required Dr. Becker also believes in some alternative therapies to speed up the healing process. She had a consultation with Margaret Ditty and gave her some ideas of what she could do to help Cricket and she also gave Margaret permission to share the call. You can listen to it here:

9 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 9 of 18 HOW TO PREVENT GME While some dogs just seem to predisposed to this condition, repeated vaccinations seem to bring it on or make it much worse. So before your dog s next vaccinations, you might want to have your vet do a titer test to see if your dog still has the antibodies for the disease the dog would be vaccinated against. If there are antibodies present, there is no need for the vaccine. While the titer test can be expensive, Dr. Becker believes you should call around and find a vet who will do the test at a cheaper price. You can read more about the titer test here. Margaret also suggests that you should be prepared for this or any other pet emergency in advance by getting pet insurance while your pet is healthy and applying for Care credit which is used specifically for veterinary bills and doesn t have to be paid back right away. That way if an emergency should arise, you can use the Care credit until you are reimbursed from the insurance plan. Then you would pay the Care credit bill. Of course, it would also be a good idea to start an emergency savings fund and save the money yourself. If you or someone you know has a dog with GME and/or NME and would like support, you can join the Pet Parents Fighting NME & GME Educate, Encourage, Share group here. I want to thank Margaret and Rich Ditty and Dr. Becker for providing me with much of the information for this article. I pray that it helps save doggy lives. As Margaret says Educate, Encourage and Share.

10 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 10 of 18 Filed Under: Chi Health, Health Issues «Flossing Chi Adorable Playful Puppies Play» Pain Management for Dogs Organic Pet Food Best Pet Supplements Pet Food Coupons Household Cleaning Products ads by Yahoo! COMMENTS Layla says April 26, 2016 at 1:09 pm Wow, I had no idea about this disease. Thanks for sharing this info with us!

11 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 11 of 18 kilosmom says April 26, 2016 at 1:15 pm You are welcome Layla! Spread the word and share the post so more people will know about this thing. HolisticMomma says April 26, 2016 at 7:13 pm Yes, thanks KilosMom, but this is something we most likely wouldn t need to be aware of if we d wise up about vaxxes. More than zero is over vaccination. We wouldn t even have parvo if it weren t for drugstry s vaxxes creating it. My animal vax info post: BEGIN Info on Animal Vaxxes You just dodged a bullet! An online acquaintance of mine recently had to watch her chihuahua puppy DIE from vaxxes. Dog seizing after vaxxes hc_location=ufi One of my favorite websites is Also check out info from Dr. Pitcairn, DVM.

12 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 12 of 18 I love the book written by Dr. Ruza Bogdanovich Love Your Pet, Let Nature Be the Vet. Parvo Info How drugstry created the disease parvo Here is some rabies vax information because some people are obsessed with obeying laws, even bad ones. Be sure to subscribe to Dr. Will Falconer s free newsletter. He is a no-vax, natural veterinarian. Also check out Dr. Patricia Jordan Dr. Jordan s book Vaccinosis is available as a pdf to read online for free PDF.pdf Vaccine Insights Dr. Becker s Interview of Dr. Jordan Article includes human vaxxed versus non-vaxxed survey Science of Vaccine Damage

13 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 13 of 18 Building immunity naturally It s where folks take their pup to a dog park or wild area for like 5 minutes only. Just long enough for a quick exposure to anything that might be around. That is done two or so times to build immunity without needles. Exposing Big Pet Food (please consider a diet of REAL food) END kilosmom says April 26, 2016 at 7:19 pm Thanks for sharing all the resources Holistic Momma! M. says April 26, 2016 at 10:35 pm This is why I don t vaccinate! Her first and ONLY rabies shot made her deathly ill for three days. She was a little over 1 year at the time. She s an only dog in the house and doesn t associate with other dogs. kilosmom says

14 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 14 of 18 April 26, 2016 at 10:46 pm Yeah if she had a reaction, you are right not to re-vaccinate her M. Rene van Bronkhorst says May 10, 2016 at 2:52 pm I was sitting in the vets office yesterday and started talking to a woman who s dog got it. She also knew someone else that had a dog doing the same kind of things. Her dog had seizures and other symptoms including becoming blind. Her friends dog would glide alongside of a wall and then continue on in a circle. That dog had lost his sight. I had no idea that it was believed that vaccinations had caused this. I don t think that she was aware of this. One of the reasons why I was there was to get my 16 month old pom vaccinated. Ugh. kilosmom says May 10, 2016 at 2:59 pm It does sound like GME Rene. Hope she is able to get help for her dog.

15 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 15 of 18 Peggy Jernigan says May 24, 2016 at 4:07 pm Our precious Katie Lynn yelped snd acted painful December 23, A trip to the vet and it looked like a back problem. We were referred to the neurologist. By January 12th she was having seizures every 4-5 hours, losing the use of her back legs and in unspeakable pain. MRI and spinal tap revealed idiopathic eosinophilic meningitis. She never responded and we made the painful decision April 18th to let her go. Pathology just returned and stated that although we followed protocol the damage to her brain in the areas of function was too extensive for her to have ever recovered. I still cannot believe that she is gone or that she went downhill so fast. We are heartbroken.

16 GME: A Deadly Condition You Probably Never Heard Of I Love My Chi Page 16 of 18 kilosmom says May 24, 2016 at 4:23 pm that I m so sorry Peggy. I know that has to be so hard to lose Katie Lynn like TRACKBACKS Best Natural Flea Treatments for Dogs I Love My Chi says: July 5, 2016 at 4:52 pm [ ] learning about GME and how our fur babies are being over medicated, I have been rethinking my flea prevention [ ] Reply LEAVE A Your address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment

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