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"She's is being treated for heartworm and ear mites."
Posted by Grizzly.
Not surprising she's got heartworms with her background (abused, no medical care, probably never on heartworm preventative) and especially being from Texas. (I worked at a shelter for 5 years in Kansas City and diagnosed probably 150-175 cases during that time period. And Texas is much worse!)
If she's already been treated it's pretty important she be kept fairly stress free for awhile. (It takes quite awhile for the worms to die, break down and be eliminated by the immune system. Not like gastrointestinal worms that die and just get pooped out the next day!) This is even more true with an older dog. Occasionally dogs will go downhill and die following treatment. (It's fairly rare in my experience---I treated most of the ones I mentioned seeing in KC; I lost 2 or 3. Has she been showing symptoms (cough, exercise intolerance, etc.)? If so, it might be better to see if someone out there could foster her for a few weeks, until the critical post-treatment period is over.
I post this rather than via a PM as kind of a public service announcement: If you have a dog, keep him/her on heartworm preventative!
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