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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>OMD The itchies have been horrible this
year! Is there something in the air this year that</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>was not present last year?
Poor Sadee Maye was going crazy and nothing was helping.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>The Benadryl (75mg), the creams, the
powders, her t shirt, the herbals, nothing was keeping </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>her from trying to chew or scratch her
skin off. I even took her back up to 3x her dose of</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Salmon oil so in the end off to Doc she
went. The decision was to put her on Claritin daily.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>I won't say that she is completely cured
but she is 95% better now with only the ocassional</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>scratching. Our other option was a
low dose of prednisone. While I know there are times</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>prednisone is a much needed drug, I
really try to avoid it's use as I know the side effects.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>So between a simplified diet change and
claritin, Sadee Maye is a much happier girl now.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Of course I also have to wonder if the
stress in the house the past 6 weeks also added to her</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>itching? </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>We send No Itchy, No Scratchy Drool to
all those suffering this summer.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Karen and The Dog House
Gang</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>