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One of my neighbours has a six month old female Great Dane who had a  
tick infestation in her ears that left her with a serious middle and  
inner ear infection in her right ear. X-rays have shown that the  
infection and inflammation in the outer and middle ears is fine, but  
there is residual infection in the vestibular area. The pup plays,  
eats, drinks, sleeps...is normal in every respect other than the fact  
that she holds her head on one side and gets a bit unbalanced at  
time. He has been told that the only solution for this situation is  
very expensive and difficult surgery, which would be very hard to do  
here in Egypt. Our veterinary services leave rather a lot to be  
desired, to say the least.  My friend is not at all sure about trying  
a surgery that he has been told has only a 15% success rate and is  
inclined to do anything and everything to help the pup survive and  
overcome this on her own. At this point anti-inflammatories and  
antibiotics have run their course.

Any ideas at all...homeopathy, witchcraft, massage, spirit channeling  
included..will be most gratefully received. Gin is a beautiful little  
dog, and she is very little, for a Dane a dwarf. Pal's theory is that  
she is using so much energy to overcome her problem that nothing is  
left for growing. She's about half the size of her brother, who also  
lives with Pal, but has just as much energy and zest for life.

Maryanne
Giza, Egypt


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