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[Wilson3]

http://www.slh.wisc.edu/outreach/event-detail.php?id=138

if you go to the webcam on the bottom click on it you can listen to what was said
also slide show with it

wilson

[Judy]

OK, this is a great find - what we need now is to link these people who can talk on it to presenting at a Vet conference...

[Wilson3]

the odd thing i have found is that i was told that at these conferences the vets attend blasto has been brought up and they are to be on the look out i do not understand why they are not listening

also in wis the gov sent thsi our
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/PressReleases/2008/091208Blasto.pdf
and it says it is common in dogs so why doe swisconsin vets still have a hard time diagnosing it ?
my guess most vets at least in wisconsin are looking for he the doolars to come their way they some how lost the caring heart for the animals
wilson

[Judy]

I think it might be good to put together a picture presentation of all the different ways that dogs can present with blasto. If a vet is looking out for money (which I don't like - but being realistic they really aren't paid alot because they aren't as much in the people insurance racquet), they can certainly make money on blasto - I actually have spent tons of money in office visits! 

Anway, I think that the clinical presentation is so different in different dogs that it is hard for them to get the picture (vs us because we have seen it in our pets). The other side of it is that they don't want to believe it is blasto until they have ruled everything else out - most likely because their picture of blasto is death - one of my vets was very caring and said something about blasto but just didn't want to think that Francie might have it, she said that it was the worst disease and most likely she didn't have it.

So, if we have pictures for clinical, then pictures of dogs that have survived and doing great - and the statistics here are awesome - we should be really doing somthing different. I wonder if there is some way to look back and see who presented blasto at a vet conference and see if they did it this way - I'm not ready to give up.  I'm willing to start working on a powerpoint presentation that we can take anywhere- i.e. on a computer at a fair, but since they may be tough pictures to look at - the best would be an album at a fair, and a powerpoint presentation at a vet group or email to vets in the areas?  This would entail more pictures than we already have, and someone doing statistics on this site - our success rate now is much better than ever!  (And a memorial at the end to those who have fought so hard)

Judy (Francie's mom)

[Wilson3]

it allsounds good and I wish you luck....
I have not had a lot of luck with it
when wilson was sick it took $3000 him spending the night in the ICU and me finally demanding my normal vet before one listen to me about it being blasto
also at the 2007 and 2008 expo I had given vets that where there info on blasto and thet all gave alittle laugh and said it isnt here in the milwaukee area kind of funny when milwaukee is 3rd in the state for people and the gov. says blasto is common in dogs
they also ,the vets at the expo, said that wilsons fooot would have been cut off
and i told them and showed the picture that it healed up it just need a chance and someone willing to take th echance and try other things likethe clay i told them
it seems the vets ,most of them, really do get upset,mad if we the uneducated when it come to animals might know something they do not.
teh old way of treatment was very costly and most did not even attempt it but with the new drugs more are able to find a way to treat
the problem i have found with talking with vets is that we need to make them think they came up with the idea (thank god wilsons vet wasnt like that) 
i have also sent the newsletter to almost ever vet in wisconsin that i could find
maybe if others re send teh newletter it might help

it was odd cause there was many sites that welcomed the newsletter and all the wonderful info and even put it on there web sites
i do think most vets are out for the money look at shots i can get them for $5 a shot at the clinics it cost $25 to $35  for a shot
and these other vets i delt with where out for more they made $3000 off me
wilsons vet tested right away for blasto when he saw him and orderd meds before thetest even came back

i wish we could somehow get the vets to listen but most lieki said do not like to be told someting from someone that is not a vet also or educated in the feild
i do plain to ask my vet if he can bring it up at the compherences he doe sgo to them all the time
i so wish you luck in reaching the vets maybe you will have better luck
it does seem though that they are diagonsing it sooner then in the past so mayeb just maybe

the expo we are doing in jan i am hoping on getting the word out to the public they might listen better they will of at least heard of blasto be time they leave

please keep us posted on your ideas adn what luck you have getting them to listen
wilson3