Going to Boston to see Dr. Sisson

So it is all arranged. I am flying out in the morning early to go to Boston for a 1pm appoint for Dr. Sisson to see Fuzzy. Then I will hang out in Boston with my friend Daryush (from high school) until my flight leaves in the evening.

Her neurologist was not happy at all, which I hate to see since I have liked them so much but Dr. Sisson has a program that is proven that in most cases can get the dogs off all medications in a year. And this is important to me. The place that has been working for her has told me that I most likely will give her medications forever. But there are people in this Yahoo group I recently joined that have had their dogs off medications for years using Dr. Sisson's approach.

Not only that but I hate that there is no one here for me to even email about something in the case of an emergency on the weekends or at night. Dr. Sisson has email that I can at least ask questions about things like her possible skin infection that she had this weekend... and he will get back with me relatively soon. At AVS they have told me I am just out of luck until the next business day which in the case of this weekend was Tuesday when the thing happened Saturday. Not cool. :( Not for an over-protective and somewhat paranoid "parent" like me.

Also, Dr. Sisson can prescribe the drugs Fuzzy needs and I can give them to her myself instead of having to take her to the hospital for two days every three weeks. That is a benefit for me and Fuzz.

All in all it is a huge step obviously and I am completely terrified about doing the wrong thing. But all I can do at this point is go with my gut and my gut feeling is that he knows a little more about the disease and has done more research and that I will be more informed and better equipped to deal with her with his information guiding me. Also, that Fuzzy will be happier not being in the hospital so much and that she will likely be able to be off drugs sooner this way. So I have to do it and hope I am right and that this is the better thing for her.

Tomorrow is going to be a long and probably stressful day for both of us but it needs to be done. I hope everything goes well.