Scout has been referred to the Maine Vetrinarian Referral Center, Emergency and Specialty Animal Hospital in Scarborough, ME. His new specialist there will be Dr. Danielle Eifler. Dr Eifler has years of school and knowledge and I feel confident Scout will have the best Specialist available to diagnose and plan a course of action for his problem.
Dr.Eifler
Dr. Eifler’s love for animals began at an early age and though her goal to become a veterinarian was deeply ingrained even then, it wasn’t until her family dog, a German Shepherd named Max became afflicted with a devastating neurologic condition called degenerative myelopathy, that she realized her desire to specialize in veterinary neurology. During her neurology residency at the University of Missouri, she was fortunate enough to work with the researchers who discovered the gene associated with this disease which will aid in the diagnosis of degenerative myelopathy.
Dr. Eifler is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada in 1997 and attained her DVM from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island in 2001. She then completed a Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Internship at The Western College of Veterinary medicine in Saskatoon in 2002 followed by an Emergency and Critical Fellowship at Michigan State University in 2003. Dr. Eifler then spent two years in small animal private practice and was also involved in research for hereditary canine ophthalmologic diseases. Dr. Eifler completed her Neurology / Neurosurgery residency at the University of Missouri in 2008 and attained status as a diplomate of the ACVIM, Specialty of Neurology at this time.
Dr. Eifler is pleased to be part of the MVRC Neurology Group, the only specialty center in the Northeast to offer a team of 3 board certified veterinary neurologists. She is especially happy to be living in the Portland area which allows her to enjoy some of her favorite past times such as skiing, hiking, kayaking, yoga, and going for walks on the beach with her fiancé Nathan and their German Shepherd, Fiji. Dr. Eifler also has three wonderful (and slightly spoiled) cats named Scully, Pippin, and Little Cat.
Our appointment is at 11:00am tomorrow morning and is a two hour drive from our house! I think Scout and I have to both put our sleeping caps on tonight early! Scout cannot have anything to eat and must come in fasting with water only for 10hrs before his appointment. I believe they will be doing a blood workup for him.
We are now so close to finding out what the future holds for Scout, I am excited and in a way a little afraid of the knowing. I try everyday to think positively because I will not let him down. There is only way and that is for this little guy to run and walk with all the other dogs. But sometimes, a small little doubt can sneak in just enough to scare me.
I'm so glad for Scout, it must be the same way Mothers feel with handicapped children. Scout cannot understand how bad his situation is, he just knows he is a little different sometimes. The legs just don't move like he wants them to.. It is a Blessing not to have to explain and share my worry!
For all of those who are following Scout's blog and checking in with me...thank you so very much for your continued support and Blessings. I know your well wishes, thoughts and concerns have helped to carry Scout. He is not just my little boy, he is everyone's little boy. I'm so happy to have so many others who constantly wait and listen to the endless stories of his struggles and successes!
I will try to post as soon as I can the update for Scout after his consultation.
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