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so my senior lab mix is sick. He has issues with his skin and feet, has been to the vet numerous times the past couple weeks for it. He had an infection in his back paw which refuses to heal even with almost daily bandage changes and a cocktail of antibiotics. He's also on antifungals for his skin. But it's even more so gone downhill extremely fast and now is spreading to his other feet and he has a fever. His CBC and blood chemistry have all been normal. The vet now thinks that it's an autoimmune disease that is literally causing his body to attack his own blood vessels, and starting in his feet. It's also why his feet refuse to heal and are still getting worse after treatment. We stopped some meds and started some new ones, namely steroids. But he's in bad shape and is almost like his whole body is slowly becoming less and less functional. It's also part of the reason he has skin problems. She basically said that if the steroids don't help then he will most likely have to be put to sleep because the disease will progress and his immune system will keep attacking itself

My question is about getting a second opinion. He is supposed to have his bandages changed tomorrow and the next day to see how it's progressing and if new meds are helping. My mom however, wants to not go to the appointment tomorrow and go somewhere else instead for a second opinion and get his bandage change done there

now, it's not that I'm against a second opinion, I think one is a good idea, I just also think that it's important for the same clinic to see his feet again since they saw it before and will know the progression and progress. But, I also would be charged for two different bandage changes and I worry about how he would cope with having his feet messed with so much twice in one day. But obviously the second opinion would have to actually see his feet, which would mean removing the bandages