Don't know what to do???

For those of you who know Boris, you are aware of his crusty yucky looking nose. It got infected the other day so I decided to take him to a local vet that specialises in skin problems to see what we can do, as everything that the vets suggest doesn't work including $92 cream? The good news about his nose is that they don't think that it is an autoimmune problem after all and that it is just a bad case of dry nose. They gave me some stuff to bathe his nose in 3 times daily and it is actually taking off all the crusty stuff so that hopefully we can apply some vasaline which (fingers crossed) will help his nose moisten. But just when you think there is a light at the end of the tunnel, they take a look at his skin and come to the conclusion that he has Asthma of the skin which affects him all year round but is alot worse in the summer months and can never be cured but can be maintained at a cost. It took me over 1 hour, 3 vets and $400 later to be informed that to maintain this problem it is going to cost approx $2,500 for the first six months and then $400 per year after that. What they want to do is create a vaccine to suit Boris and his condition which will need to be given once a month, but as this vaccine will take approx. 6 months to kick into his system, he will also need to be on some tablets which need to be taken daily to start with then decrease to every 3 days over time, but these cost $12 per tablet and I am not sure how many he needs to take per day? Brett and I love our dog dearly but just don't know how we can afford to treat his current condition or how long we can let him go especially with summer just around the corner? If there are any psychics reading this and want to let me know this Saturday nights tattslotto numbers, please feel free to contact me. :)   Will keep you all informed as to how Boris goes.

Take care

Caroline xxx