veterinary malpractice

for those of you who don't know, in january, i adopted a lab/greyhound mix from the austin humane society. her name is ellie, and she is the most wonderful companion - she is loving, obedient, playful - everything i ever wanted in a dog. anyhow, she has, unfortunately, not gone one month without visiting the vet's office since i've had her. beginning back in april, her skin seemed irritated, her paws were red and puffy, etc. diagnosis = allergy problems. so, the good doctors carried out their normal procedure - put her on allergy meds, gave her some steroids to relieve the itching and cortisone spray to apply to those troubled spots. she seemed to be a little relieved, but the same problems persisted. another vet visit, more allergy meds, steroids and cortisone. so, my dog has HORRIBLE allergy problems.

so...the friop was out for our first annual trip, and ellie stayed home with anne, who had agreed to watch her for the weekend. i told anne to go ahead and take ellie into the vet if she remained lethargic and itchy. i return from my trip to find that anne had taken her in and discovered that ellie has demodectic mange, a very serious disease that is commonly misdiagnosed. it is basically an infestation of a particular mite in her skin follicles. however, the treatment for allergies (i.e. steroids, cortisone sprays), for which ellie was misdiagnosed TWICE, feeds this mange. so, basically, rather than easing ellie's pain, the vet made it worse for at least a month. she is now on a 100 day treatment to *hopefully* cure her of this disease. do we think a veterinary malpractice case is called for?