Misha (aka Salty) back from vet's again
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| Wed, 06-23-2004 - 3:43pm |
I've been worried since she didn't eat much more than 1/8 cup of dry food yesterday and hasn't drunk any water since Sunday. I forced some water into her with a syringe last night, but it's not enough to prevent deydration.
I took the afternoon off from work to take her back to see the vet today. My vet deserves an award for being so kind & compassionate. She spent 40 minutes with Misha and didn't charge me a penny for her time or for the medicine & fluids. She said Misha's lympth nodes were swollen and that her bad coughing and shaking of the head were from all the sinus drainage. Her throat is probably soar & that's why she doesn't eat/drink much. Her lungs sounded good, and her ears looked fine, too. She gave her more injectable fluids and a shot of an anti-inflamatory cortizone to bring down the swelling and hopefully dry up all that drainage. She gave me liquid prednisolone (beef flavor) to give her once a day for a few days in addition to the Baytril antibiotic I was going to finish Saturday....but now the vet gave me 7 more days worth to give her since she's still not better. (Hope we can get better at getting those pills down the first time without her spitting them out! LOL)
She was down to 5.9 pounds & had a temp just over 102. I am hoping she'll feel better after some rest. I have some cottage cheese on a plate, but she hasn't touched it. (I'm willing to try anything to get food/liquids into her...LOL).
I will call the vet tomorrow to give her an update, and then Misha may have to go back on Friday for more fluids. We'll see.
Thanks for all of your continued support & prayers. I'm going to really celebrate when she is finally past all this!
Lots of hugs & purrs,
Suzy & Misha (Salty) >^..^<


Hi Suzy, I think everyone of us here will be celebrating when your Misha gets over this nasty bug.
Animals are forever - and so is their love.
It sounds like Misha is slowly getting better. Your vet deserves and award and so do you for taking such good care of her.
hugs,
Ann
Ann
I think we are all anxiously waiting for Misha Salty to get better.
Hugs,
Suzy