Went to the vet yesterday morning with Miss Tink... Dr. Haver looked her over, listened to my long and involved story starting with Parker and the kennel cough and ending with the diarrhea. He explained that he thought she had colitis as a complication of the kennel cough. She probably had some pancreatitis as well with it as it's common in BT's and older dogs...
We're to keep her on a bland diet like we've been and I have an amoxicillan to give to her twice daily to kill the bad (and the good too i guess at this point) in her gut. If we can get that stuff out and start over then maybe we'll be ok?
So after we went to the vet, now we've gone full circle and she is consistipated...she's tried to go several times and then doesn't. So obviously, another phone call in to Dr. Haver. I left a message and he left one of my phone saying that he wants to talk with my about what's going on with Tink, today. Sigh, he had a more serious tone of voice than I was hoping to hear.
On the up side, she is acting fine, happy when i get home, ready to eat ALL the time, snuggly....she slept through the night (and so did Parker!) and here we are at 4:30 in the afternoon.... The vet tech said when I called back that Dr Haver would probably call after 5:30 since he's booked all afternoon...we'll see what he says.
And we'll keep you posted.
Stay strong Little One, stay strong....
Showing posts with label kennel cough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kennel cough. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Not for those who are easily queasy...
Yesterday after dinner Tink developed bad diarrhea; quickly & suddenly.
6:30pm
10:30pm
12pm
2:30am
6am
2pm
4:30pm
As I said before, we went out and grabbed a bunch of stuff to help, but then I realized I was going to fast her at least for 1 meal. After talking with one of the tech's at our vet this afternoon, I'm fasting her dinner tonight too. I heated up a little water and ran it through the turkey to make a make shift broth and she drank that right up. That's the only liquid she's drank in almost 24hrs. Hopefully she'll sleep through the night and I can introduce a small amount of rice and turkey in the morning to her to eat.
Is it stress? Is it the water? Whip-worm? Tail end of kennel cough? Sigh, who knows...just taking one step at a time with her. She doesn't seem to be in pain. I take her out regularly and she sleeps the rest of the time.
It's weird that it was yesterday evening, so quick. Her nose is stuffier then it's been too. Get better little girl, we're doing all we can for you...
6:30pm
10:30pm
12pm
2:30am
6am
2pm
4:30pm
As I said before, we went out and grabbed a bunch of stuff to help, but then I realized I was going to fast her at least for 1 meal. After talking with one of the tech's at our vet this afternoon, I'm fasting her dinner tonight too. I heated up a little water and ran it through the turkey to make a make shift broth and she drank that right up. That's the only liquid she's drank in almost 24hrs. Hopefully she'll sleep through the night and I can introduce a small amount of rice and turkey in the morning to her to eat.
Is it stress? Is it the water? Whip-worm? Tail end of kennel cough? Sigh, who knows...just taking one step at a time with her. She doesn't seem to be in pain. I take her out regularly and she sleeps the rest of the time.
It's weird that it was yesterday evening, so quick. Her nose is stuffier then it's been too. Get better little girl, we're doing all we can for you...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
What a trooper!
Tink amazes me! The Benadryl seems to be helping her. She still has a cough, but her breathing seems better. We took the 2 out for a walk tonight; the weather is gorgeous! When we started, I figured we would go for a long walk for Parker and pick Tink up when she showed she was tired. She didn't tire! She led the pack at a good clip for over a mile this evening. She seemed to enjoy it too--getting out in the fresh air and walking along like she owned the place! Now it's time to sit and settle for a bit and then some more packing!!!
Tinker Update
So Tink's sneeze turned into a wheeze and has now turned into a cough in her chest. I called our sweet and dear vet this morning and his recommended 12.5mg of benadryl 2x a day to help cut the symptoms. Of course, I ran out as fast as i could to get get some and get it into her system. It stinks not being able to physically do something for her. I mean, I snuggle with her and pet her, and talk softly to her, but I can't take the cough and mucus away from her... she'll get through this.
We're still packing up for the OBX; just trusting that she is going to feel better soon
We're still packing up for the OBX; just trusting that she is going to feel better soon
Monday, May 18, 2009
Oh where the heck to begin....
What a day! Last night Parker tried off and on for an hour to get out of the gate that now has a lock on it...he finally settled down until 5:45 when he needed to go out!
Took Parker to the vet for X-rays on his gimpy knee...I had no idea that he was going to go under anesthesia to have the X-rays taken. The vet comes back and says to me "while he's under, why don't I just snip him too?" "He's under?" I asked. "Well I'm not messing with him while he's awake" he said "Sure, let's get it done." So the poor boy lost his man bits today.
His knee has an old fracture that has caused some hardened swelling. He has full range of motion but may have arthritic pain as a result. No surgery needed, no special precautions (aside from common sense I'm guessing.) May need some anti-inflammatory meds to help with the pain at some point.
Ok so this is all before 9:30 this morning. I called Linda from the rescue on my way home because I thought Parker had allergies and I wanted to talk diet with her to get them under control and as we're talking she let's me know she thinks he has kennel cough: sneezy, runny eyes & nose, etc etc. And as I process that I remembered that i was trying to figure out why Tink has been sneezing so much the past 2 days (and kept me up for a good portion of last night.) Dammit, they both have kennel cough I realize. As I walk through the door Tink has boogers on the couch and a runny nose. My baby girl is sick and it's the stupid shelter's fault that Parker came from. They gave him every immunization possible including Bordatella. Combine that with a weakened immune system and a crap diet, he got kennel cough from the vaccine. Parker and Tink exchanged a mucusy nose greeting and now Tink has it too : ( Of course we realize all this after Parker just had surgery...
Ok, so now we're adding vitamin C and A (in appropriate doses) to their diets in an effort to kick this. Clavamox can only treat sympoms and I'm not interested in that at this point. Both seem reasonably comfortable although Tink seems to have it worse than Parker. My little girl is a fighter and she will beat this like she has everything else. She is currently cuddled under a blanket with a t-shirt on and her head and paw on my lap.
And as if all this wasn't enough drama for one day, Parker went after my pant leg last night when I tried to pick up his leash and move him away from the couch last night. So once again Parker will spend the week in the kitchen (Linda spent all morning on the phone with me!) As she said "he doesn't need to sit in the computer room with you!"
I felt like a moron in the waiting room of the vet's office as Parker barked his head off at another dog in the room and he would not listen to me...the others in the room looked at me funny... I just wanted to give up at that point... he had already peed on the floor and now he can't even behave himself. Nick and I was hoping that he would at least be worn out from surgery today, but so is not the case. He has finally settled in the kitchen (good thing as he will be spending lots of time there this week!)
Tinker's packing is going to have to wait until she feels better (hopefully in a day or two...) She's resting up for her beach week!
Took Parker to the vet for X-rays on his gimpy knee...I had no idea that he was going to go under anesthesia to have the X-rays taken. The vet comes back and says to me "while he's under, why don't I just snip him too?" "He's under?" I asked. "Well I'm not messing with him while he's awake" he said "Sure, let's get it done." So the poor boy lost his man bits today.
His knee has an old fracture that has caused some hardened swelling. He has full range of motion but may have arthritic pain as a result. No surgery needed, no special precautions (aside from common sense I'm guessing.) May need some anti-inflammatory meds to help with the pain at some point.
Ok so this is all before 9:30 this morning. I called Linda from the rescue on my way home because I thought Parker had allergies and I wanted to talk diet with her to get them under control and as we're talking she let's me know she thinks he has kennel cough: sneezy, runny eyes & nose, etc etc. And as I process that I remembered that i was trying to figure out why Tink has been sneezing so much the past 2 days (and kept me up for a good portion of last night.) Dammit, they both have kennel cough I realize. As I walk through the door Tink has boogers on the couch and a runny nose. My baby girl is sick and it's the stupid shelter's fault that Parker came from. They gave him every immunization possible including Bordatella. Combine that with a weakened immune system and a crap diet, he got kennel cough from the vaccine. Parker and Tink exchanged a mucusy nose greeting and now Tink has it too : ( Of course we realize all this after Parker just had surgery...
Ok, so now we're adding vitamin C and A (in appropriate doses) to their diets in an effort to kick this. Clavamox can only treat sympoms and I'm not interested in that at this point. Both seem reasonably comfortable although Tink seems to have it worse than Parker. My little girl is a fighter and she will beat this like she has everything else. She is currently cuddled under a blanket with a t-shirt on and her head and paw on my lap.
And as if all this wasn't enough drama for one day, Parker went after my pant leg last night when I tried to pick up his leash and move him away from the couch last night. So once again Parker will spend the week in the kitchen (Linda spent all morning on the phone with me!) As she said "he doesn't need to sit in the computer room with you!"
I felt like a moron in the waiting room of the vet's office as Parker barked his head off at another dog in the room and he would not listen to me...the others in the room looked at me funny... I just wanted to give up at that point... he had already peed on the floor and now he can't even behave himself. Nick and I was hoping that he would at least be worn out from surgery today, but so is not the case. He has finally settled in the kitchen (good thing as he will be spending lots of time there this week!)
Tinker's packing is going to have to wait until she feels better (hopefully in a day or two...) She's resting up for her beach week!
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