as of right now she has been on the voriconazole for about 2 weeks, I had to have a 500mg pill made into a suspension and I am administering .4mg daily. Showing slight improvement, voriconazole takes longer to show effect than itraconazole, which is quicker acting but not as successful/long lasting with resistant fungal infections(from what my vet has told). Rufus is doing...so-so. Her appetite isn't very good, however it is also winter here and she tends to do that during the cold months. The staph infection she had has also done some major tissue damage, VERY deep on one side...which seems to be slowly healing. I'm keeping a close eye on everything. I'll post pictures of the damaged area. I warn you, its terrible looking
and mind you I have done EVERYTHING I can to care for her. This has been an ongoing back and forth battle for going on 3 years now.
I'm giving her acidophiliz and keeping her well
hydrated. I'm still very concerned about the horrible lesion area caused by the staph infection. She was on baytril for 1 1/2 months, so I really hope the infection cleared and its just taking awhile to heal. I did NOT want her to be on both voriconazole and baytril at the same time to keep her kidneys from getting too innundated. The vet felt it was more prudent to start the voriconazole than continue the baytril. Apparently fungal infections open the pathway for skin staph infections. I'll keep this updated.