Hello All,
The tail has stopped "rotting"....so far. The vet believes that this was due to a clot of some sort and not a bacterial infection given how quick and fast this came on and progressed. In a matter of hours she has lost about 2 inches of tail. The vet looked at the tail, but did not do anything with it at this time. If it falls off, and this is likely given how hard and dry it is already, I am to send a picture, clean it with betadine and protect the end with some antibiotic cream.
Littlefoot had another blood draw today and hopefully the lab will complete the right test. Hoping so much that her white count and other blood work comes back as normal. I can only hope, but am prepared if this is not the case. I will probably know by next week.
Tracie, Littlefoot was still on the Ceft as they usually draw a few extra in case of error, so I decided to continue. As this tail event has come up the vet has given me a few weeks more to continue to halt any further infection. So I am to continue this every three days for the next few weeks.
After, discussion with the specialist, it was also suggested that Littlefoot go on sub cue calcium...arrgghh! Just one more needle I guess. I was shown how to do this so I can do this at home, once every three days. Poor girl is a little pin cushion. Her calcium did go up, but not as high as expected, so they feel she is not absorbing it as well as she should be and they want to give her a "little boost". Especially as she is till getting some tremors. I am to do this for the next 4-6 weeks.
I really hope that after all this, she is getting better and that her WBC is where it should be. I will post any blood results that are warranted as the second round comes in. In the meantime here are the results form the fist draw
Sodium was redone and shown to be within normal range this time...YAY. Glucose was a little low this time (Glucose was 6.7, Range 7.1-16.3) but the vet never mentioned anything to me, so I am not going to worry about it.
Protein, Albumin, Globulin, AST (SGOT), BUN, Potassium, Chloride, CPK, all NORMAL...YAY
Phosporous .93 (range .84-3.02), Calcium 2.93 (range1.7-5.68) up from 2.40 on July 13, and Uric Acid 217 (range 71-500), again all normal, so this is also very good news.
Here are recent pics of the little trooper after her fist sub cue calcium treatment and 30 grams heavier
Thanks to all for your continued support.
The tail has stopped "rotting"....so far. The vet believes that this was due to a clot of some sort and not a bacterial infection given how quick and fast this came on and progressed. In a matter of hours she has lost about 2 inches of tail. The vet looked at the tail, but did not do anything with it at this time. If it falls off, and this is likely given how hard and dry it is already, I am to send a picture, clean it with betadine and protect the end with some antibiotic cream.
Littlefoot had another blood draw today and hopefully the lab will complete the right test. Hoping so much that her white count and other blood work comes back as normal. I can only hope, but am prepared if this is not the case. I will probably know by next week.
Tracie, Littlefoot was still on the Ceft as they usually draw a few extra in case of error, so I decided to continue. As this tail event has come up the vet has given me a few weeks more to continue to halt any further infection. So I am to continue this every three days for the next few weeks.
After, discussion with the specialist, it was also suggested that Littlefoot go on sub cue calcium...arrgghh! Just one more needle I guess. I was shown how to do this so I can do this at home, once every three days. Poor girl is a little pin cushion. Her calcium did go up, but not as high as expected, so they feel she is not absorbing it as well as she should be and they want to give her a "little boost". Especially as she is till getting some tremors. I am to do this for the next 4-6 weeks.
I really hope that after all this, she is getting better and that her WBC is where it should be. I will post any blood results that are warranted as the second round comes in. In the meantime here are the results form the fist draw
Sodium was redone and shown to be within normal range this time...YAY. Glucose was a little low this time (Glucose was 6.7, Range 7.1-16.3) but the vet never mentioned anything to me, so I am not going to worry about it.
Protein, Albumin, Globulin, AST (SGOT), BUN, Potassium, Chloride, CPK, all NORMAL...YAY
Phosporous .93 (range .84-3.02), Calcium 2.93 (range1.7-5.68) up from 2.40 on July 13, and Uric Acid 217 (range 71-500), again all normal, so this is also very good news.
Here are recent pics of the little trooper after her fist sub cue calcium treatment and 30 grams heavier
Thanks to all for your continued support.