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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 22, 2015 21:53:36 GMT -5
I kept telling myself "It bothers me more than it bothers him" over and over. I was freaking out when he fell.
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Post by aaron on Jul 22, 2015 23:03:46 GMT -5
Glad to hear he is okay! Poor little guy. I look forward to hearing how the antibiotic goes.
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 23, 2015 1:15:01 GMT -5
Me too, Aaron! I'm going out of town on Monday, going to Chula Vista, CA for a week....hopefully it will be here on Friday, so I can see how he does after the first dose. I'm not expecting a change, but I worry. LOL
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Post by Jan and Shah on Jul 23, 2015 4:11:39 GMT -5
Who will look after Pico while you are gone?
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 23, 2015 8:17:13 GMT -5
Zach has to work, so will be here. I'll miss him like crazy, too! My niece does competitive sprint kayaking, and qualified for the Nationals. So I'm going with my parents and my sister's family. I'm so happy that my dad is going; we'll see how he does.  |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Jul 23, 2015 16:46:48 GMT -5
Sounds great Dani. Enjoy yourself with your family (and your dad).
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 23, 2015 16:51:32 GMT -5
Today is NOT a good day at all, but the two bright spots are that it's sunny and beautiful weather and Pico is feeling good today. He was just playing with his toy. |
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 23, 2015 17:56:13 GMT -5
Today is looking up now. I lost my key ring, which had my car key, Zach's spare car key, and my house key. I had my car towed to the dealership (I'm here now), and will have a new key in about half an hour. Then when Zach gets home I can get a new house key made. At some point we'll get Zach a new spare for his car. While I was waiting for the tow truck, I put my car license sticker on the license plate, but accidentally put the 2016 sticker on top of the month instead of the year. As I peeled it off, the sticker broke. But I got it off and put on the year. Then, as I was coming back outside (I was cleaning out the garbage from my car) I slammed my hand in the front door of my house. Ouch! Then, a bee flew into my face. I'm terrified of bees, but I didn't get stung, though. Not my day. LOL |
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 23, 2015 18:14:18 GMT -5
But, Pico had at least a few minutes when he felt well enough to play with his toy. I'll take it! |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Jul 23, 2015 23:13:38 GMT -5
You poor thing. Hope things improve for you.
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Post by biteybird on Jul 24, 2015 3:11:52 GMT -5
Today is looking up now. I lost my key ring, which had my car key, Zach's spare car key, and my house key. I had my car towed to the dealership (I'm here now), and will have a new key in about half an hour. Then when Zach gets home I can get a new house key made. At some point we'll get Zach a new spare for his car. While I was waiting for the tow truck, I put my car license sticker on the license plate, but accidentally put the 2016 sticker on top of the month instead of the year. As I peeled it off, the sticker broke. But I got it off and put on the year. Then, as I was coming back outside (I was cleaning out the garbage from my car) I slammed my hand in the front door of my house. Ouch! Then, a bee flew into my face. I'm terrified of bees, but I didn't get stung, though. Not my day. LOL Dani, this sort of made me laugh (sorry), because that is the sort of thing that tends to happen to me routinely. Once I was in a rush leaving for work, so I multi-tasked (uh-oh!) and walked outside with an aluminium can for the recycling bin in one hand and the car keys in the other. Yep - the keys ended up in the recycling bin. I couldn't reach them because the bin is really high and I'm only 5'3". So I had to tip the bin over and sort through all the crap to get the car keys. It wasn't pretty.
I'm glad Pico has a new medical plan in place and hope your trip goes well with your family.
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 24, 2015 12:58:42 GMT -5
Holy crap, Dr. Ferguson isn't playing games. The antibiotic just arrived...here is what's on the medication information sheet. It sounds like one heck of an antibiotic. Chloramphenicol Your veterinarian has prescribed this medication for the treatment of a bacterial infection. Possible side effects: * It can cause suppression of bone marrow resulting in anemia. [Hence the blood work after 10 days] * May also cause depression, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. Do: * Use this medication exactly as prescribed. * Contact your veterinarian if you see unusual signs. * If mixing an oral product with food, give immediately after mixing. * Contact your veterinarian for dosing instructions if you have missed a dose. * Handle with gloves and wash hands well after administration. Don't: * Skip follow-up appointments. ------------- I just looked it up on www.drugs.com and this is the very first thing at the top of the page. Scary. "Chloramphenicol has caused severe and sometimes fatal blood problems (eg, anemia, low blood platelets, low white blood cell counts). Leukemia has also been reported after use of chloramphenicol. Blood problems have occurred after both short-term and long-term use of chloramphenicol. Do not use chloramphenicol if safer, effective medicines can be used. Do not use chloramphenicol to treat or prevent simple infections (eg, cold, flu, throat infections). Lab tests, such as complete blood cell counts, will be done to check for side effects. You may need to be hospitalized while you are using chloramphenicol so that appropriate lab work can be performed." |
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 24, 2015 13:21:49 GMT -5
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Post by biteybird on Jul 24, 2015 16:40:27 GMT -5
Whoa, that would definately make me hesitate - I guess the other medications have been tried already & there aren't other options?
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Post by msdani1981 on Jul 24, 2015 16:48:35 GMT -5
He was on Baytril in March (it didn't do anything); then Interferon, the antiviral; now he's on Celebrex and I gave him a dose of the strong antibiotic this morning. We'll see. I found a bag that works great as a Pico bag...I didn't even have to make it! He's been helping me do the dishes, but I took a break to post some pictures.  He was preening, so you can't see his head...LOL  |
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