Hi everyone, and thanks to all who crossed your fingers for us. Here's the update: Our little girl J.J. came back home yesterday after being hospitalized for the advanced R.I. (see previous thread here: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...rs-for-us.-.-.
she has daily meds including nebulizing the Amikacin/Mucomyst (had to go pickup a nebulizer), orally administered Enrofloxacin, and intramuscular injections of Papricillin. . . whew! along with a daily oral rinse of Nolvasan (they said it's the same as Chlorhexidine) and some eyedrops for the left eye.
She is doing a lot better, but they want me to force feed Carnivore care and I'm heading out to get some small (much smaller than usual) rat pups because I would much rather that she eat on her own. I'm going to try tonite. . . the stress level is ridiculous because I just want to be able to leave her alone and I can't because I have to take her out and treat her and clean the enclosure every day. . . she's definitely not too thrilled with all the treatments but the vet's cultures came back with abundant growth of two organisms and apparently these are the proper meds to fight them. . . These daily meds are for three weeks, I'm sure the toughest time will be near the end when she feels better and is still getting daily shots
It's definitely a lot of work, I feel like I could qualify for an "Honorary Veterinary Assistant" certificate after 3 weeks of these treatments
Thanks again for all of your support, these last six days have been dreadful, we went and visited her every day and I sat like a puppy dog by the phone each morning waiting for my update. I'm so glad for the help, info and good wishes from everyone here, and it's a great feeling to be part of this amazing community here at BP.net
I'll update later when (hopefully) she eats on her own
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Re: She's back from the vet! with LOTS of meds. . .
