thank you very much. i was so worried about getting flamed. In hindsight I pretty much did what intuition, research and what i thought to be common sense dictated. I realize I could have made a huge mistake with taking matters into my own hands and I was quite worried I'd get jumped for it, albeit righteously.

I just couldn't wait any longer given her respiratory distress. I'm thankful she's breathing well. Now I have to figure out how to get her to drink. Any ideas? It's essential they drink or receive iv fluids on baytril due to it's nephrotoxicity, so I'm concerned about that. I'm debating asking my dr. to rx me a bag of dextrose if she still won't drink fluids. Any ideas?