Thanks Gio. Vet made a small incision in her gums yesterday and managed to work a bit of puss out of it. Irrigated the wound with saline solution. He thinks the lost/broken teeth are a symptom of the infection, not the cause of it.Originally Posted by Gio
His recommendation for continued treatment was that we use a more concentrated and higher dosage of ceftazidime to fight the infection more aggressively. So essentially we’re administering 4x the medication per injection in 2x the liquid volume that we had been. Three more shots to go, administered in two injection sites per shot due to the volume of liquid (2.4ml).
Also recommended slightly higher temps to increase her metabolic rate and help the medication to fight off the heavy bacterial growth (pseudomonas aeruginosa).
Aside from the obvious infection he said that she looks great otherwise. Clear breathing, alert, good muscle tone, doesn’t appear overweight. Weighed in at 26.5lbs so she hasn’t lost any weight despite not having eaten in 6 weeks. I think once her appetite comes back we’ll see some more improvement.
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