Training Zara to be a better eater has been going very well! She's eating everything I give her 2x a day, I'm starting to increase the amount of food she's getting per meal. My goal is to try to get her to gain some weight back since she's very skinny right now. But she's getting distracted a lot less and she's eating the royal canin. I still have to mix it with other food right now but she's not spitting it out when she tastes it anymore.
Well Zara's UTI is back with a vengeance. Yesterday her urine was red, and she peed involuntarily several times. We took her to the vet yesterday and got an x-ray (checking for bladder stones) and then the urine analysis and urine culture again. Also started her on the clavamox antibiotics again, until we get results back from the urine culture. The vet mentioned that her kidneys looked "cystic" or fluid filled, but wasn't 100% sure. Today I got the call back, x-ray results showed no bladder stones. Urine analysis showed quite a bit bacteria, so still waiting on the urine culture to make sure clavamox is still a good antibiotic to be using. We are also going to go ahead with an ultrasound for Zara's bladder and kidneys, they're concerned about the bladder lining possibly having something going on with it. So I'm waiting for the quote for that then going to set up the appointment. Zara has been drinking lots of water, she's still eating ...
End of the year! Zara is doing ok, she has noticeably declined since the beginning of the year but that's not entirely unexpected given that she's 11. She's less playful, and doesn't often bring tennis balls back when you throw them. She will play for a little bit (a couple of tosses) and then stop playing. She still gets excited to go out for walks so we've been doing walks and trying to do weekly 2 mile hikes. As always Zara is difficult to put weight on and she's still stubborn and very sweet. We re-evaluated her quality of life, and it has definitely declined since last time. But still not in the "bad quality of life", and she still seems to want to be here. Mostly eats her food, enjoys spending time with us. I will need to start looking into end of life care/euthanasia for her though so I know what's available before we need it. She is a wildcard though and has bounced back before, we never thought she'd make it this far but she is still h...
Comments
Post a Comment