Interesting news.

Dr. Byle just called and he said after much consideration he would like to hold off on doing the endoscopy because of how well Chipper has been doing today and because we haven't had Chipper for very long and his stay at the shelter was pretty recent.

His protein levels are on the way up and he's much more lively. They are starting to get the feeling they may of been dealing with a tricky virus.

He will still send the blood work to Texas to check for pancreatitis and plans to do a fecal culture to check for salmonella.

But for now, the plan is to increase Chipper's meal sizes and see if he can hold it down and keep him overnight for observation. They will then send him home tomorrow with antibiotics and a new diet. If we can keep him eating and hydrated, he won't need to go back in and we'll discuss the results of the lab work late next week.

Since we've been treating it so aggressively and haven't been given any real answers, he thinks a more conservative approach would be better than to put Chipper through another stressful and expensive procedure.


And this is really interesting because before Dr. Byle called, I got this email from Nancy, the Pet Psychic. I had emailed her telling her simply that Chipper was at MSU with a mystery illness:

hi kim,
i got your other email. poor poor guy. i checked in with him. i feel like i had the flu. i do not feel like i have a blockage anywhere. i feel like i have been put through the wringer. i am being shown the time i had a terrible stomach bug. the kind where you puke forever and cannot leave the bathroom. i feel like that is what he was going through. i do not think it is more than that. he feels drained right now. pretty weak and drained. like he has been through the wringer.

let me know how he is doing. i am not going to do his reading now as it would not be accurate as he is not feeling well. i also do not want to bother him right now.

let me know what happens. i would not worry...it really feels like a stomach flu to me or atleast that is what they are showing me. seemed to be nonstop coming out of him. poor guy. like i said, he feels drained and like he went through the wringer.
take care,
nancy


and at lunch Andy told me that earlier today he felt a strange calm come over him when he was thinking about Chipper.


Hmmmmm...