The Divine Miss M's visit to the vet...

[Catlady711]

Well if it's any comfort, recently Dusty had a fairly stubborn bout with a respiratory infection. The first round of antibiotic injections didn't help, so we had to switch to a different injection and she also got an injection of cortisone (pred). Dusty is 16. The last round of injections helped, the vomiting stopped, she went back to eating again, and seems not to be sleeping as much (or at least not as much for a 16 year old lol).

Dusty also has fairly bad arthritis, she's been on two different glucosamine products plus now has a liquid we add to the food daily as well. Eventually she'll have to go onto pred. when it gets bad enough that she doesn't have a good quality of life, however we're holding out on making that decision as long as Dusty's joints will allow because it will compromise her already low immunity.

I am wondering about using Chloretrimeton on Miss. M. That's more for allergies rather than respiratory infections. Just curious.

Hope Miss M is feeling much better now and stays that way.

[moosmom]

Mollie Rose is doing a lot better. Her breathing has improved drastically. She is eating good and not sneezing anymore. Her meds have now been reduced to 1x/day. She's got a vet appt. in another week. That's when they'll do blood work and possible x-rays of her skull to see what's going on.

The Chlortrimeton did nothing this time. That's how I knew it was time for a vet visit. I'm just glad she's almost back to normal. She may very well have to stay on Prednisone for the rest of her life.