Prayers for my Yodie, please; She has MRSA; *Update* 1/5; good/bad news; #269

[Medusa]

Poor little girl can't keep the meds down. I think it's the Clindamycin because she's been fine w/the Clavamox but she needs both. Clindamycin is the one that works best on MRSA. She's vomited twice already this morning. Sigh. Is anything easy in this life?

[Pinot's Mom]

Is there any other form of it Yodie might tolerate better?

[Prairie Purrs]

Poor Yodie! I wonder whether there's anything she can take to settle her stomach that won't prevent the antibiotic from being effective?

[Catty1]

Pepcid?

Is it in a gel cap? Or can it be ground and put into stinky-yummy wet food? That might help.

Or maybe a shot of Convenia and a higher dose of Clavamox?

HUGS to you and Yodie!

[3Catcondo]

Prayers being sent for you and Yodie. I'm sorry she is not feeling well and not able to keep her meds down. Poor thing.

[Medusa]

Pepcid?

Is it in a gel cap? Or can it be ground and put into stinky-yummy wet food? That might help.

Or maybe a shot of Convenia and a higher dose of Clavamox?

HUGS to you and Yodie!

Dr. Lee is gone until Monday but I have a feeling I know what he's going to say, that MRSA is resistant to most antibiotics. Clindamycin is the one that works best; the Clavamox is for another secondary infection and she's on 65 mg. a day. I'm hoping that she'll get used to it and manage to keep it down because I just bought 3 more bottles of it and Dr. Lee is adamant about not taking returns on meds. Plus I paid the shipping on it rather than drive that distance to pick it up. However, if she continues to vomit, I'll see if there's a Clindamycin pill that I can give her and I'll save the liquid for someone else. I always have it on hand and it has a fairly long shelf life especially if it's refrigerated.

Forgot to mention a positive thing, though: apparently the MRSA is colonized so that means that the rest of the Fur Posse and I are less likely to catch it. She has never had a high fever or lethargy that usually goes along w/MRSA; as a matter of fact, she's as feisty as ever. I managed to catch her off guard last night before I went to dinner w/a friend and I gave her the meds and boy, did she ever get mad! LOL

[Grace]

However, if she continues to vomit, I'll see if there's a Clindamycin pill that I can give her and I'll save the liquid for someone else. I always have it on hand and it has a fairly long shelf life especially if it's refrigerated.

Clindamycin does come in a pill or capsule - seems to depend upon the dosage. Here.

It can cause side effects, though, even with pills.

[Medusa]

Clindamycin does come in a pill or capsule - seems to depend upon the dosage. Here.

It can cause side effects, though, even with pills.

I rather figured that it did come in pill form and then when I called Dr. Lee's office, one of the vet techs asked if I wanted to order it elsewhere and I said "Why would I want to do that?". She said "Oh, so you want the liquid". I sometimes think that it could be the nasty taste of the liquid. It's very bitter and I keep it refrigerated to take some of the bite out but it apparently isn't helping my Yodie Yodie much. Thankfully, she hasn't had any of the other side effects although her stool is awfully mushy but not diarrhea. It's upsetting when the treatment is nearly as bad as the illness.