@Archer -Thank you Ainsley, i am sorry i'm so late in reply - it has just been crazy around this house with the holidays, kid school crap, being at Miesha's beck and call! If i get 3 consecutive hours of sleep at night - it's a good night!
It is a relief to hear that, really and truly... it's slower progressing than i thought and hoped which has me worried.. and she's so young to have such a disease and be on such harsh meds! Hubs and i have decided to make an appointment with a specialist as well to get a better idea of what is going on. We got the culture & MIC back and the Doc said there was some weak strain of salmonella- which he said was very likely contamination because the strain was "wimpy" and was very susceptible to every AB tested [she also had been on Doxy prior to joint tap]... so another $45 dollars down the drain on Cephalexin..."Just in case"
. My husband has overall been very disenchanted with this Vet and has forbid me from bringing Miesha there any further.
As far as food, no real discussion per say has happened. As you know, the subject of her GI has been my White Whale throughout her short life. She had explosive diarrhea last sunday and the Doc had me put her on metronidazole and she firmed up [though im sure that is also due to decreased motility as she was pooping every other day]. Yesterday when he gave the culture results he said to take her off the metronidazole because the steroids should be helping with the GI inflammation so no need to hit her twice. Prior to this whole illness, she had been having another bout of gastroenteritis and i couldn't get her transitioned back to her old food. I bought a small bag of Natural Balance LID Potato & Duck to try her on. Neither of which she has had before and the ingredients are super LID. I haven't yet started her because of this whole debacle. He said i could go ahead and put her back on regular kibble.. but he really only knows [self- admittedly] what he was force-fed by Hill's. Loooooong story short.. i would abso-freakin-lutely LOVE
any wisdom you could impart!!!
Below is a video i took the day before last. She is pretty much the same now, with little improvements at different times. Last two mornings she seemed to have slightly less trouble.. i think? Will try to get some more video.
Again, thank you all for your continued support and love!!!!!
]. The movement in the video is after around 5 minutes of her getting balance and blood flowing.. it takes her a bit to get her stems moving but here we are.
Bless her heart!!
