911 Picasso is sick.

[sootling]

Yeah, I did, but she was having trouble breathing in the heat, because she also has the chilld and is fluffed up, so I had to turn it down again

 

[sootling]

Update- Emailed my father to see when the vet appt was. Here is his email (it reveals basically nothing and he gave permission):

Yes Ollie. It's at 5:00 today so I'll pick [younger sister's name] up earlier then pick you up, and we'll head up there.

The D (what he has apparently started calling himself lol)

 

[sootling]

So...
Bad news, Picasso may have pneumonia, and she has antibiotics to help. PS I blurred all needles for anyone who’s afraid of them.

 

[Mizzely]

The good news is you know and she has medication

 

[sootling]

Yes

 

[Shezbug]

Hope she responds quickly and is better very soon.

 

[sootling]

She just took her first dosage like a champ! If she isn't better by Saturday, we're going to the vet to get a different prescription.

 

[Shezbug]

She just took her first dosage like a champ! If she isn't better by Saturday, we're going to the vet to get a different prescription.

I do not think you should mix prescriptions- antibiotics given without the full course taken is not ever a good idea and neither is messing about with stopping and starting medications. Most of them need time to start working anyway and Saturday may not be enough time for the meds to have made much change.

 

[sootling]

I do not think you should mix prescriptions- antibiotics given without the full course taken is not ever a good idea and neither is messing about with stopping and starting medications. Most of them need time to start working anyway and Saturday may not be enough time for the meds to have made much change.

The full course is until Saturday. Baytril can cause complications, so the vet doesn't want to continue it if it's not working.

 

[rocky'smom]

I do not think you should mix prescriptions- antibiotics given without the full course taken is not ever a good idea and neither is messing about with stopping and starting medications. Most of them need time to start working anyway and Saturday may not be enough time for the meds to have made much change.

Agreed^^^^ otherwise you can make antibiotic resistant bugs that can hit worse then the first time.

 

[Shezbug]

The full course is until Saturday. Baytril can cause complications, so the vet doesn't want to continue it if it's not working.

Makes sense- it just sounds like an extremely short course of antibiotics to me. I am glad you got her to the vet and you were also able to go.

 

[sootling]

Makes sense- it just sounds like an extremely short course of antibiotics to me. I am glad you got her to the vet and you were also able to go.

Thank you, he will consider continuing Baytril if she only needs a little more after 10 days is up.

 

[Shezbug]

Thank you, he will consider continuing Baytril if she only needs a little more after 10 days is up.

Now I am confused! 10 days is normally what I hear of for antibiotics but from when your little one started it till Saturday is not 10 days- did I miss something or did I possibly need more coffee?

 

[Ripshod]

Now I am confused! 10 days is normally what I hear of for antibiotics but from when your little one started it till Saturday is not 10 days- did I miss something or did I possibly need more coffee?

Got me too

 

[Zara]

When we´ve been given meds with antibiotics, my vet always tells me to check in with him after 3 days (unless we notice turns for the worse obviously). It must be a good time to observe improvement. With Adelies recent antibiotics, anti inflammatory and metacam, he told me to check back in three days, and I didn´t see any change for the first two days, however on the third day I noticed improvement.

So I´m thinking OPs vet just wants to check in on saturday, and not per se to stop giving the meds. Though obviously I could be wrong, but as they said about 10 days, that seems to be what´s happening here;

he will consider continuing Baytril if she only needs a little more after 10 days is up.

 

[sootling]

When we´ve been given meds with antibiotics, my vet always tells me to check in with him after 3 days (unless we notice turns for the worse obviously). It must be a good time to observe improvement. With Adelies recent antibiotics, anti inflammatory and metacam, he told me to check back in three days, and I didn´t see any change for the first two days, however on the third day I noticed improvement.

So I´m thinking OPs vet just wants to check in on saturday, and not per se to stop giving the meds. Though obviously I could be wrong, but as they said about 10 days, that seems to be what´s happening here;

Yup, that's what's happening.