Baby-who was perfectly fine this weekend and earlier this week-suddenly developed a UTI. Now on antibiotics and was on a touch more pain med than what she receives daily. She typically receives .15 Buprenex to prevent inflammation and the sudden onset of cystitis. She went to the vet yesterday and three hours after a course of antibiotics, she was already improving. It began Tuesday night when she had trouble passing urine and a bowel movement. Not sure which came first but she tried to do both for a few hours. I gave her more pain med at bedtime (she receives .15 BID-twice a day) and this calmed her down and made things less urgent. But she was still having trouble passing either. I got up with her twice in the middle of the night and scooped the litter box which had many dime size amounts of urine and some fecal matter. Eventually, she produced a half dollar size urine but paper thin in the litter. Today, she is back to large balls of litter (we use clumping litter.) She is on antibiotics for a week. Will retest urine in two.
The vet gave sub q fluids-necessary to help hydrate the body, fill the bladder to help flush out bacteria and crystals (if present); did a CBC/chem panel-all is well; and gave the antibiotics Zeniquin and a probiotic pill Proviable.
Katharine is doing well on steroids for IBD and is eating well on her own. We'll see how she does as we titrate down the dose.
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