jadielin
New Born Pup
Hi everyone,
I’m just wondering if anyone has experienced this and what they did. I also need to vent a bit.
This year has been terrible for one of my girls. She had started with having a seizure about 9 months ago, was treated for an ear infection and then seemed okay.
About a month later, there was blood in her urine and she was crying when peeing. She was treated for a UTI and was okay for about a week.
It came back about a two weeks later - treated her again for the UTI, and she improved.
Two weeks after that, it came back again. Treated her again.
She was okay for about two months - she then started falling and not being able to walk straight, head tilt. Treated her for another inner ear infection and she improved. She still has a slight head tilt but otherwise okay. This was about two weeks ago.
Last week, the blood in her urine returned. I have yet to receive the results checking for any bacteria to see if the UTI has returned.
The vet suspects it may be sterile cystitis, however - the anti inflammatory (metacam) does not seem to be working. It’s definitely her bladder - when the vet took a urine sample directly from her bladder, there was quite a bit of blood in it.
I am at a loss and I do not know what to do anymore. I do not want to consider money as a problem in this situation, but it is starting to become one. It is expensive but I’m not sure how her quality of life is. She is not herself - constantly chewing on random things because she’s stressed (I.e. she ate a bunch of plastic off a puppy pad - they are no longer being used).
She has also lost over 100g in two weeks - now this could have been from the antibiotics for the ear infection, but she doesn’t seem to be gaining it back. She is eating normally, drinking quite a bit more water than usual. Still squeaking for her veggies.
Just need some input if anyone else has gone though this. It absolutely breaks my heart and the thought of euthanizing her - but the same goes for thinking of her being in constant pain.
I’m just wondering if anyone has experienced this and what they did. I also need to vent a bit.
This year has been terrible for one of my girls. She had started with having a seizure about 9 months ago, was treated for an ear infection and then seemed okay.
About a month later, there was blood in her urine and she was crying when peeing. She was treated for a UTI and was okay for about a week.
It came back about a two weeks later - treated her again for the UTI, and she improved.
Two weeks after that, it came back again. Treated her again.
She was okay for about two months - she then started falling and not being able to walk straight, head tilt. Treated her for another inner ear infection and she improved. She still has a slight head tilt but otherwise okay. This was about two weeks ago.
Last week, the blood in her urine returned. I have yet to receive the results checking for any bacteria to see if the UTI has returned.
The vet suspects it may be sterile cystitis, however - the anti inflammatory (metacam) does not seem to be working. It’s definitely her bladder - when the vet took a urine sample directly from her bladder, there was quite a bit of blood in it.
I am at a loss and I do not know what to do anymore. I do not want to consider money as a problem in this situation, but it is starting to become one. It is expensive but I’m not sure how her quality of life is. She is not herself - constantly chewing on random things because she’s stressed (I.e. she ate a bunch of plastic off a puppy pad - they are no longer being used).
She has also lost over 100g in two weeks - now this could have been from the antibiotics for the ear infection, but she doesn’t seem to be gaining it back. She is eating normally, drinking quite a bit more water than usual. Still squeaking for her veggies.
Just need some input if anyone else has gone though this. It absolutely breaks my heart and the thought of euthanizing her - but the same goes for thinking of her being in constant pain.
