Day 22:Tonight officially puts us into the start of the 4th week against this crappy thing. Tomorrow we are going to stop by the vet just to weigh Xena (I swear she's put back on at least 1lb ...) The vet called today to check on us and said she talked to the head blasto vet in TN again about Xena and that he recommends a blood panel to be sure shes getting the right amount of the meds into her bloodstream just to be sure she's on the right kind. (There are 2 different types of meds for this and sometimes the generic might not work as well). No big deal, its just $200 bucks and more blood draws for the puppy ... UGH. She does seem a little off today -- not eating as well, more tired -- but it might also be that its the first time she's had her pain meds in a few days too. (Gave it to her so she'd sleep instead of lick her lesions all day while no one was home to watch her).
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| last night (top) and 20 hrs later (bottom) |
In other news, her lesions do look better even after just 1 night of the pascalite clay. She doesn't like when I put it on her, but she's loves to try to lick it off (it's safe for consumption).
Day 23: Xena gained 1.5lbs back today!! Then came home and ate enough food for 1.5 days worth of meals. ((Tonight we will just stick with the positives since neither Xena nor myself are happy about somebody leaving to go back to Texas tomorrow)).
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| protesting him leaving with snuggles |
Day 24: Today Xena played! It was short and sweet but it was completely her! When I got home from work I was greeted by puppy howls, mouthing/wrestling and flailing limbs while rolling in the dog bed for 3-4 minutes. Then she came out of the room and went and picked up a toy to play tug with!!! I haven't seen this in a month from her.
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| breakfast in bed anyone? |
Day 25: Another trip to the vet for a follow up eye appointment. Good news -- Xena has officially gained 2.2 of her 10lbs she's lost! Her eye looks well according to him, she can't see out of it, but it's normalizing in shape, clarity and viscosity. He also did not say the 'R' word at all while we were there -- removal (enucleation). I know that this is not still off the table since Blasto can hide anywhere and the eye socket is not a super great place to get meds into for total recovery, but still .. he never said it. (And he has at every visit prior to our blastomycosis diagnosis). But hey, we gained 2.2 lbs in 10 days AND the eye specialist didn't charge us a penny for our visit today -- whew!
Day 26:
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| eating kibble -- the stare down for more |
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| skinnnnny girl |
Thanks to City Dog Market in Buckhead, GA for all their help today. Xena actually ate dog food for dinner tonight.
If you have never been to check them out before, I highly recommend it -- even if it's just for a toy or for a friendly face to pet your puppy. I don't even know if I ever got the girls name, but she was great. Not over the top, shove info in your face about different foods. She asked all the appropriate questions about what my dogs needs where and what she was on before and then opened 3 bags of samples for us to try. Xena ate 2 of the 3 of them no problem and kept asking for more. The 2 she liked were made by Fromm Family . She loved the pork and applesauce as well as the duck and sweet potatoes, so I bought a 5 lb bag of each to just be sure. When we got home she ate a 1/2 cup of each of them. She left 5 pieces of kibble in the bowl of the duck so I offered her the pork one for dinner and she ate another cup of it! This is great. Her body needs some normalcy with it's meals not to mention all of the nutrition that's meant for my 4 legged pup that is in the Fromm kibble.
Day 27:
Today's a day for sleeping for this pup. She's been herself today, just with really long naps in between. She's eating average today too. She ate 1 cup of kibble at 5 am, 1 1/4 cups at 8am, 1/2 cup at 4pm and I'm hoping to get her to eat a little more before bed tonight... but since she's taken the anti fungal meds already not sure how that will go over. She's supposed to be eating 3.5 cups a day of food so we've met that -- she was eating 4 cups a day before all of this and she was never gaining weight then either (but she also wasn't sleeping like this ...)
Day 28:
What a way to end week 4 -- tonight Xena hung out on the couch and was up and down and playful almost all night during the period that she's normally comatose and asleep during her post-meds meal. She's been on this poison for a month now and it finally seems like it doesn't completely shut her down for the first time tonight.
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