Tink continued to do well, each day adding back the old behaviors that were forgotten when she wasn't feeling 100%. Well, now, by my estimates, she's at about 130% recovered! Can't even see her incision, still chases cars, owns and polices all the toys, and is back to being 'Queen' of the house, and we decided to continue with individual walks... she really likes the one-on-one attention.
She finished the Amoxy for the E-coli infection, then started the Ursodiol. She puked a few times, so I played around with the best time to give it to her (ie: before/after/during a meal, 2 hrs after a meal, etc.). she does best with it after a meal, beyond 2 hrs. No more puking.
So we wait 30 days, and took her in last week for her U/A. Here we go again: E-coli still present. It is RESISTANT to Amoxicillin! I am confused. Did the BC Surgeon not do a C&S at the time of surgery? So my regular vet wants to put her on Baytril. I have to get him to call the surgeon about the Ursodiol, as the surgeon didn't want her on both at the same time (too much for her tummy?)
Also, my Regular vet was extremely upset when he reviewed the surgery report: about the huge shunt that he saw on the ultrasound not being fixed. At that point he quit talking to me and said that he would get to the bottom of this and find out just what is going on so they can make Tinkerbell all better. He mentioned a possible typo by the stenographer (who types up the surgery notes), but assured me he would ask the questions of the surgeon and find out for sure.
At our appointment, he said they are 'still out' on the final surgical report findings, so nothing has been decided for sure yet.
For me, I don't know what to think, or who to believe, or if I believe anything I've been told to date about Tink's condition. I find this situation with the E-coli a bit baffling... but overall it doesn't surprise me, knowing the mix up mentioned above..
Just kind of sitting here shaking my head...