[linz06]

Thank you all so much for your thoughts and support.

I just got a call from the vet. She said Layla's kidneys are in the normal range of function, however, she was a little dehydrated when we took her in yesterday (I'm sure from all her stress with the vets and car rides - she drank a whole bowl when we got home!) and with dehydration, her urine should be more concentrated, but hers was not. She said that shows that the infection is probably in her kidneys as well.

She told us that there was lots of bacteria and white blood cells in Layla's urine. On Saturday, our local vet told us there was a tiny bit of bacteria and no white blood cells.

So our plan of attack is the same as she mentioned last night - to keep her on these antibiotics for a week, and then either switch to new antibiotics or stay on the same ones, depending on the culture results. If we stay on the same ones, she'll have another culture in one week. If we switch, she'll have another culture in two weeks. Then we will continue a long course of treatment so probably 6-8 weeks total of antibiotics, and another culture at the end to make sure the bacteria is totally gone.