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Originally Posted by Britster  OMG! How scary.  I'm so sorry you and Scrappy are going through this.... poor little dude.
Keep me updated - is this your foster or did you permanently add him to your family? I can't remember.
But man, what a rough few days for little man! I'll be thinking of you guys. I'm so sorry. |
I am still fostering him. No has fit the bill of what I am looking for. ESP now he needs to get better first.
He is still breathing fast and hard. He is drinking a lot of water, but still no food. I gave him about 1.5 ml of chicken water through the medicine dropper about an hour ago. He keeps crawling out of his bed and plopping down on the pee pad I put down next to it. He still hasn't peed. Is it normal for them to drink so much water?
I do know that the bacteria in the mouth can travel into their systems and how quickly it can turn ugly. He had his first does of antibiotic this AM, he's not scheduled for another dose until we get home tonight.
I am also spacing out his pain meds. They gave us two kinds. One is twice a day, and one is once a day. I am giving the twice a day one in the AM, and the PM, and the once a day one I give mid day. I did t want to give both at the same time. I was afraid maybe the pain meds were too strong but he's still listing whining from time to time.
He keeps having these little coughing fits, like he wants to hack up something, then whines like he's in a lot of pain. I just checked his mouth and there's no obstruction.