Dad of Lulu - sweet Lulu has crossed The Bridge

Your young Dr. Booth sounds like a winner. :) It's good to have a place to go with Lulu that you are very comfortable with.
Hoping the Adequan helps. :)

hugs,
Sharlene

Haven't been on in a week. I am getting flack from everywhere, but accomplishing a lot, who isn't these days. But Lulu does seem to be progressing with her legs, she can get up and lie down a bit easier. She goes in for her third adequan shot and they seem to help. But there could be more improvement. MY main concern now is her bowls. She has spent time trying to eliminate and I have her on Metamucil, trying the capsules instead of the powder, but may switch back to powder, it's just that she wasn't eating the powder on the food.

The diarrhea she had concerns me, she had an accident, had to go out early this morning, but I think she feels better, it might have been some rice and salad we gave her. She had been getting a dirty butt and I was able to clean it up a bit. Usually when I do try she feels the need to go and tries. Now one who had ulcerative colitis I have to agree with Dr. Wilson-boss vet and owner of the huge Wilson Veterinary Clinic and satellite offices. He felt the metamucil would help with what he thinks is colitis. And colitis acts like this, the urge to go.

We are stopping the pumpkin for now as the stools are loose enough, too loose.

Stay tuned, more later!

Lulu got her third shot. I think she is liking these and she is walking better. We mentioned that she is having diarrhea and have stopped the pumpkin. So the doctor prescribed an antibiotic and I donated a stool sample. Dr. Booth said no worms, but she has a bacterial infection, clostridrium. So the Metronidazole is the antibiotic she is getting, 375 mg / twice a day for a week. I am wondering if Lulu got this from the cat litter as one of our cats has pancreatitis and had some diahrhea and we have to keep the two kitty litters pans cleaned often!

Update on Lulu, she seems more with it. She moves better, and she lies down and gets up better. On our tile floor she does have a bit of trouble getting up, so we do help her. She has at times moved on her belly to get to the carpet and gain more traction, the genius prodigal daughter she is!

The diarrhea has slowed, and her stool I saw last night and again this morning was formed her normal size stools, soft but not runny. :)

Thank you so much for these updates, and I am very glad to hear that Lulu is doing better with both her mobility and her stools. :) :)

Sometimes it can be so hard getting the stools straightened out. The same as with humans, sometimes the very same supplement can make GI issues either better or worse. It just takes experimentation to find out. We'll hope you've turned the corner now with Lulu!

Marianne

Lulu continues to walk much better, her stools are more formed, and she is acting like she is hungry more, since she has lost 18 lbs, we figure that she needs to put a little back on, since some of that weight might be muscle mass.

I have noticed that the last two mornings that she is peeing about a half dozen times or more. I thought at first that it was territorial, and she has done this before. And she does tend to pee more often, especially the last 3 years or so. But I carry my trusty flashlight out in the morning, and I didn't notice that her urine had a lot of volume, and that perhaps it is just trickling out. I have had her on cranberry pills for over two years and I remember the vet saying she had a prolapsed (?) vagina. Could it be the antibiotic doing this? She will be done with that on Wednesday morning.

Anyway, Lulu looks good and alert otherwise!

Lulu continues good progress. She had a mishap, yesterday when two neighbor dogs, including a girl friend of Lulu's, Bella with her big sis Daisy were trespassing. She galloped and she literally wore her hind legs tired. I even carried her a bit. But she recovered. Lulu adores Bella, so I was sorry to see this happen, and at least she got to meet her again. I will remember to keep my leash handy, because Lulu can be stubborn when she wants. :D:

I have decided since the slow urine drip isn't presently bothering her, to grab a sample later this morning and call the vet. That way if they want a sample I can drop it off as I am going into Romeo tomorrow and Lulu is due her 4th weekly adequan shot tomorrow.
:)

Another antibiotic for Lulu, as she finishes her one for her diarrhea she started one for her concentrated urine. Dr. Booth prescribed Cephalexin capsules, 1000 mg in the morning and 1000 mg in the evening for two weeks. Here's hoping that works! Otherwise Lulu continues to improve, and she is much more demanding. I like a spunky dog! :)

Awwww Yay for you and LuLu! And still like that young Dr. Booth. Sorry to hear LuLu has ad diarrhea though. Poor thing but isn't it awesome to have her all spunky and playful again. :)

Sharlene

Lulu continues to improve, her mobility is better, though she does have days where she feels like she's 70. Well don't we all! I still help her up on our slippery hard tiled floor. Her pee seems to be a bit better, though I would think her volume should be higher first thing in the morning. She doesn't complain, she just pees a lot of small pees. She has been like this, peeing more often probably for 3 years or so. So I guess I will keep an eye on her, and perhaps mention to the vet when we take her in for her monthly shot, as Dr. Wilson (or probably Dr. Booth) wants to see how the adequan is doing.