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Adding my prayers and healing energies to Marianne's wishes for a swift return to normalcy for our sweet Jasper. And yes, we are a bunch of worry worts, mother hens, and at times just plain ole nosy folk but it's only because we care. So thank you for caving in to our pleas for info. :D
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang
Oh dear. Glad you posted Tina. Hoping that jasper is improving. You know we always keep you and jasper in our hearts.
Hugs
Oh gosh, that's not the kind of update I like to read about Jasper :( Hope his little tummy has settled back down, gawd I know the stress of being on poop patrol and hoping the next one will be good! Hope the next bit of news is better, gosh these girls were onto you huh!! can't be sneaking about lighting candles without popping in with an update!! Love these girls xx
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for thinking of us. I really need to update on Jasper but have to get to work now. Just wanted to check in real quick. We have been having some ups and downs and I am hoping to be able to come back after work tonight to let you all know what has been going on with him and hopefully get some feedback. I have been sick with a respiratory bug that I can't seem to kick, so have been kind of wiped out. I know I haven't been around much with everything going on, but I think about you all every day. Hope to be able to check back in later.
Hugs to all from me and Jasper xo
Hoping you both are feeling better very soon! I'm fighting a respiratory infection myself and understand how draining it can be! Have as good a day as you can and come back to chat when you feel better.
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang
Ugh respiratory infections are awful!
Looking forward to your update on you and Jasper and Shelby. It's been too long!!! Sorry to hear there have been some downs with those ups, so hope they aren't too many or too serious!
huggers
Hey Tina,
I have not been around much but saw your post tonight. Hope you are all ok.
Thinking of you
Hi Tina,
So glad to see you post, but sorry to hear that you are unwell. Those nasty infection can really knock us for a loop.
Sending healing energy to you and the pups. Please come back and update on our sweet boy Jasper when you're feeling up to it. I am relieved to hear that he's hanging in there. What a trooper!
Hugs,
Kathy
Thanks everyone. Still battling the crud, feeling a little better I think, but still so exhausted, especially from all the coughing, I need to go back and get Jasper's last set of labwork posted, along with some other things. You know me, I like to have everything posted here in chronological order so that I have an accurate record of everything, but since I have gotten so behind on all that, I'm going to need to try to get caught up on the weekend. But I want to tell you what has been going on most recently.
When I last posted in July, we were dealing with him not eating and a bout of colitis. For whatever reason, it took us over a month to get this last episode of colitis under control. After that he had finally been doing pretty well for several weeks. Fast forward to last Friday 9/11. He stepped on a bee in the yard and was stung on the pad of his left front paw. :eek: :mad: I was right with him and got the bee off, carried him in the house and got the stinger out of his paw. I called the vet, and the tech said I could bring him in or could just watch him. Um, this is Jasper we're talking about. With all of his issues, I went with my gut and rushed him to the vet. Thank goodness I did, I got him there within a hour after the sting. He had what the vet called a severe reaction and thankfully we were at the vets office when it happened. Although we had to see another vet, not our own. More on that later.
He was treated and did fairly ok over last weekend, but has been not feeling well again since the beginning of the week. He has sounded congested, mainly through his nose, no energy, and of course, not wanting to eat. I took him in to the vet urgently on Wednesday 9/16 and we saw our own vet. He has a respiratory and sinus infection. :( Not sure it is entirely related to the bee sting, but I really feel like it is. He has never had anything like this before. He was started on Clavamox. He also has an eye infection in his right eye and we have neomycin drops for that. Struggling with getting him to eat again and am mixing half and half canned and dry versions of his prescription low fat diet. I'm not sure he is a lot better yet, but he seems to be hanging in.
I meant to ask my vet if it is possible that he caught his respiratory infection from me, but I forgot. I will ask when I talk to her next. What do you guys think? I don't think I have ever had a dog catch anything from me before, but again, this is Jasper. It just seems so coincidental that it has happened in conjunction with the bee sting.
So please keep him in your thoughts. I would feel better if he was showing a bit more improvement today. I am really looking forward to the weekend so I can be home with him, and also hopefully get some rest myself. Will try to get his labwork, meds, etc more up to date then.
Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo
Gosh Tina, I'm so sorry to hear that Jasper is feeling poorly! :(
The vet will know for sure, but I think it's unlikely that he would have gotten a respiratory infection from you. With a few exceptions, apparently most viruses are species-specific. Here's an article I found that talks about this:
http://pets.thenest.com/can-dogs-cat...uses-5645.html
But I hate it that the poor little guy has both the infection and also got stung by that bee. Last fall, our Luna had a horrible experience with a leg and paw that ballooned up and got infected and even though we didn't see what had happened, we assume it was a sting or a bite of some kind. We could tell it really hurt!
Anyway, I'll watch for your further updates and I'll definitely be sending positive, healing thoughts your way -- for both you and Jasper.
Hugs, Marianne