Jasper (12 yr old Mini Schnauzer) is now at peace

We are all doing the bump. Is it like the hustle? :D:D:D

Waiting and watching for your update Tina. Hope Jasper is kicking that infections butt to the curb! :eek: xxxxxx

Aww, you girls - doing the bump for my little man, that is so sweet of you! You are all too cute! :D

Well, I am up at the butt crack of dawn to go in early to work, but wanted to at least do a quick check in since I can't seem to get a proper updated posted on Jasper. Thank you all for checking in on us.

Jasper has been gradually eating a bit better each day for the past couple of days, so I am hoping that trend continues with no further back pedaling. Gosh, what a struggle this has been. It sounds like he will need to be on the clavamox for another couple of weeks or so. I guess this is a tough bug, and kidney infections are much more difficult to treat than a regular UTI or bladder infection. So we are trying to hang in there. I am so looking forward to this long weekend, I can't even tell you how much.

I will post what my vet had to say when I can get the update in, but I just wanted to thank you all so much for looking after us. :)

Happy Friday all, and Happy Weekend Trish!

Love and hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Glad he continues to do better eating. Yep, I've heard that kidney infections can be hard to get rid of. It sounds like this is doing the trick though so that is good. It's all about progress and Jasper is king of "baby steps" LOL

Probably good thing we aren't bumping AND grinding and NO twerking :eek:, thank you very much. :D:D:D

huggers
Sharlene and molly muffin

I sure hope this gets resolved soon so our Jasper can feel like eating again. I know some antibiotics just rip up my tummy. Poor boy.


Hope your update is good, Tina.

Hi Tina, it must be nearly home time for you and the start of the 3 day weekend... HOORAY!! You must be stuffed after being up so early!! Hope you get lots of couch time with Jasper and Shelby this weekend. Hoping the brekky went down OK! LOL Sharlene the mental picture of us all twerking is a little alarming!! xx

Thanks Girls! I'm finally getting to this much delayed update on my boy. I talked to my vet on Friday 5/16. She was hoping he would be much better by then, but felt he was showing enough improvement to continue the clavamox. She said a kidney infection is much tougher to treat and takes longer to respond than a regular UTI. She is pretty certain that is what is going on since he has been feeling so poorly and with the appetite issues, and said that he may need to be treated for 3-4 weeks. :eek:

She said to keep offering his kibble but that it is ok to keep feeding him hamburger and rice if that is what he will eat. She feels that as the antibiotic makes him feel better, his appetite will improve.

When I had him in last Saturday for his Percorten injection with the tech, I asked about getting a couple of cans of the canned version of his prescription food. I don't know how I didn't think of asking my vet about that. But I was able to get some, so no problem. It seemed like he might be getting backed up on all that rice, so thought I would try it. He seemed to like it, so I started mixing some in with the hamburger and rice, and a little bit of kibble, and he would eat it. Yay!

So that is what I have been feeding him all week, gradually decreasing the hamburger and rice and increasing the kibble and mixing with a bit of canned. I got him to eat a full meal of the kibble without any canned food on Thursday night and yesterday morning, but then last night and this morning he wouldn't eat it again, so I mixed the canned food back in to get him to eat. So his appetite seems much better, but it is still somewhat difficult to get him to eat at times. I am grateful for any improvement, I would just like it if the back pedaling would stop.

Well, starting last Sunday Jasper seemed like he was starting to feel a bit better. I noticed he was a little perkier. He had been on the antibiotic for a full week, so maybe it was finally taking effect. He is still having accidents in the house from time to time while I am at work, by this I mean not using the pooch pads and having accidents on the carpet. But the number has decreased significantly. So I feel this is another sign that things are improving.

When talking with my vet last Friday, she let me know that she needed to have surgery and would be out for two weeks. :eek: Yes, immediate panic set in, but I got it in check pretty quickly, however I still feel a bit of underlying worry. We went over the detailed plan going forward, and also a back up plan, but I am hoping we won't need anything urgent while she is out. *said in a whisper as to not jinx anything* But I will definitely feel better after she is back in another week. She is such a Dear, she said not to worry, that she has everything well documented about Jasper, and if needed, the other Drs could call her at home. Have I mentioned that I love my vet? I feel guilty for selfishly letting her see my worry when she was facing surgery. She even said she was feeling guilty about being gone. :o

So he continues on the reglan bid for nausea and to help with possible gastritis related to the antibiotic, and clavamox 125 mg bid in addition to his usual meds.

One good thing that I want to share - I tested out to give his Percorten injections at home starting next month. I finally took the time to do that and passed! :cool: I give injections to people, but it is totally different when it is my baby. But it wasn't too bad. I will just have to buy the vial of medication and it is about $175! My vet said she thinks I can get a price break on it since I am buying the whole vial. She will check into it for me, so I hope that it will be a significant decrease in price.

So that is where we are at. Sharlene you are so right, he is the King of baby steps. But slow and steady wins the race, right? I hope we can just continue in the right direction now! Ok, of course I got long winded again, thanks for reading! :p

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

That all sounds Positive and we,ll take those baby steps as long as jasper is baby stepping forward it's the right way :D

baby steps are good and Jasper is headed on the straight and narrow to feeling better.

Ouch on the wallet for the meds though at least you will save money by giving the injections.

good idea on the canned food, seems like it perked Jasper up. I can just imagine how his poor tummy feels on the antibiotics. I got so sick from Cipro, I cant even begin to tell you. Poor baby boy. Hopefully this will knock out all that nasty bacteria out of his kidneys and keep it that way.

big hugs Tina

Has he eaten OK today Tina? Poops ok? What food is he on now, he came off the renal diet I think?

I was reading something about diets, they said imagine if you were eating the same health bar every day, it might have all you need in it but you would probably still get so very sick of it. I wish I could change up Flynn's diet more often but with his IBD that is a no go. He so loves his food usually and looks longingly when we have various meats, I feel so mean keeping him on boring old venison. ;)

Molly only wants to eat her dry kibble if I put some canned on it. Tonight I didn't because she had some uck poop on the second go this morning, so figure it was the can as she has done very well when just having the dry. They sure can let us know when they aren't happy with their diets, one way or another.

Very good to get qualified to do the shots yourself. Good idea, I hope that you can get it cheaper too.

Your vet is a doll! She has been a valuable member of yours and Jaspers team. I think you'll do fine though while she is away. You are very much on top of what is going on with Jasper and I think you could fill any stand in vet in on the details as needed. Not that I think you'll need it, Jasper seems to be on the upswing of things, baby steps in the right direction indeed.

Enjoy this long weekend of freedom from the shackles of work. We all need these breaks now and then and you've been on overload at work for awhile. So, enjoy the sunshine, do something fun with the Jasper and Shelby. :)

hugs
sharlene and molly muffin