54 posts tagged “marly”
So, I have survived my crazy week of travel with our new team member. She, by the way, is fabulous and I can't express how much I enjoyed having some company on the trip. Getting home last night was...a nightmare really. Bad weather all over the place made for lots of late flights and cancellations. I finally crawled into the house here around 12:45am.
After more online reading and research - I am very glad I only ever gave Marly one of the pills and I will not be giving her any more. I have read all sorts of accounts of major incontinence issues, not to mention the possible ulcer side effects, renal failure side effects, and possible dependency effects Granted, she was prescribed a very limited routine of the drug and it was not haphazardly prescribed - I just think this is where having a group practice vet clinic falls short. If Marly had a single vet, they would know that she already has incontinence issues and (I would hope) would offer up some alternatives, or at least warn me that this is going to make it worse in the short term.
After more online reading and research - I am very glad I only ever gave Marly one of the pills and I will not be giving her any more. I have read all sorts of accounts of major incontinence issues, not to mention the possible ulcer side effects, renal failure side effects, and possible dependency effects Granted, she was prescribed a very limited routine of the drug and it was not haphazardly prescribed - I just think this is where having a group practice vet clinic falls short. If Marly had a single vet, they would know that she already has incontinence issues and (I would hope) would offer up some alternatives, or at least warn me that this is going to make it worse in the short term.
OK...we did one prednisone pill this morning. The warning label said it may cause an increase in water consumption and urination, but this is ridiculous! Marly has to go out about every 30 minutes - and it is creating more issues with her incontinence. So, the poor gal is just going to have to deal with some itching and some inflammation until we can get the yeast infection in her ear cleared up.
Well, it seems that Marly is allergic to fleas...which is why she has suddenly sprung up with an ear infection. Of course, it also doesn't help that she is a lab and loves the water which exasperates the issue. So she is now on prednisone to help with itching and inflammation and she has ear drops that have to be administered to her ear twice a day. (What a treat that will be.) On top of that, I have to clean both ears every other day for the next two weeks.
I got one. Actually, Beth and I both managed to catch this thing. Mine is all in my head - sinuses, runny nose, fever, sore throat. Hers is in her chest - congestion, coughing, etc. Bah. Unfortunately, she started getting sick on our vacation trip. I, however, waited until we were back home and I had to travel. It is so much fun flying with stuffed up sinus.
So this weekend on our little vacation Sadie surprised the living daylights out of me by bounding down a really steep embankment and then by proceeding to charge right into the stream and start splashing about. She even beat Marly into the water! Though, she still made it clear that she does not like to be in water where she can't walk about - she tried to follow Marly into an area that was a bit deeper and immediately turned around and stood on a rock in the middle of the creek and whined at Marly until she came back.
- Tomorrow - Wednesday: I am in Pittsburgh working
- Thursday: hair appointment over lunch and then a meeting with a branch manager locally here in the afternoon
- Friday: jam packed with con calls and prepping for my trip the following week
- Saturday: Marly to the vet in the morning for shots and to pick up heart-worm medicine, then in the afternoon I get to sit around and wait for the glass repair people to come and glue the chip in my windshield
- Sunday: pack for my work trip
- Monday - Thursday: in Winchester, VA for work (training a new team member to boot....whhheeeee)
- Friday: more con calls and trying to wrap up work stuff before my time off
- Saturday: car into the shop for routine maintenance and oil change. Dad arrives Saturday night
Well, Marly does have an infection. The doctor, though, was a little wishy-washy as to whether it was actually a UTI or even bladder infection. He said there were a lot of white blood cells in her urine (a sure sign of infection), but there were no crystals or blood (which are commonly associated with a UTI or bladder infection). So, to start off we are on a two week regimen of cephalexin at 2000mg a day. And during the treatment I will keep an eye on her and track her "accidents" if there are any.
Marly is going to the vet this afternoon because in the past week she has started wetting the bed. And it isn't a house training issue, since it is happening while she is laying down/relaxed. And it doesn't happen all the time. Just sometimes. She has also been needing to go a lot lately, so I am wondering, or rather hoping, that it is a UTI. If it isn't a UTI then chances are it is a muscle control problem that will likely require long-term medication. She is so young...I hate to think that she has to start any sort of regular medication now.