Brynne really did not eat much this entire Labor Day weekend. She nibbled but that was about the extent of it. I thought it may have been because it was hot this weekend. Rachel's dogs don't really want to eat when it's hot so perhaps Brynne was acting in a similar fashion.
Yesterday when I took Brynne out to go potty I noticed she went tinkle and then stopped repeatedly to sprinkle a few more times. This was odd because she normally does her business and is finished. Upon closer examination (it just happened to catch my eye right) I noticed blood spots on the blades of grass. Hmmm...what the
heck? She also was needing to go a lot more often than normal. I watched her every time she went potty and she continued to urinate small amounts of blood.I made a vet appointment this morning and went this afternoon. I figured it was either a bladder infection or UTI from what I had read online. As it turns out, it's a bladder infection. I thought ahead and got a urine sample to take to the vet for her visit so I didn't have to wait to get it tonight and then go back tomorrow to drop it off. Did you know it costs nearly $100 to analyze a urine sample? Holy cow!
Dr. Helsted gave her a Baytril injection (anti-biotic) and a Triacinolone injection (anti-inflammatory) and sent us home with (10) 136 Mg. tablets of Baytril to administer to her once daily until the bottle is empty.
$230 (and that's after a 10% discount) later and I came to the realization that I'm totally in the wrong field of study!
Pic above is Brynne lounging on the bed, dopey from the shots.
1 comment:
awwww...poor girl! Yes, it totally stinks paying that much for vet bills! I finally caught up a bit on your blog - great pics of the kitty!
Oh, and you asked about a brick workout? Your right, it's basically just a bike, followed by a quick transition to a run. The point being that you train your legs to adjust to the abrupt change in movement. Typically they feel like bricks when you try to run after biking - hence the name, "brick" workout! ;-)
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