[Gpdd] HEALTH: Callie's Dr. app results

[Lynn Williams]

Hello all,

Well, Callie went back to the Dr. today.  Bless her heart, Ann called me 
this morning on Skype all the way from France in order to advise me on what 
to ask the vet about.  She hit the nail on the head, too.

The results were that after checking her molars, no problems were found. 
Her feces look normal but she did send them off for testing for parasites. 
She did, in fact, have a very bad UTI.  The Dr. said the white cell count 
and the blood count were both very high in the urine and that it had 
apparently been this way for a while because she had quite a bit of mucous 
in her vulva area.  So, she is now on Baytril (not sure of that spelling) 
for the next week or so.  We dewormed her today as well.

Now for the disturbinh news.  The Dr. was not at all interested in the info 
I tried to give her on being able to examining a piggy's teeth without 
anesthesia. She is of the belief that it is too stressful on the piggy and 
that is a higher risk than the anesthesia.  I gave her the name of a Dr. 
that Ann recommended here in the US but she didn't seem at all interested in 
exploring this option any further.  So, I guess now my only option is to 
start getting Earl to help me look on line in the surrounding areas and just 
start making some calls to check out some other vets.  The problem is, I 
have attempted this bbfore and while all of them say they are exotic vets 
and that they see GPs, the truth is, they are woefully uninformed.  I like 
this Dr. and I thinkshe did a good djob with what she knows.  She has not 
been trained though and hasn't got our Ann to show her the way.  I think I 
shall send a Pig Air ticket to Ann over in France and fly her here to meet 
the Dr. and let her show her the right way to do this!  :)  Anyway, Callie 
is still a bit grobby from the anesthesia but is  moving around her cage and 
was eating some hay.  She has had her first dose of Baytril tonight and it 
will be twice a day from here on out.

The other thing that concerned me was that when I asked the Dr. about pain 
med, I told her I usually give children's IB Profin.  She insisted that I 
shouldn't do that and that it was toxic to GPs.  Now, I don't believe that 
from beiing on this list and seeing it done time after time and using it 
myself a few times.  So, I do have some concerns but at least we think we 
know now why Callie has been dropping weight.

I will keep you all updated as things move along.  I am going to go get a 
piece of apple and see if I can entice Callie to nibble a bit of it.  It is 
almost dinner time and I will also be offering her the usual array of 
veggies.

Thanks for all of your concern and support.

Hugs, love and whisker kisses,
Lynn, a sleepy Callie,, Eve with Sammy, Tabby and Penny the guide dog at the 
bridge and in our hearts and memories.