Buddy's sick again

[Connie]

My poor little Buddy He's sure had a time of it, being sick and all

I took Buddy in to see Dr Tate again today along with Lucy, my guinea pig who's under the weather too When it rains it sure does pour

Some good news and not so good news came out of this visit. It seems Buddy doesn't have the high red cell count and his blood levels are normal But, he has a back injury which was masked by his urinary infection the last time he was sick. I guess it was caused by jumping off the couch and my bed in particular, which has a pillow top mattress. This makes the bed too high off the floor for Buddy to jump off, so now I have to make sure he doesn't get on the bed anymore. That's not going to be easy to do since he likes sleeping on my bed. He'll just have to learn to sleep on his own bed beside me on the floor I guess

Dr Tate gave Buddy an inflammatory called Deramaxx. Buddy takes one tablet a day for 10 days and hopefully feels much better after the 10 days. The doctor said no activity for him at all while he's recuperating, just rest. Scruffy won't even be able to play with Buddy! I can't take him for walks or anything

Well, at least Buddy should be finally OK after all this Thank Goodness!

[pelly]

so sorry to hear about Buddy; still at least you know now what is the problem and hopefully the treatment will cure the problem: all the best;

[Connie]

Thanks Pelly

Buddy seems much better today after taking his medicine last night. Hopefully, he'll be back to his old self very soon with no more worries

[pelly]

thats good news; lets keep our fingers crossed all is well now

[Connie]

Yes, for sure I don't think I would be able to afford another long bout of illness with Buddy The insurance I had put a stop to that

[tina]

Sorry to here about Buddy again, but at least he will get better for sure this time.

Did you know that you can get some stairs for Buddy to use to get on and off the bed or the couch? They would allow him to keep the lifestyle that he is used to and make both of you very happy. Of course you would more then likely have to train him to use them religously.

[Connie]

Thanks Tina ....it's SO good to have you back

I had thought about using stairs for Buddy, that's a great idea ;D It would be alot better than having to lift him up and down all the time

[redbox]

Good Luck!

[Connie]

Hey Thanks redbox! Buddy's been doing great since my last visit to this thread.

On another note, I wanted to welcome you to our pet forum Thanks for joining us! Please feel free to post a little something about yourself and your pets. Pictures are a must, so if you have any, please post them we all love pictures! I hope you become one of our regular members here so we can get to know you better too! The most important thing on this forum is to "just have fun!" Hope to see you back here real soon, Connie

[pelly]

so sorry to hear that Buddy was sick again; hope all is well now: one of our pups was very ill last month; we neary lost her; she had gastro-enteritis and was on a drip for 5 days; shes fine now ; we think the boy got to her; and shes pregnant!!

[Connie]

Pelly, Buddy's doing fine now but sooo sorry to hear about your little pup. Glad she's OK now. Congrats, on the maybe being pregnant. Let us all know for sure about the pregnancy.

[pelly]

thanks for congratulations; should be condolences: We don't really want anymore puppies; her brother got to her one day; we took him straight tothe vet for the snip;when she was ill; the vet said he didn't thinkshe was pregnant; but shes getting rather fat and the nipples are enlarged;we have to find homes for them,ca't cope with any more; we still hae 25 cats: we were offered two pygmy goats; but hubbie put his foot down;

[Connie]

Sorry Pelly, didn't know you didn't really want puppies. I hope she isn't pregnant the for your sake! If she Is, I hope you can find homes for the puppies~

[pelly]

thats okay; you know we'd never do anything to harm them, if we can't find homes for them;

[Connie]

pelly said:

thats okay; you know we'd never do anything to harm them, if we can't find homes for them;

Yes, thank goodness I Do know that