Saturday 21 February 2015

Rollercoaster ride with Gypsie

Gypsie has been poorly, up until a few days before she was due to set off for her new home she was tickety boo, but she suddenly started a nasty bout of vomiting and diarrhea. She was taken to the vets where she was prescribed antibiotics, painkillers and an injection to stop her vomiting. This helped to some extent, but unfortunately the vomiting continued, although it was less often.
She then had a 2nd visit where she had blood tests which showed that her liver and kidney function were fine but she was fighting an infection, so she had a change of antibiotics. This time they really seemed to help and we thought we had cracked it, but on Thursday night she was sick again, this time it was accompanied by a swollen tummy, indicating a significant build up of gas (which reduced when she was sick). By the time we got her to the vets on Friday she was much happier and hungry so was sent home to see what happened. Throughout her illness she has remained bright and essentially well, and is super affectionate.



This morning I came downstairs to find she had been sick again, and her stomach was slightly distended, so back to the vets. She had a series of xrays which showed that there is no blockage and although there is a lot of gas in her intestines, everything appears to be working through her system in a normal fashion.
We are now trying a 3rd type of antibiotic, along with a 3 day course of panacur wormer (she has previously been wormed with Milbemax). We remain hopeful that she just needs more time and support, the vets still feel she will eventually make a full recovery.

The family who were going to have her have now decided that they don't feel able to take her on, a decision which I fully understand and support, so she will stay here until she is completely fit and well before we make any further decisions about keeping her or finding her another family. She is an absolute delight so keeping her would be no great hardship!


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