KaminiJ
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- Chia
- 9.5 months
- Female
- Neutered
- 75% Pug, 25% Chihuaha Pekingese
- 15lbs - underweight
- Normal BEAM - playful, happy, cuddly, run for 20 mins then pass out, loves her cooked food and fruit. Current BEAM - extremely lethargic, interest in people & sniffing, but otherwise can't get up. Eating small amounts of food slowly with encouragement.
- First 7 months of life - Royal Canine kibble, then Open Farm Kibble. Last 2 months - homecooked organic turkey & beef or egg + raw or lightly cooked veggies + fruit. Sometimes added flax, hemp, zinc drop, or b12 drop.
- Vaccination history / exposure to toxins, other medication - Rabies, Bortdatella, DAPP, and Leptospirosis Vaccines in 2021. Simparica trio monthly from 3-9 months of age for flea & tick prevention. 5 rounds of antibiotics for folliculitis, sniffling/sneezing, spay at 6 mo, spay not healed well, and currently she is on on day 2 of Amikasin injectable antibiotics for AMR UTI.
- Primary problem - UTI, began around January 5th 2022. Was licking herself, some accidents, took to vet for urine culture. Came back with AMR UTI and we waited to see if it would improve. It did when we started cooking her food, threw out kibble, added barley grass powder + vitamin C + olive leave + pau d arco. Around March 11th suddenly symptoms resurfaced with licking/accidents diarrhea, blood in urine, so we did second urine culture and got same AMR UTI results. Within a few days she went from tons of energy to lethargy + 105 fever + shaking and we went to the ER 3/14. They administered fluids, kidney test, and she's currently undergoing 7 days of antibiotics. She is on day 2 today 3/16. Tested Negative for parvo.
- We could see on her pee pads that she had brown crystals for at least the last 4 months. Small brown dots, would range in frequency. Haven't been seeing them last few weeks.
- Is the condition better or worse from exercise, heat, cold, time of day, certain foods, emotional upset, being touched, excitement - Haven't noticed any difference. She loves to be outside, loves people, touching, and other dogs. Rarely upset - only when hungry. Currently she is very lethargic and a little bothered after meals.
- Has any diagnostic work been done? - Yes see attached, kidney blood work, urine culture
- Treatment - Different antibiotics in the past, pain medication. Currently taking Amikasin & anti-dhiarrhea nothing else. Anti-dhiarrhea medicine has caused constipation for the last 18 hours. Hasn't been eating much in that time, so not administering it.
- Other health concerns: 1. Antibiotic resistant UTI (MRSA) - lethargy, diarrhea, lessened appetite, fever, shaking. Currently receiving Amikacin shots planned for 7 days to treat.
2. Skin infection on chin since we got her at 2mo old. After we switched to cooked food 2 months ago, skin infection nearly cleared up except 2 small bumps remaining and persistent. Think it could be related to chicken allergy as well, not feeding that currently.
3. Spay healed very slowly, stitches were inflamed, this required extra round of antibiotics & pain medication before it healed fully.
4. At 2 mo old received 2 rounds of antibiotics for sniffling/sneezing, sinus concerns. This problem does not seem to have returned. She still experiences lot of grey discharge from the eyes.
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