Susan, The problem was that my regular vet did not do bloodwork to find out that the white blood cells were high. I told her about the discharge and she said that was kind of normal. She put her on an antibiotic that she felt would be okay for her and the puppies just in case there was a problem. It was the vet at the emergency clinic where I took her on Thursday night that ran the bloodwork. At that point I did not notice a discharge and her surgery incision had healed. I did not feel that she should have taken so long for everything to get back to normal. I felt things were not right but assumed since she was on antibiotics she would be fine. I know now this is not always the case. As you have said she had to have a strain of bacteria that the antibiotics could not handle. The vet explained to me that they don't do cultures because it takes about 10 days to get the results and by then it could be too late. She said they use broad spectrum antibiotics that cover a wide range of bacteria. In Susie's case it didn't work for her. Yes, as breeders we must know and push when things don't seem right. I felt like I had taken care of the problem if there was one when she was put back on antibiotics. Thanks for all your kind thoughts. Carolyn-----
Original Message From: Susan Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Death after c-section > >The vet did not know why the antibiotics she was on did not work. My > >regular vet wondered if it could have been due to the anesthesia> > > In addition, when blood > tests showed a high white count AND she had a discharge, the vet should have > been alerted that something was very wrong. This is not normal! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
