thanks Michelle,
Polyflex is some sort of penicillin, I think. I just know my local vets and even if I go to the D/FW area, vets seem to give an injection of this for infection. It is long acting so can't be given daily, maybe every other day..They do this even before they put them on daily doses of baytril or some other antibiotic...They may have given some of mine in the past that had to be hospitalized for bad infections daily shots of it along with other meds.. I will tell my vet about the metronidazole...that seems to really help Inky and I think it is exactly what he needs..cause he has to keep eating and drinking alot to keep those kidneys flushed...I give him 1/4 of a 250mg pill once a day..so he gets 62.5. am I right there..?? I have given him 1/8 before, too...they are round so not so hard to cut.
Inky had gained 1/4 pound, too..up to 5# 4 oz. That was a good thing since he is so thin..He has always been small,
I guess around 71/2 to 8 in his younger days..The hyper-T doesn't help that, but his thyroid values were normal since he is on tapazole now..
Anyway, he is at the vets right now getting his last round of IV fluids and they will pull the catheter today around 5pm. He gets 20mls per hour this way and should be flushing those kidneys good...I sure hope...I am really afraid this is his fate now...he is really lucky to have good kidneys for this many years though...It always seems to be the fate of my older kitties..I have lost too many over the yrs to kidney failure...and I have learned to start my older ones on Hills k/d even before signs are there and it seems to have helped Inky..
Glad to hear Lucy is doing better...
Thanks again,
Kerry, Bandy and Inky
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