The fluids are to make her more comfortable by making more urine pass through her bladder. They told me to do that when Simon got a UTI a long time ago, but at the time he fought me with fluids so much I only gave them to him once. She did not even seem to notice them when the vet tech gave them to her. She just peed more blood-- it's not every time, just when there is not much urine coming out, which maybe is why they want more fluids passing through her. Pred is for inflammation and pain. If you go to the doctor for a UTI and have any pain, they will usually give you an antibiotic and a pain med. The pred is like getting the pain med. She is only supposed to get it for a few days until, hopefully, the antibiotics kick in.
I am actually not sure I caught this quickly. I noticed her peeing more often for over a week, but her fur was also very dry, since it is dry here, and she was drinking often also and since she only eats dry food (whereas the rest of mine eat wet and dry) I just thought she was thirsty due to the lack of humidity and the fact she was not getting any moisture from her food. It's when I saw drops of blood for the first time a few days ago that I realized she had a UTI or something. I hope it's just a UTI, and not "something," and that the Clavamox does it. A question on Clavamox-- they gave me the liquid, that needs to be refrigerated, but I left it in the car and then my partner brought it in the house and left it on the counter for a few hours. I had thought it was unmixed so this was ok, but when I opened it tonight to give it to her it was already mixed as a liquid. It was probably about 35-40 degrees in the car and was in there about 5 hours, and about 65 in the house and was in here for about 3 hours. I gave it to her, but do you think it is ineffective from not being in the fridge for about 8 hours? Thanks, Michelle In a message dated 2/3/05 1:57:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Michelle, Why are you giving Lucy SQ fluids? Is she dehydrated, or do they want to flush her system? I hate seeing blood! Is the Prednisone for inflammation? The absence of crystals seems like a good thing. It's always disturbing when there isn't a clear diagnosis. I'm sure Lucy is going to be fine. You caught this quickly and it sounds like your vet is being pretty aggressive in his treatment protocol. Nina >>
