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I am looking to see if anyone has any ideas about my cat's condition. He's an 8 year old male with asthma. He takes Prednisone every other day for his asthma. In early April I noticed he was sneezing a little and had blood tinged mucus draining from his right nostril only. I took him to the vet and they noticed a small abscess on his back tooth. They gave him an antibiotic shot. My friend who is a vet offered to do the removal since her clinic is much cheaper. Even with the shot, the discharge remained and he began to snort and snore. He had two teeth removed and it went well. After the removal, he was still having discharge even after a week so she prescribed another course of antibiotics. They didn't work. I brought him back in and she put him under and did a nasal flush, culture and xray. The culture showed whatever was in his nose grew e-coli and the only antibiotic that it was responsive to was Baytril. The xrays showed nothing. He was on a course of Baytril for 10 days and the the discharge was slightly better but his breathing became labored. I brought him in again and she did another flush and xray. The flush produced a ton of pus. She applied medication to his nose and sent him home with more Baytril and nose drops that I think are used for eye infections. He wouldn't eat or drink after the last flush so I have been feeding him by hand and giving him water. He has lost weight. He has been home for over a week and he is eating more but I still have to prompt him to eat and he is drinking on his own. I have a humidifier running constantly and it helps when he is near it but flares back when he is anywhere else. I took him off the steroid since his lungs were clear and am giving him probiotics. He is back to the noisy snore-like breathing and pus/blood discharge. He also had runny discharge from his other nostril now. Our vet suggested a specialist and a ct scan but she didn't think it would yield any results and the cost is outrageous. I'm heart broken and I don't know what to do. Thank you.
I am looking to see if anyone has any ideas about my cat's condition. He's an 8 year old male with asthma. He takes Prednisone every other day for his asthma. In early April I noticed he was sneezing a little and had blood tinged mucus draining from his right nostril only. I took him to the vet and they noticed a small abscess on his back tooth. They gave him an antibiotic shot. My friend who is a vet offered to do the removal since her clinic is much cheaper. Even with the shot, the discharge remained and he began to snort and snore. He had two teeth removed and it went well. After the removal, he was still having discharge even after a week so she prescribed another course of antibiotics. They didn't work. I brought him back in and she put him under and did a nasal flush, culture and xray. The culture showed whatever was in his nose grew e-coli and the only antibiotic that it was responsive to was Baytril. The xrays showed nothing. He was on a course of Baytril for 10 days and the the discharge was slightly better but his breathing became labored. I brought him in again and she did another flush and xray. The flush produced a ton of pus. She applied medication to his nose and sent him home with more Baytril and nose drops that I think are used for eye infections. He wouldn't eat or drink after the last flush so I have been feeding him by hand and giving him water. He has lost weight. He has been home for over a week and he is eating more but I still have to prompt him to eat and he is drinking on his own. I have a humidifier running constantly and it helps when he is near it but flares back when he is anywhere else. I took him off the steroid since his lungs were clear and am giving him probiotics. He is back to the noisy snore-like breathing and pus/blood discharge. He also had runny discharge from his other nostril now. Our vet suggested a specialist and a ct scan but she didn't think it would yield any results and the cost is outrageous. I'm heart broken and I don't know what to do. Thank you.
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