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My baby girl, Hedy, was taken to the vets in early December with frequent urination + blood in urine. Urine sample was done, e.coli found and she ended up on a four week course of antibiotics. Urine culture said the e-coli was sensitive to the antibiotics presecribed.
Symptoms went away almost instantly with antibiotics + antiinflammatary. She had another little flare up later in December but this was treated just with anti inflammatories and symptoms again went away. She had a 10 day course of cystease and nothing since.
Took her back last week for follow up sample and the vet has just rung to say that ecoli is still there and in the millions so can't ignore it. He's going to take another urine sample for a full analysis in a few weeks and if nothing found we'll move onto abdominal scans for stones.
I am absolutely freaking out. This was meant to be simple as she's only 3 years old. I lost a cat a couple of years ago at the age of three having taken her into the vet with slightly fast resting respiritory rate (28-30bpm) and she was gone 18 months later from heart failure. I just see history repeating itself.
I've convinced myself this is going to be something terminal and I'm going to lost another baby. I can't stop crying! Someone please tell me the chances of this being a terminal condition. I need to know what I'm dealing with and can't be blindsided by another terminal diagnosis and i can't lose another baby, I just can't cope with this.
Symptoms went away almost instantly with antibiotics + antiinflammatary. She had another little flare up later in December but this was treated just with anti inflammatories and symptoms again went away. She had a 10 day course of cystease and nothing since.
Took her back last week for follow up sample and the vet has just rung to say that ecoli is still there and in the millions so can't ignore it. He's going to take another urine sample for a full analysis in a few weeks and if nothing found we'll move onto abdominal scans for stones.
I am absolutely freaking out. This was meant to be simple as she's only 3 years old. I lost a cat a couple of years ago at the age of three having taken her into the vet with slightly fast resting respiritory rate (28-30bpm) and she was gone 18 months later from heart failure. I just see history repeating itself.
I've convinced myself this is going to be something terminal and I'm going to lost another baby. I can't stop crying! Someone please tell me the chances of this being a terminal condition. I need to know what I'm dealing with and can't be blindsided by another terminal diagnosis and i can't lose another baby, I just can't cope with this.