I think Darcy pulled an April Fool’s prank on me. This morning, before their out time, Darcy had a gasping fit. He just couldn’t breathe through the congestion in his nose and his lungs most likely filled with abscesses.
I had the phone in my hand, I was about to call the vet to have him put to sleep. But I decided to give him a reprieve! I took out the bottle of metacam and administered a dose according to his weight. My vet has given instructions on how to do this when he needs it.
Sure enough, Darcy perked up and decided it was time to play, he explored, he climbed and even gnawed quite happily away at his snak shak log. I said to Darcy, if you are willing to fight again, we can do this. I started him on a high dose of Zithromax. He will stay on metacam to help with pain and inflammation. Keeping my fingers crossed that Darcy still has a lot of life and fight left in him.
