Last night I noticed Merle has some rapid breathing going on. I'm not sure if it was costal breathing, but it was kind of inconsistent on the rhythm of it. He would do a series of rapid, short breaths, and then a few deep, slow ones, lather, rinse, repeat. Since I didn't think the baytril or clavamox would do that, I had to wonder if perhaps the dex could. It seemed backwards to me, since dex is usually used for issues of respiratory troubles, but I began lowing his dose just in case. Today he still has that same breathing going on, and seems a bit anxious, but is still eating, drinking, peeing and pooing. I noticed today that when I checked lightly on his belly, he walked over and did a large pee that was not bloody like the previous ones this week. The large bloody pees began after the sub-q/ultrasound/xray vet visit Wed - up until that point I was seeing tiny droplets of red pee. So, I'm not sure if this is improvement, or just him moving back to how he was before the subq/ultrasound Wed., but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't the tiniest bit hopeful. After moping up puddles of bloody pee with a tissue the past few days, it was nice to mop one up that looked close to normal, and in a normal volume. I would be feeling even more positive if it wasn't for the rapid breathing I'm seeing, which I'm not sure how to interpret.
I also gave him his carprofen today for the first dose, since I've seen more of the body twitches and I think he might be in some pain. & he's also getting some iron supplement, cranberry supplement, vegan yogurt (away from his baytril/clavamox dosing), and a puree of leafy greens/flaxseed oil for iron. I did notice one very loose stool yesterday, though one I saw today looked a bit more solid. I'm assuming that's from the antibiotics. Is the yogurt what's best for that issue, or is there more I need to consider?
