Ohhhh No ,Kennel Cough Strikes Again
Well we dropped the kids off at their Dads and came back eagerly looking foreword to our rum and eggnog. We got in and let the ladies out of their crates but Kayla was not moving like she usually does. She proceeded to go to the couch and lay down and not move. We called her and she barely opened her eyes. This for me is alarming!! She had a small cough but I thought it would pass.
We waited a half an hour and then brought all the pups outside for a pee break. Kayla seemed to perk up a bit in the cool air. Unfortunately she went right back to what she was doing earlier so we decided that was it we were taking her into emergency. We left at 10pm and got back at 1:30 am Christmas Morning. The emergency vet was really busy I couldn't believe all the people there.
It turns out Kayla has kennel cough again and this time its worse than the first round. Poor little pup needs medicine and some TLC. The problem was she isn't able to bring up the guck from her lungs so she needed some help. The vet suggested chest thumping. As luck would have it (well not lucky for them) the Mister has a niece and nephew who have CF and they have to do the same thing daily. They have a vest which does the thumping for them. They graciously offered a vest that was too small for them to use for Kayla. She's not thrilled with this but hey it beats us beating her. (figuratively)
Along with this is the humidifier and she is supposed to be resting to rebuild her strength. This is sometimes a challenge when you have Hurricane Marg jumping around. Through this all she still remained patient and friendly. She even had kisses for the vet!! What a flirt.
With a pending adoption for her we are pulling out all the stops to get her in A1 shape as quick as possible she has some loving to give to a new family soon!!
Cheers
Sonia
We waited a half an hour and then brought all the pups outside for a pee break. Kayla seemed to perk up a bit in the cool air. Unfortunately she went right back to what she was doing earlier so we decided that was it we were taking her into emergency. We left at 10pm and got back at 1:30 am Christmas Morning. The emergency vet was really busy I couldn't believe all the people there.
It turns out Kayla has kennel cough again and this time its worse than the first round. Poor little pup needs medicine and some TLC. The problem was she isn't able to bring up the guck from her lungs so she needed some help. The vet suggested chest thumping. As luck would have it (well not lucky for them) the Mister has a niece and nephew who have CF and they have to do the same thing daily. They have a vest which does the thumping for them. They graciously offered a vest that was too small for them to use for Kayla. She's not thrilled with this but hey it beats us beating her. (figuratively)
With a pending adoption for her we are pulling out all the stops to get her in A1 shape as quick as possible she has some loving to give to a new family soon!!
Cheers
Sonia
Lucky she has such a great family now too!!!! Hope she is better soon... Love that kid.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pixie, she isn't hard to love and she is making progress spitting up the guck is happening at least twice a day now thats a good sign. We still have to finish her antibiotics but she seems to be doing better.
ReplyDeleteAnxiously waiting to hear how she's doing! We are thankful she's in such caring hands.
ReplyDeleteShe seems to be doing a lot better she is still on the antibiotics. We recently had a cold snap here and when she goes outside she coughs, as well being the princess that she is....lol her back paw is bugging her I think its from the cold. Along with soaks with epsome salts we may have to put on the dreaded baby sock.... I'll post more pics soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update Sonia! I can imagine the socks go over real well! Saskatchewan winters are not kind on paws either so she will have to learn to like them and pee fast! We have been lucky this year and have had an extremely mild winter. I hope it continues! I have to go get some winter fashions for Kayla jr. Could you tell me about how much she weighs? I may as well get prepared while we are waiting! Hope you had a great new year's!
ReplyDeleteThanks I hope you had a great new years too!! Kayla is making great progress. I haven't heard her cough in awhile and she is definatly perking up. Are you thinking of keeping her name? If so we would like to send a little gift with her. My trick for getting her out in the cold is to throw a few pieces of kibble out for her she will go look for it. :-)
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