May 10th 2021
– On May 6th 2021 –
Steve’s cough had gotten much better, but he was still coughing. He’s been taking both cough medicine 7.5mg (3 times a day) and Doxycycline antibiotics 50mg (2 times a day) on schedule. However, we will be running out of antibiotics today.
Since he started to take antibiotics, his appetite is gone. He won’t eat nor drink. Sometimes, he looks nauseous and he couldn’t support his body. But sometimes he is pacing around the room and doesn’t look lethargic.
I contacted to his vet to see if we need to get more antibiotics since it’s running out and he is still coughing.
I was told that “let’s stop antibiotics at this point and see if his condition settles.
In order for Big Steve to increase his appetite, I have been giving some baked beef. He takes beef but not his regular food. We also bought some electrolyte water and beef broth and chicken
Since he won’t eat or drink, he won’t pee or poop. He also looked week a bit. My husband searched and calculated how many water he supposed to drink a day. It seems like he need to deink 20oz water a day. However he is not drinking liquid on his own, so we had to use syringe to shoot liquid in his mouth. 20oz is like 120tsp. Our syringe can contain 2 tsp. That means we need to give him 60 times a day. …Well, this is very unrealistic, so we tried at least 30 times a day.
– On May 7th 2021 –
I found him tangled with code this morning. Based on the internet information, this is one of the dementia dog’s behavior. He is circling around and got tangled. I shouldn’t laugh, but it kinda cute.
He was still coughing but he pooped finally! He still did not eat his regular food, but he was eating chickens and taking beef broth and electrolyte water. He looked week. We patiently took care of him and giving him liquid as much as possible. At this point he is mostly coughing when we shoot liquid in his mouth.
– On May 8th 2021 –
Big Steve got his appetite back!! He seems super thirsty and he is eating his regular food without us forcing him!
We felt so relieved.
– On May 9th 2021 –
He is still coughing but doesn’t sound so bad like goose honk. He has his appetite and drinking fine. He also pooped!
He is not peeing as much anymore but he is getting better.
I read the article about : Doxycycline is a medicine used to treat or prevent a variety of infections caused by bacteria, including: Pneumonia or other respiratory tract infections. Infections of the skin or eye. Infections of the lymphatic, intestinal, genital, or urinary systems.
I wonder if he actually had Urinary Tract Infection for a long time and we just did not know…. and this Doxycycline antibiotics helped his Urinary Tract Infection .
– On May 10th 2021 –
He is doing great! He is eating his food and dinking a lot and pooping fine as well! 🙂
We still need to be careful with his condition but I feel like he is gonna be fine!!
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