Loser me!!!!! I forgot to write about my 'niece'!!!!!

Maggie is doing a bit better. I ended up having to take her into the Veterinary Hospital in Philly to see a renal specialist. It turns out Maggie has a severe UTI. And guess what that infection is? E.coli!!!! and the penicillin resistant strain....sigh.

So, the girl of the hour is stuck taking this huge fluroquinolone (is that right?) pills and pepsid for her belly. We've been starting to shift her back to puppy chow from that gross, smelly, foul, bad breath causing, fiber rich, anythign else poor, W/D diet canned food from the vet's. YUCK!!! But Ms. Mags loves it!!!

So this Saturday, after 10 days on the antibiotic, Maggie will have a 'cystocentesis' done, where they take a sterile urine sample directly from the bladder with a needle, and culture it out to make sure the e.coli is not resistant to the antibiotic she's currently on now. They'll also check her urine specific gravity...which hopefully will be greater than 1 (last time it was 1.0008, which is too watery). So, the poor dear, we have to not allow her to go to the bathroom, and grab her, run to the car, speed to the vets for an 8am appointment so they can get a full bladder sample.

Further updates, and what will most likely be a hilarious recap of the morning, will soon follow! : )