Keilie Dog Update

Just a quick update on Keilie dog. Our vet called me on Friday to see how she was doing. We decided she had not progressed as much as needed. Our vet wanted to see her again so I dropped her off at the clinic while the girls and I went to music class.

The infected joint looks much better from the outside, but it's still very painful and Keilie won't put any weight on it. That's not a good sign.

The vet decided to add yet another antibiotic to her cocktail to make sure she covers all the bases. Fortunately the lab culture results came back and now we know exactly what strain of staph we are dealing with and the new antibiotic should do the trick.

Keilie dog is eating and drinking again so that is a good sign. She is still not putting any weight on the infected leg so now we run the risk of damaging the surgical leg. Big sigh.

We have resumed carrying Keilie around again and using a sling under her hind quarters when she needs to walk. Our vet wants another report tomorrow morning so I am hoping Keilie will try to walk on the infected leg today or we are going back to the vet tomorrow.

In other news, Flower is still coughing, but not acting sick so she is on the mend. Dear Husband still has the cold but says he is feeling much better. Princess and I came down with Flower's cold Thursday. I got the "typical" cold stuff, cough, congestion, sore throat. Princess developed a fever, body aches, sore throat and headache yesterday. She is a little better this morning but last night was miserable....for both of us.

Keilie Dog....Again

Ok. So I just read Homestead's post today and what I am about to write seems almost trivial. Sweet Boy is already giving his mama gray hair and he is only five.

Keilie dog went back to the vet today for a follow-up. When they removed her splint it was still swollen and very warm. The vet said there are only two causes; trauma or infection. Since Dear Husband has been carrying Keilie around for the past 6 weeks due to the knee surgery we could rule out trauma. The radio graph confirmed there were no fractures. That left infection.

Septic joint. Ankle joint to be exact. The vet is perplexed. A bacterial infection in this joint is very rare, especially in a dog who has only been outside to do her business twice a day with a chaperon for the past two months.

A sample went to the hospital lab for analysis. Keilie dog had minor emergency surgery this morning to drain/scrape the infection. We have 20 days of a two high power antibiotics. Hopefully they will do their job quickly.

We Don’t Know What Happened

Remember this? We are almost 6 weeks post-surgery. I thought we were on the road to recovery and now there’s this.



In case you are wondering, Keilie dog's back right knee was repaired last month. Unfortunately I'm not taking this photo in a mirror.

Keilie dog was fine last night. She was fine when she went to sleep. She woke up this morning and couldn’t walk.

The vet isn't exactly sure what's wrong. A multitude of x-rays later and it may be a dislocated knee. Our regular vet is out of town and the vet we saw today doesn’t do a lot of orthopedic stuff. She decided to splint it and re-evaluate next week.

In order to splint Keilie dog’s leg and get a decent x-ray she had to sedate her. Now we have a stoned dog with two bum legs.

I’ve said this before and I'll say it again. It’s a good thing we love this dog.

Friday Again

Where did the week go? This week was a blur to me. Nana was out of town all week and so was Dear Husband (just during the day) so I was in charge. I am very grateful for all the help I get from everyone and this week was just another reminder.

DH took Princess to school this morning so Flower and I are doing fun things like vacuuming. This afternoon we have music class and tonight Grandma and Grandpa are spending the night on their way through town.

Tomorrow DH and I are heading out of town for the weekend. A co-worker if DH’s is getting married so we decided to make a weekend trip out of it. The girls are going to spend the weekend with Nana and Papa. They are very excited about a sleepover at Nana and Papa’s house.

Keilie dog will spend the weekend being pampered at the animal clinic, which provides boarding. When I called to make her reservation a couple weeks ago the receptionist immediately recognized her….which I guess is good since we’ve sunk enough money into the clinic to get a wing named after us.

The receptionist starting typing to see what was available this weekend and was disappointed that only small kennels were available. She thought Keilie would prefer a large kennel (seriously, I’m on the other end of the phone in silence wondering how she knew this). She began typing again and told me she would do some rearranging and move a smaller dog so Keilie could have a large kennel. I thanked her, what else could I say?

Now I need to go get this place in shape so we can leave. DH “loves” it when I make him clean before we leave :) Have a great weekend!

Keilie Dog

Well, she has done it again. I am beginning to think Keilie dog has a deal with our vet and she's getting kickbacks for every surgical procedure.

Keilie was scheduled for knee surgery today. In case you are counting, this will be her fifth surgery since Flower was born. FedEx didn't deliver the screws the vet needed to repair her knee this morning. Keilie spent the day at the clinic. Surgery was rescheduled for Tuesday.

Wildflowers

As I mentioned earlier, we spent last weekend at Great Grandma C’s. A lovely time was had by all, except Keilie dog of course, but I’m sure she’s forgotten about the little poisoning incident by now.

GGC always plants a wonderful mix of wildflowers in her backyard and the girls love them. I’m not a great photographer, or even a photographer at all for that matter, however I did manage to catch a few shots I wanted to share with you.

Doggie Update

We are still a happy family of five. Keilie Dog spent the afternoon at the vet. Her blood work looks good. Her clotting rate was 12 (normal is 11-18, the lower the better) so we were happy to hear that. Dear Husband said the girls are probably going to attend a 2 year college since this dog is costing us a small fortune.

The Dog with Nine Lives

For those of you who don't know this already, 1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide with a warm water chaser makes a dog vomit almost immediately. Don't ask why I know this.