The vet believed my girl Monkey had toxoplasmosis. (They said they could do more bloodwork and send out to confirm, not sure why they didn't do that 3 weeks ago. I declined for now. She's been through so much so I want to see what happens now that we are taking her off the meds) She was on prednisolone (5mg once a day) and clindamycin (1ml twice a day) for 3 weeks. He said we could stop the antibiotic and start weaning her off the predisolone. She's made a huge recovery and doing well so she should be okay.
When I came home from work today she was hiding under the chair which she hasn't done since she first got sick. I don't know if she just wanted a quiet place to nap or if something is wrong. We haven't done her antibiotic since Sunday night. The steroid we are doing every other day so she had it Monday and didn't get one today. Could she just be adjusting to not being on the medication? She will get another steroid in the morning.
She seems okay other than the hiding. She's eating, drinking, using the litter box. She came out from under the chair and hopped up on the window and wandered around the house awhile. She napped in my lap awhile and layed on the floor and napped. She wasn't curled up tight. She seemed semi stretched and relaxed.
Am I just being a nervous Nancy?? I've read that it can take awhile for her body to fully recover from toxoplasmosis. At her worst point, she lost her sight, her face/jaw was so inflamed she couldn't eat, all she did was hide and sleep. So she's come a long way. Her sight came back and the inflammation went down, and she's more active than I've seen her in months. So seeing her go under the chair set me on edge.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
When I came home from work today she was hiding under the chair which she hasn't done since she first got sick. I don't know if she just wanted a quiet place to nap or if something is wrong. We haven't done her antibiotic since Sunday night. The steroid we are doing every other day so she had it Monday and didn't get one today. Could she just be adjusting to not being on the medication? She will get another steroid in the morning.
She seems okay other than the hiding. She's eating, drinking, using the litter box. She came out from under the chair and hopped up on the window and wandered around the house awhile. She napped in my lap awhile and layed on the floor and napped. She wasn't curled up tight. She seemed semi stretched and relaxed.
Am I just being a nervous Nancy?? I've read that it can take awhile for her body to fully recover from toxoplasmosis. At her worst point, she lost her sight, her face/jaw was so inflamed she couldn't eat, all she did was hide and sleep. So she's come a long way. Her sight came back and the inflammation went down, and she's more active than I've seen her in months. So seeing her go under the chair set me on edge.
Does anyone have any advice for me?