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My cat, Bill, is diagnosed with pseudomonas aeruginosais since 3 years ago. After his discharge was analyzed by culture, Vet suggests to use Baytril. Half year ago the Vet says Baytril seems not much help to Bill and perhaps it is also because Bill's immune system is too weak to fight the sickness as well. He explains the strong pseudomonas aeruginosais stays in Bill's nasal for too long now and could ends up eating his soft tissues and bones and suggest to have a better nasal flashing way by making 2 holes in Bill's forehead and put in 2 tubes on each side which allows more effective flashing eg daily instead of putting him temporary to sleep to do so. We were shocked and without much consideration we turned this down as Bill is pretty happy running around everyday, playing and eating as normal except and we just couldn't imagine how he can live it with the 2 tubes on his head plus a cone to avoid him touching the tubes especially it's not an one-off treatment but need to keep the tubes there for weeks until Vet can confirm the pseudomonas aeruginosais inside Bill's nasal is gone. Vet thinks it is a more effective help but there is no guarantee in fully recover from pseudomonas aeruginosais and it can easily come back again and again.
Bill is a short hair blue cat at 9 years old. He is a very good boy, very behave and adorable but also a poor cat without snacks but only lysine since his bladder was blocked with crystal twice and confirms he can't digest the fats from taking normal cat food or fresh meat, so he is on veterinary diet urinary food since he was a kitten. About 3 years ago, he was found in high fever all the sudden and then his white blood cells number was extremely low. The first Vet couldn't find any solutions but ask us to send Bill to a big clinic for further test & overnight monitoring...That's how we met the existing Vet who has been in really great help in Bill's case and he has very much patience in running a lot of test on Bill even CT scan but didn't find any infection and still can't find what is the reasons Bill has used almost all his white blood cell. About a week or two later, Bill's white blood cell numbers resume to normal himself and he was pretty weak by then and then very soon we found him sneezing with discharge from white turned to green. Vet confirms Bill is with pseudomonas aeruginosa after his discharge was analyzed by culture and showing Baytril is the only available antibiotics could work, so then Bill is on Baytril since then on and off for 2 weeks and upto few months. Bill will get better after few course of Baytril with discharge changed back to white or clear but then will need to use antibiotics again when it turns to green again. Vet did few times nasal flashing on Bill and we keep Bill on a small closed place for steaming treatment with saline water in order to keep his nasal moist and help him to clean his nasal. In the past half year, we decided to stop giving him antibiotics and let him heals himself but pseudomonas aeruginosa is still with him unfortunately and this time the Vet suggests to open 2 holes in his head...My husband and I just can't accept such a surgery which is no guarantee to help Bill or not but we are afraid the pseudomonas aeruginosa attacks him further that could interfere his breathing system and risk his life.
Is there anyone has the experience in a similar situation? I found some pretty old posts in this forum mentioned Zenaquin but i'm not sure if it fits for Bill.
Bill is a short hair blue cat at 9 years old. He is a very good boy, very behave and adorable but also a poor cat without snacks but only lysine since his bladder was blocked with crystal twice and confirms he can't digest the fats from taking normal cat food or fresh meat, so he is on veterinary diet urinary food since he was a kitten. About 3 years ago, he was found in high fever all the sudden and then his white blood cells number was extremely low. The first Vet couldn't find any solutions but ask us to send Bill to a big clinic for further test & overnight monitoring...That's how we met the existing Vet who has been in really great help in Bill's case and he has very much patience in running a lot of test on Bill even CT scan but didn't find any infection and still can't find what is the reasons Bill has used almost all his white blood cell. About a week or two later, Bill's white blood cell numbers resume to normal himself and he was pretty weak by then and then very soon we found him sneezing with discharge from white turned to green. Vet confirms Bill is with pseudomonas aeruginosa after his discharge was analyzed by culture and showing Baytril is the only available antibiotics could work, so then Bill is on Baytril since then on and off for 2 weeks and upto few months. Bill will get better after few course of Baytril with discharge changed back to white or clear but then will need to use antibiotics again when it turns to green again. Vet did few times nasal flashing on Bill and we keep Bill on a small closed place for steaming treatment with saline water in order to keep his nasal moist and help him to clean his nasal. In the past half year, we decided to stop giving him antibiotics and let him heals himself but pseudomonas aeruginosa is still with him unfortunately and this time the Vet suggests to open 2 holes in his head...My husband and I just can't accept such a surgery which is no guarantee to help Bill or not but we are afraid the pseudomonas aeruginosa attacks him further that could interfere his breathing system and risk his life.
Is there anyone has the experience in a similar situation? I found some pretty old posts in this forum mentioned Zenaquin but i'm not sure if it fits for Bill.