I am worried about my little Phoebe.
I'll give some background - she is only 8 but was diagnosed with CRF and asthma 2 years ago - she had no treatment for a year cuz my old vet is an idiot. I took her for a second opinion on the asthma a little over a year ago and that is when I found out how serious her CRF was and we started treating both the asthma and CRF. She is also being treated as of 2 months ago for allergies and high blood pressure.
Here are her current meds:
SubQ fluids (LRS) 150 mL 1x/day
Famotidine 2.5 mg 1x/day
Flovent inhaler, 2 puffs 2/day - altho we just cut back to 1x/day as of yesterday
Albuterol inhaler, 2 puffs as needed (which is rare)
Norvasc, 1/4 of a 2.5mg tablet 1x/day
Benazepril, 1/4 of a 5mg tablet 1x/day
Atopica (Cyclosporine), 25mg tablet 1x/day
She was on Flagyl and FortiFlora last week for diarrhea
She has been doing really well until just the past couple of weeks. I think she is being overloaded with meds.
For a couple of weeks now, she has been having slight trembling/shaking of her head as she is falling asleep. This morning it got worse - as she is relaxing, her legs/head will start twitching. And no, it's not the normal twitching they do when falling asleep.
There are 2 vets at my clinic, both are awesome but I prefer one over the other and she is not in today. So I called this AM and he wanted me to videotape it and let him see it, but not bring her in. It has taken me all flipping morning to do this since the files were too large. I finally uploaded it to YouTube and emailed him the links. I just called to let them know to check and have him look at it so I can know if I need to bring her in.
I took her in last week for vomiting/drinking lots of water and her results were good -creatinine was 2.7 (range 0.8-2.4)) - up from 2.5 three months ago, but in good range for past year -was 4.9 before starting treatment a year ago! BUN is 22 (range 16-36)
Ok and here is the thing - I am not working FT now so money is REALLY tight. I'll find a way if I have to but it's not pretty.
I guess I just need some support and encouragement right now. Since I am home a lot more, I sit and stare at her and it makes it all seem worse cuz I see very little thing and over analyze.
I have also been considering going to this holistic vet/nutritionist in the area who is supposed to be really good and does consultation around the world. And she is right here! So maybe I should take advantage of it. I don't know.. Phoebe is soooo sensitive and I feel like I am overwhelming her.
PLUS, the food she eats 80% of the time got recalled and so I have been searching for something decent that will work in addition to her Rx foods.
Why is she twitching and what should I do??!!
Help!!
I'll give some background - she is only 8 but was diagnosed with CRF and asthma 2 years ago - she had no treatment for a year cuz my old vet is an idiot. I took her for a second opinion on the asthma a little over a year ago and that is when I found out how serious her CRF was and we started treating both the asthma and CRF. She is also being treated as of 2 months ago for allergies and high blood pressure.
Here are her current meds:
SubQ fluids (LRS) 150 mL 1x/day
Famotidine 2.5 mg 1x/day
Flovent inhaler, 2 puffs 2/day - altho we just cut back to 1x/day as of yesterday
Albuterol inhaler, 2 puffs as needed (which is rare)
Norvasc, 1/4 of a 2.5mg tablet 1x/day
Benazepril, 1/4 of a 5mg tablet 1x/day
Atopica (Cyclosporine), 25mg tablet 1x/day
She was on Flagyl and FortiFlora last week for diarrhea
She has been doing really well until just the past couple of weeks. I think she is being overloaded with meds.
For a couple of weeks now, she has been having slight trembling/shaking of her head as she is falling asleep. This morning it got worse - as she is relaxing, her legs/head will start twitching. And no, it's not the normal twitching they do when falling asleep.
There are 2 vets at my clinic, both are awesome but I prefer one over the other and she is not in today. So I called this AM and he wanted me to videotape it and let him see it, but not bring her in. It has taken me all flipping morning to do this since the files were too large. I finally uploaded it to YouTube and emailed him the links. I just called to let them know to check and have him look at it so I can know if I need to bring her in.
I took her in last week for vomiting/drinking lots of water and her results were good -creatinine was 2.7 (range 0.8-2.4)) - up from 2.5 three months ago, but in good range for past year -was 4.9 before starting treatment a year ago! BUN is 22 (range 16-36)
Ok and here is the thing - I am not working FT now so money is REALLY tight. I'll find a way if I have to but it's not pretty.
I guess I just need some support and encouragement right now. Since I am home a lot more, I sit and stare at her and it makes it all seem worse cuz I see very little thing and over analyze.
I have also been considering going to this holistic vet/nutritionist in the area who is supposed to be really good and does consultation around the world. And she is right here! So maybe I should take advantage of it. I don't know.. Phoebe is soooo sensitive and I feel like I am overwhelming her.
PLUS, the food she eats 80% of the time got recalled and so I have been searching for something decent that will work in addition to her Rx foods.
Why is she twitching and what should I do??!!
Help!!