Sandy, I hope you have a lot of fun on your trip! It sounds like it will be a good time and it's nice to not do too much planning, so you can have some time to relax too!
Scott and I just took Layla to the vet and she has a pretty severe UTI
I knew it. I had a feeling for months. I knew it smelled too strong when we expressed her, but Scott insisted it was normal. I should have listened to my gut a long time ago. The vet inserted a needle through her tummy into her bladder to get a sample, and she knew there was something going on as soon as she saw it. My poor little girl. I feel like we dropped the ball here. She is on antibiotics for two weeks and we'll see how it goes after that. She also had protein in her bladder which the vet said could be there because there's so many white blood cells there, or it could be that there's an issue with her kidneys. She also said it seems like Layla is breathing harder and struggling to open her lungs for enough air. She thought the dark color of her tongue might be because she's not breathing out enough. It could be because of the nerves and maybe there's some muscles she can't control there because of her paralysis. I don't know, it just seemed like there were a ton of things wrong. I've held it together but I feel like I'm letting her down. I need to be on top of her health. We will tackle one thing at a time and hopefully get the infection out of her urinary tract to begin with.