CharmedMinis
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I had to put the little guy to sleep.
He just wasn't getting any better. The Naxcel wasn't helping at all, we even had him on a double dose. He had 16 open abcesses including one over each eye. He had a lot of swelling in his ankles and very sore feet and little scabs all over his body, the vet diagnosed him with PuraPura and said he was probably foundering as well. He was so weak he could barely take a step, and he was having trouble urinating. The vet was pretty sure he had abcesses internally.
It was a very hard choice to make, even the vet wasn't completely sure. He said it could have gone either way........make him suffer for a little longer and he may have pulled through in 2 or 3 months, or he could have died at anytime as we continued what we were doing. The vet was most worried about his body condition and the fact that he would have had to be on antibiotics for at least 2 months while the abcesses healed after the strangles was gone. New abcesses just kept forming. The holes were so big he was worried about repeat infections. We were giving the Naxcel Sub-Q because he had no muscle anywhere to give shots IM. Even Sub-Q the only skin on his body we could find to pinch and give the shot was in his armpits.
I'm not completely sure I made the right decision, but I couldn't stand to see him suffer any longer. I so wish I could have made his last few days happier, even though he was in a warm dry place with all he wanted to eat, he was still in pain. Bonnie did a reading on him and said he was so sick and in so much pain he didn't care whether he lived or died.
He passed peacefully and went to a pet cremation facility.
He just wasn't getting any better. The Naxcel wasn't helping at all, we even had him on a double dose. He had 16 open abcesses including one over each eye. He had a lot of swelling in his ankles and very sore feet and little scabs all over his body, the vet diagnosed him with PuraPura and said he was probably foundering as well. He was so weak he could barely take a step, and he was having trouble urinating. The vet was pretty sure he had abcesses internally.
It was a very hard choice to make, even the vet wasn't completely sure. He said it could have gone either way........make him suffer for a little longer and he may have pulled through in 2 or 3 months, or he could have died at anytime as we continued what we were doing. The vet was most worried about his body condition and the fact that he would have had to be on antibiotics for at least 2 months while the abcesses healed after the strangles was gone. New abcesses just kept forming. The holes were so big he was worried about repeat infections. We were giving the Naxcel Sub-Q because he had no muscle anywhere to give shots IM. Even Sub-Q the only skin on his body we could find to pinch and give the shot was in his armpits.
I'm not completely sure I made the right decision, but I couldn't stand to see him suffer any longer. I so wish I could have made his last few days happier, even though he was in a warm dry place with all he wanted to eat, he was still in pain. Bonnie did a reading on him and said he was so sick and in so much pain he didn't care whether he lived or died.
He passed peacefully and went to a pet cremation facility.