When we posted the previous blog post about our visit today, the last thing we were discussing with the vet were the changes in the last two days and things that might be responsible.
We have NEVER been so excited to find out that there is an infection but we had talked about the fact that although his PICC line in the jugular vein looked good, we were all concerned about there be a possible infection around it. It has been in since last Thursday and of course they wanted to leave it in for another day but when we got into the car to come home, I asked Russ to call them back and ask them to go ahead and take it out. We couldn't get through to the hospital and decided to just wait until Jennifer called us for our 8:00 pm update. When she did call, she said he was running a temperature and they had gone ahead and taken it out. We are praying that this is the sudden decline during the past two days!
He doesn't have an IV now so they are doing subcutaneous IVs. Finally, something that makes sense! It is so frustrating that he could have been feeling so well two days ago and decline so quickly into lethargy again but this could certainly be the key to the mystery.
Please pray that Kirby does not develop sepsis from the infection from his PICC line. Pray that the antibiotic will begin to knock out the infection immediately and that his kidneys can handle this additional burden.
We had a glimpse of what he can be like after his kidneys have been treated. Without the infection, it is very possible that we can be back to that happy little dog again. We may not take him home tomorrow as planned since he has this infection and I'd rather he get IV medications for a couple of days...but we are going to be there bright and early tomorrow morning to hold him and make sure he gets lots of TLC. Who knows...maybe even a bath.
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