Since Frank is no longer at the emergency vet (yay!), I started a new thread to update on Frank's recovery process.
I picked him up yesterday and he was put on Xanax for the car ride. It worked wonderfully, no anxiety whatsoever. He was very sleepy and out of it though, so coming home was a bit confusing I think for him. He spent much of the afternoon and evening sleeping, except for when I had to wake him up for his medications. He had a bit of a hard panting episode, but he managed to calm himself down after a few minutes.
He is on 4 different antibiotics/antifungal medications. He has a medicine to help coat his GI tract and protect against acid reflux, which is a side effect of being on the ventilator. He has a medicine to also help get his gut flora back to normal. So I have set up an organization area on the table which shows which medicine needs to be taken and when. I don't want to miss anything!
He is eating well. He wants to eat more but I am just starting out giving him smaller amounts but throughout the day. I want to avoid any regurgitation. His stools are not good, which is to be expected from all that he went through and he feels the need to pee a lot, even when he doesn't have to, and I think that is probably a side effect of the catheter he had in at the vets.
All in all, our first night was not much sleep with the various times for medicine. I also kept watching him to make sure he was breathing normally. I am a giant worrywart. He is getting used to being back home and is into some of his old habits, which makes me so happy.
The vet wants me to steam up the bathroom and put him in it for about 10 minutes, three times a day, to act as a nebulizer. However, Frank gets upset when he hears the water running because he thinks he is getting a bath and I can't get him into the bathroom without dragging him. I don't want to do that since I want to keep him relaxed, so I think I will just get a humidifier instead. Or if anyone has any other suggestions that has worked for them, please let me know!
Sorry so long, but I am just so happy to have him back home and starting to act more like Frank. Thank you so much to everyone who has been cheering him on and following his progress. Your support means the world to me and Frank and my husband.
I picked him up yesterday and he was put on Xanax for the car ride. It worked wonderfully, no anxiety whatsoever. He was very sleepy and out of it though, so coming home was a bit confusing I think for him. He spent much of the afternoon and evening sleeping, except for when I had to wake him up for his medications. He had a bit of a hard panting episode, but he managed to calm himself down after a few minutes.
He is on 4 different antibiotics/antifungal medications. He has a medicine to help coat his GI tract and protect against acid reflux, which is a side effect of being on the ventilator. He has a medicine to also help get his gut flora back to normal. So I have set up an organization area on the table which shows which medicine needs to be taken and when. I don't want to miss anything!
He is eating well. He wants to eat more but I am just starting out giving him smaller amounts but throughout the day. I want to avoid any regurgitation. His stools are not good, which is to be expected from all that he went through and he feels the need to pee a lot, even when he doesn't have to, and I think that is probably a side effect of the catheter he had in at the vets.
All in all, our first night was not much sleep with the various times for medicine. I also kept watching him to make sure he was breathing normally. I am a giant worrywart. He is getting used to being back home and is into some of his old habits, which makes me so happy.
The vet wants me to steam up the bathroom and put him in it for about 10 minutes, three times a day, to act as a nebulizer. However, Frank gets upset when he hears the water running because he thinks he is getting a bath and I can't get him into the bathroom without dragging him. I don't want to do that since I want to keep him relaxed, so I think I will just get a humidifier instead. Or if anyone has any other suggestions that has worked for them, please let me know!
Sorry so long, but I am just so happy to have him back home and starting to act more like Frank. Thank you so much to everyone who has been cheering him on and following his progress. Your support means the world to me and Frank and my husband.