Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Tanner Tuesday

Tanner is a mystery case for sure.  His results came back simply showing that he had the feline herpes virus.  However, after 3 days off his antibiotics, he was sounding much worse again.
The initial thought was to simply keep going with the steroids for inflammation, and the lysine to possibly help suppress the herpes virus.  I had to advocate for Tanner and explain that the course of lysine and steroids had previously done nothing to help him, and the only thing that has helped has been his antibiotics.  I realize that they will not work on viruses, but wonder if he came back as not having bacteria present because he had just finished two weeks the day before the samples were taken?  I explained to the vet that the symptoms were returning already and asked if we could just try the antibiotics again to give his body a chance to fight.  He agreed and so we are doing three weeks this time. 
I asked if there was anything else we could be doing to try and improve his immune system to help him fight and so we are giving some probiotics as well.  We are also going to decrease the steroids in case they are suppressing his immune system more than we realize.
 
Tanner has gotten pretty stuffy again, so we are now doing the saline nose spray again as well.
 
I am refusing to give up hope that we will get him clear at some point!  Poor boy has been stuffy and sneezing for over two months now.  He is still eating well and asking to play.  We plugged in the heated bed this weekend and he has been happily cooking ever since!
 
We are thankful for your continued purrs!

11 comments:

  1. Poor love. Continued purrs and purrayers to Tanner from us. ♥

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  2. Poor sweet Tanner! I really hope you will feel better soon. So happy that you have such a great family who cares about you so much.
    Megan

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  3. I am sending Tanner lots of purrs - I am so glad you are working with the vets on this. Sometimes it's necessary to advocate for your kitty, since you are with him all the time and the vet is not.

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  4. poor Tanner....he sounds like the hot mess we are fostering right now....

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  5. Poor Tanner! I hope the antibiotics help him.

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  6. Poor Tanner, I hope he feels better soon. Could he be allergic to something?

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  7. Aw, poor Tanner...we send him a ton of purrs that his nose clears up soon. At least he's still eating and playing...that's a good sign.

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  8. poor sweetheart, wish this would go away and leave him alone!! xoxo catchatwithcarenandcody

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  9. Love reading about the cat antics at your house. Sorry about Tanner not being well, will send kitty prayers for him to get better.

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  10. Prayers for Tanner getting better. Glad he still wants to play and is enjoying the warms of his bed.

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  11. Poor Tanner. We're keeping up our purrs and prayers. Get well soon, pal.

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