Monday, 14 February 2011

Still No End In Sight....


Louis' weight today was 29.6kg which is a great improvement, (at his lowest he's been 28.15kg) and to be honest another couple of kg and he'd be around his normal weight. There is an obvious improvement to the eye but things are sadly also obviously still not right inside.
He's had another months course of Metronidazole and she's concerned about the colour of his stools; (it has a green tinge to it) it could be that somehow blood cells are breaking down in the gut. I've googled it and had a good look through, Giardia always seems to be coming up, Louis tested clear for it but the fact that it may not always be detected in stool samples concerns me. Still the treatment for this as well as the campylobacter is Metronidazole so hopefully if there is a problem with this parasite it can now be controlled. As I often say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing so I'll leave the diagnosis to the vets and trust the treatment to be correct!
I think we all feel this will be ongoing for a while yet...