06.27.09
Snips update
Quick update on the Snipsie girl. She has been improving this week and hopefully we are out of the dark for a bit. After taking her to U-PENN, it was discovered that she had a fever and she was starting to stumble around. She was seen by their cardiologist, neurologist, other doctors, and was given a complete exam, EKG, chest x-ray, and blood work up. It was determined her WBCs were low along with platelets, but fortunately her kidney and liver values were within normal levels. She also had increased pulmonary edema and a tick was found on her. We had her tested for a multitude of tick related illnesses and everything came back negative.
The cardiologist figured her cardio was exasperated by what ever infection/illness she had and the combination of the two probably explained her weakness and stumbling.
With only a few options left, we opted to try her on some antibiotics for a couple days to see if she responded along with a few changes in her cardiac meds. If she did not improve, we planned on bringing her in for an abdominal ultrasound to see if there is something we are over looking.
We are four days out from her visit to U-PENN and she is getting back to her normal self. Fingers crossed she remains healthy for awhile.
