Miserable Monday

Today will officially be referred to as "The Day of Doctors" in our household. As that is all we seemed to get accomplished, visiting one after another.





Almost 3 weeks ago we all had the nasty little head cold. We thought it had all but subsided, then it reared it's ugly head again last week. First Blue Eyes, 2 days later Brown Eyes, and yours truly bringing up the rear this weekend. We toughed out the first round. But we hadn't fully recouped before we got slammed with round two. Round two is worse. I'm all for doing it drug free if you can; but, I thought if round 3 came around, we were in for serious trouble.





So, Blue Eyes went in to see a ENT specialist this a.m. (to see if we should get antibiotics.) He was diagnosed with walking pneumonia. Yes, antibiotics were definitely in order. Ricardo told the doctor that Brown Eyes and I were also sick. He recommended that we get to see a doctor pronto as well. So we went to a doc in the box this afternoon. Same diagnosis. So we too were prescribed antibiotics . Brown Eyes and I also got the "bonus" prescription. Seems our coughs, chest rattles were worse-so we scored steroids as well. Brown eyes gets a liquid to take. I got a shot in the derriere...seems once again, I'm bringing up the rear.





The Disney saga also continues. 2 weeks ago, he started vomiting and losing weight. We took him in for round 1 at the vet. They thought perhaps it might be worms (even though he tested negative) or a gastrointestinal infection. We dewormed (as precaution) started him on special food, kept him overnight at the hospital as well as 3 different meds to take home. All to no avail. Still ill, still losing weight. Has lost 48% of his total body weight in less than 3 weeks time. :(





Went back today for a recheck. They took x-rays. Different diagnosis. This one not good. Seems he has no blockage, ect. But, has a thickening of intestinal walls. This could only be 2 different things. One of these being intestinal cancer. The other, the doctor said is like IBS and is treatable with steroids. To be 100% sure, we would have to do a biopsy( which is very expensive.) If it is intestinal cancer, there is no cure. So we opted not to do the biopsy. Instead, we have started him on the steroids and are hoping for the best. The doc said we should know pretty quickly either way. If it is the IBS thing, he will start to rally. If it is the intestinal cancer, he will continue to worsen.



So, out of our household of 8...1/2 of us are on antibiotics, 3 of us are all hopped up on "the roids" and all of us are hoping healthier days are in our near future.