Sick Scooter

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Sorry I haven't posted about this, but I've been really sick, too. Poor Scooter started throwing up at the end of last week. It was mostly liquid so I didn't worry too much. He didn't want to eat, so I got some okra pepsin down him and waited. He seemed a bit better, but not really good. I gave him a day and he didn't seem much better. Still threw up a bit. Over the weekend, I came down with one of my industrial strength UTI's. On Monday, I called Dr Cooper. She was tied up most of the day but recommended that I watch him and see how he does. So I was trying to see if things were moving thru or what was up which I think freaked Scooter out because my dogs are not used to us going out with them when they potty. They just use the doggie door. He kept looking at me like "Why are you out here??? Go away!" I finally did see him potty a bit which is probably all there was since he hadn't eaten much. I had done the 24 hour fast and so I started feeding him broth which he mostly kept down. I was talking to Dr Cooper twice a day to let her know how he was doing. I fed him the leftover boiled chicken from the broth for a meal and he mostly kept that down. Then I fed him cooked hamburger and he kept that down completely. When he hadn't thrown up for 24 hours we decided to give him another 24 on just the hamburger and then transition him to his regular food gradually. Yesterday for the first time since last week, he was actually eating well and came to the kitchen looking for more He was pretty happy that he was getting fed 3 or 4 times a day. Darby was not He'd look at me like "Hey! Why does he get lunch and I don't????" so I'd have to give him a little piece. Yes, my dogs are spoiled.

Scooter was much perkier this morning so I think he's on his way to being "scootie" again.

And me. Well, I made the mistake of going to the Walgreens clinic on Monday. They gave me an antibiotic. By Wednesday, I was actually feeling worse so I went to my regular doctor. I saw another doctor in her practice who I really liked so I may go to her from now on. I haven't decided yet. But she did a culture and got me a different antibiotic. When I left the office, her nurse told me that they would do a culture and contact me in the next 24 hours so I was looking forward to another night of taking that Azo stuff just to be able to sleep and being in a lot of pain. I was at home that afternoon and when I checked my email there was one from Walgreens saying that my prescription was ready so I went and picked it up right away. I took it at 3:00 pm and was feeling better by 6:00. I'm feeling pretty good today so I'm hoping to feel better by the weekend.

It looks like Scoots and I are on our way back to being healthy (Just heard Scooter barking at something outside. What an awesome sound. )