Spring is here at last ?

The flowers are blooming. Does that mean spring is here at last ?
Well..............a definite maybe.
Of course, spring does not mean that we are done with the snow, but it usually means that the snow will not stay long.

(Now, you may notice my ambivalence. If I were to say "Spring IS HERE" and then it snowed again, Michelle would blame me for the snow. So I will just say "maybe.")Myrna (top) and Riona certainly enjoy the new grass and the warmer weather.

As does Erlina, who has another uti.

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News - Erlina is home again.

If no news is good news, then.... news is not so hot.

Erlina just came home from the hospital...again.

She was on long term treatment with Baytril, one of the few antibiotics that would treat her persistent kidney infection, except, it stopped working. A urine culture showed that the same bug was present, but now it was sensitive to only one commonly used antibiotic, Amikacin. However a 6 hour frantic search for Amikacin turned up the information that the manufacturer is no longer making it. We called people all over the country and had them looking for it.

Amikacin is a very good antibiotic for rare bugs. It can cause kidney damage and hearing loss if it is not monitored well.

We found ONE compounding pharmacy in the country that would make up the Amikacin injection for us:

Olympia Compounding Pharmacy
6700 Conroy Road
Orlando, FL 32835

407-426-9944

OlympiaPharmacy.com

With one hour before closing, they put together our order and shipped it overnight to the hospital. Applause to them !

Erlina has now been on the Amikacin for 3 doses and is back to her bouncy self.

You might want to make a note of Olympia's address and tell your vet, just in case he/she needs some Amikacin for your dog, or someone else's


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