Canine meningitis
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Photo: Inca
At five yesterday evening the phone rang.
“Hello this is Lara. The results have come back from the spinal tap. Inca has meningitis.”
My head whirled. People die of meningitis.
“Is it treatable?”
“Yes but she has bad meningitis. She needs to stay with us.”
“Is it contagious?”
“No canine meningitis is not infectious. Your other dogs are safe.”
It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride with Inca – she was deteriorating fast. So she was finally referred to the Animal Health Trust yesterday morning. They are running other bacterial tests on her and the results will be back by the middle of next week. She may have to stay until then. But she is in the best possible hands. Fingers crossed that she responds well to treatment.
Meanwhile the other Min Pins are very piano and the cottage is strangely quiet. They are curled up close beside me on the bed as I write this. We are all missing her bouncy, busy presence.
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Fingers crossed for poor Inca. You’ll all be missing her; they leave such a gaping hole when they’re not there.
Heart breaking when a much loved pet falls ill. Hope lovely little Inca comes through this
I hope Inca gets well soon, it is such a long wait, when you’re waiting for a pet at the vets.
My thoughts and prayers are with you. I know you can do nothing but wait and that is agony, but keep positive and give the other two (and Danny) lots of cuddles.
Sending you lots of love and huge hugs and pray for the swift recovery of gorgeous Inca.
Love Jane xxx
Have my fingers and toes crossed for a full recovery.
I pray she recovers quickly and back with you soon
My best wishes for a speedy recovering for Inca. Ros
So sorry to read that Inca is so ill. One of our Dalmatians had meningitis when he was 11. We came home after a short shopping trip and found him standing stiff and shivering. (He was fine when we had left 30 minutes earlier.) My husband rushed to the vet with him – 2 minutes by car. He deteriorated rapidly in that time and was near death by the time Barry and the vets carried him in.
He recovered after a few days with the vets and is now nearly 14.
Fingers crossed that Inca will make a good recovery and give you many more years of joy.
Worrying time. Thoughts and prayers are winging their way to you.
Oh dear! I do hope the treatment works well and that Inca is soon back at home with you. Caring for a sick pet is agonising.
Fingers crossed here too.
Fiona:
So sorry to hear about Inca. It sounds that she is in good hands and I hope she is well and back home very soon.
Philippa
Fingers and toes crossed!
I hope Inca is better soon.
Very, very best wishes to Inca, to you, and to the rest of your gang. Sending lots of positive thoughts your way.
The poor thing. Hope she recovers.
Simon
Poor baby girl, all our love and hugz from me and the moggies. Hope she is allowed home quickly to recover with her family in the place she feels safest. In the meantime wishing her strength and soothing thoughts till she can be home and getting better. x
Get well soon Inca.
I hope Inca comes home soon as good as gold. She looks like a very cute and lovable dog.
Adding my best wishes to all the above. Get well soon, Inca.
Nothing worse than being without your pet and wondering if they are coming back. I’ve been there myself with two cats and it’s horrible. Keeping everything crossed x
Absolutely seahorse. Visiting your cat in hospital is haertbreaking as they don’t understand why you are leaving without them. Lots of best wishes to Inca for a full recovery.
Get well wishes for Inca. I’ve had a pet go through meningitis and it’s such a worrying thing.
Nobody likes it when a loved one is in hospital, even the dogs don’t like it. Poor babies, all of you. Hoping that recovery is full and quick!
Always such a worry when an animal is ill – unfortunately their limited vocabulary doesn’t help! But at the AHT she is in the very best place for the most professional care available – if anyone can make her well again, they will.
Take heart; hopefully she will be back home with you again soon.
Hello Everyone
Thank you so much for leaving such heartwarming comments, it’s much appreciated. I hadn’t realised how much this little dog had got under my skin. It’s so quiet without her.
We decided not to visit her in the hospital as she would get upset if we came and left her again.
She is finally stable, off the drip and slowly recovering. She will probably stay at the AHT until Friday so that they can get her medication just right.
Thank you so much for your support
Bigs hugs Fiona, hope Inca makes a full recovery very soon. x x x
Fiona,
Thanks for the update on Inca’s recovery. It is hard to be one pet short in the house.
Sarah
I keep thinking of inca. i do hope she is making a speedy recovery xx