anti biotics

Oh okay here we go...I'm holding my breath its been 21 days of ciproflaxacin HCL and clindamycin since amputation. I will know in very short order if all the various strains of bacteria have been killed once and for all.
I am still astounded that the vets that did the amputation thought that he didn't need any anti biotics after a year long fight.
They assumed...(key word) that the infection was localized...that the leg was the source.
Well just like cancer a tumopr could be in one place and still besending out its cells all over the body. How can 2 doctors who have had 16 years of school between them not see the obvious?
Because Mr Beebs has contracted 3 different strains after each and every surgery...I finds it hard to belive that the culture results point to some rapid mutation between May 27 to June 6th to june 15th.Highly unlikely. What is more likely is that he got the new infections from the surgeries in Georgia and Connecticut.
I was told by onew of the vets up here...that
"they are cleaning the place all the time" That the bacteria's have become resistant to the cleaning solutions"
What a load of fecal matter that is. I bet common amonia and water kills 99% of all pathogens.The more I read from my Harvard animal law manuel the more outraged I'm becoming. If its the last thing I do on this earth I'm going to affect a change in our CT legislature to change the status of animals from property to companion.
Why? Because I have NO legal recourse in this state for what numerous parties did to my guy Mr Beebs. None...zip...
When I've compiled all the arguements I will post it as a link for all to see and then I will petition CT state residents to get behind this. Once people know the truth they will be equally disatifyied with the currant status of our laws here.Lasw written in the 1800's.
I pray Mr Beebs is finally clear of any contagion.I will never not feel heartache when I look at him and what he has endured....It should have never happened.

My Babysitter and nurse Sydney who has also paid a price

Well I ordered another booty which is smaller and a hock brace to stabilaze the poor guys back left leg. When he walks it reminds me of that old movie "The Mummy" who also dragged his leg just like Mr Beebs.I recently....(had to stop laughing) Recently is a relative term over the last year for us. It could mean every day at the vets..every other day or a surgery every two weeks.So Recently in this case as of July 5th 07 is 4 days ago which is a long stretch for us.The vet did a reflex test on his back leg and it did respond fairly well.He did walk into the kitchen on to the hard woodf floor for the firts time in search of cooked chicken. So thats good. As far as a wheelchair. The vets says nop don't do it.Build the leg up. Well at 10 years old...I'm afraid by the time he builds the leg up something else will go wrong and he'll never get to go on a stroll with his buddy Sydney ever again.
Sydney is my other boxer who happens to be Mr Beebs son. They are like pea's and carrots and Sydney has beeen a wonderful babysitter and nurse for me.He has also lost a year of his life during all this though. It has made me very aware of what people go through when they have one sick child and another that is healthy...what I've been doing is whats best for both of them and in the mean time I've been depleted by the whole situation.I feel guilty that one dog wants to run and play for hours and the other wants to and can't...If they were children I might be able to explain this but all they see is one is leaving and I'm made to stay.Almost like punishment.Truth is I never leave Mr Beebs alone without Sydney.

A face that says it all

His last days trying to save that leg

This is a photo of the fixator that was put on by Dr Budsberg in UGA of Georgia.It was our last ditch attempt to fuse the leg bone together even with the bacteria present.

After the doctore found out that several beading attempts failed his response was
"Shit...I wish I had seen him 9 months ago".So do I.In truth most vets/surgeons are way out of their league when it comes to super bugs and the complications from them.The doctor in Georgia works strictly with these sorts of things and God knows I wish I had heard about him a year ago. The truth is that when the fixator was cut away before amputation one of the surgeons noticed that the screws that had broken off in the bone back in January were now in a position to be taken out. The reason: The bacteria had eaten its way down the screws virtually routing out the bone.So I see that in the end...there was no other option left and that not only was it systemic but any hopes of healing that bone were over. All because of procedure.
I've recently gone back to school and wonder if micro biology or animal law is where I belong. I'm conflicted and feel strongly about both.I spoke to a state rep yesterday about going through legislative channels here to change the law regarding pets status as property verses companions.She is willingto help me.Hopefully over time CT can be a leader in animals rights and the rights of owners to competent treatment of their companion animals.

What happened and Why it shouldn't have

Systemic infection afterall...slight anemia

Well The docs assumed....and thats the key word that the infection was strictly localized. A week after being home Mr Beebs became more and more lethargic and dispondant.The clavimox we were told to continue come to find out were useless in fighting what ever roaming bacteria was in his body. The culture arrived on a Friday the 22nd of Jubne and a wek later a receptionist informed me that I needed to change the AB's and bring in the unused.I was beside myself. The poor guy had suffered so much already and here it was 10 days after surgery and his body was being attacked and unprotected once again.
I got alot of excuses...and my response was that this amputation and infection weren't exactly a hang nail.Unacceptable.He is perking up Thank God....his is taking two other drugs that attack the bacteria that was reported in the culture taking at the time of the amputation. What made the vets think it would stay in one spot is beyond me.All that brain power and years of training and still lots of blundering going on.I had my regular vet do a blood sample and he said it came back showing Beebs was slightly anemic.Massive blood loss. Which I can understand having his entire leg cut off. There needs to be an animal /owner protection agency. This has been an experience I never want to repeat as long as I live.I will get the report out and post the exact nature of the beast.

Are the doctors too busy to notice?

I'm pissed. My dog has been on the decline for days now and I and getting more and more worried about him. This morning June 29 ...10 days after surgery I called the animal hospital where the surgery was done. No the culture report had not come back/ BUT there is a note in here that says bring clavamox back and start 2 other anti biotics.So...On Monday when the doctor rang at 7am...he never mentioned that the ones Mr Beebs is taking is ineffective. June 25th the note was dated.No the dog has been taking drugs for a week that are lettinbg the infection travel.He doesn't need to suffer anymore at their hands.I am so dam mad...I am going to go down there and write a complaint.For God's sake the dog just had his leg amputated because of an infection...PLease...this is not the time to get lazy or absent minded and I'm sick to death of out thinking the doctors who apparently are too busy to do a good job. The last thing Mr Beebs needs at this point is an infection to roam his body. God help those vets when I see them.This wasn't a hang nail..it was a contagion for Gods sake.