There’s a lot of talk about Coronavirus at the moment, and a lot of misinformation in these early days while data is still being gathered, so lets clear some things up.
There is more than one coronavirus. Coronavirus is a family, there’s a bunch of them, and many have been well known for a jolly long time.
COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, it’s relatively new and it’s what we’re all worried about.
The COVID-19 virus was detected in one, single dog in Hong Kong, owned by a human who was infected with the virus. This dog continued to have low levels of the virus detectable in its mouth for several days, never showed any signs of clinical disease, and so far (March 12th local time) has not demonstrated a serological response.
So it appears that while COVID-19 can exist in dogs, if it does so it is the dog getting infected from its human, and there is no evidence that they then transmit the illness on to other humans. Think of the dog’s mouth like unwashed human hands – the virus can be there, but hasn’t actually infected the hands.
Current advice is to keep suspect pets with their owners if they are in self-quarantine, and wash your hands after handling. Also, don’t let your pets lick your face if you have any cold or flu symptoms.
There’s still the lung nodule that showed up on her xrays that they’re trying to figure out. Nodule options – scar tissue, heartworm, fungal infection, or cancer.
Can’t test for heartworm till Monday. Can’t send in urine for fungal test till Monday and no results till Wednesday. Can’t ultrasound lungs to try and aspirate something to examine our ultrasound abdomen to look for other masses until she’s stable enough out of the oxygen to handle it.
She’s currently in the oxygen box, on fluids, and getting antibiotics for suspected pneumonia, bronchodilators, and I think steroids? She’s eating a bit. Tech said during our visit that the vet took her out of box after talking to me on phone & she did a bit better, which is good.
Keeping her on the oxygen and fluids is $1100/day. We can’t afford that until Wednesday, especially with the testing costs. Currently giving her until tomorrow to see if she can leave the oxygen or not. If she can, we can bring her home, I think, and go for the testing. If she can’t, we won’t be able to afford both daily support and testing so that we can find & fix the issue. Unless the vet can give us any other options, that’s the end.
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That behavior looks like pressing. If the cat is doing this repeatedly or is otherwise acting strange, have the cat checked by a vet. It can be a sign of illness or cancer.
‼️‼️‼️ It looks cute but “head pressing” is a sign of health problems. People that post photos and videos like this one probably don’t even know… ☹️
-“Head pressing is a veterinary condition characterized by pressing the head against a wall or pushing the face into a corner for no apparent reason.”
-“Head pressing is the act of a cat pressing their head against a wall or other hard object. Unlike when cats rub their head against you to show affection, head pressing happens for no apparent reason and could signal a serious health issue.”
-“Head pressing is the compulsive act of pressing the head against a wall or other surface relentlessly, for no apparent reason. It is different than head butting, a perfectly normal behavior where a cat rubs or bumps its head against a human or inanimate object as a sign of affection.”
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