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Not a very happy birthday for Bella Boo! Like she hasn't been through enough lately.

So about a month ago I took Bella to the emergency vet in the middle of the night because she had rapidly developed a UTI - urgent need to pee, frequent and obviously uncomfortable. She started peeing blood in the middle of the night, so got a sample and off to the ER we went.
They tested the urine I brought (they wanted a sterile sample, but her bladder was too small) and did an ultra sound. They didn't see anything in the ultrasound, but there was bacteria and slightly elevated white and red cells in her urine. We were sent home with a week of Clavamox.
Everything was better until a day and a half after the last pill. Back to the local vet with a sample again.
They found the same thing in her urine so she sent us home with the same medication but for two weeks along with an anti-inflammatory.
Everything was great up until last night - about a week and a half after the last pill. Came home to find bloody urine on the floor. arrrrgh!! My poor girl!
So, got a sample and dropped it off with them right before they closed. Expecting a call with the results this morning.
WHY? I don't understand. The antibiotics just aren't doing the job. She is prone to UTI's because (as I was finally informed at the ER after this many years) she has a recessed vulva(?) (sorry - I should know the name of girl parts being a woman and all) and debris and dirt can get too close. So I've been using unscented, sensitive skin baby wipes per the ER vet.
What should I expect the next steps to be? Is there something I can do - or should stop doing to prevent this? The vet wasn't much help with those questions. She said there are things she could suggest if there were stones present, but nothing to do for bacterial infections.
I feel soooo bad for poor Bella. I know those UTI's aren't much fun
Any suggestions?
So about a month ago I took Bella to the emergency vet in the middle of the night because she had rapidly developed a UTI - urgent need to pee, frequent and obviously uncomfortable. She started peeing blood in the middle of the night, so got a sample and off to the ER we went.
They tested the urine I brought (they wanted a sterile sample, but her bladder was too small) and did an ultra sound. They didn't see anything in the ultrasound, but there was bacteria and slightly elevated white and red cells in her urine. We were sent home with a week of Clavamox.
Everything was better until a day and a half after the last pill. Back to the local vet with a sample again.
They found the same thing in her urine so she sent us home with the same medication but for two weeks along with an anti-inflammatory.
Everything was great up until last night - about a week and a half after the last pill. Came home to find bloody urine on the floor. arrrrgh!! My poor girl!
So, got a sample and dropped it off with them right before they closed. Expecting a call with the results this morning.
WHY? I don't understand. The antibiotics just aren't doing the job. She is prone to UTI's because (as I was finally informed at the ER after this many years) she has a recessed vulva(?) (sorry - I should know the name of girl parts being a woman and all) and debris and dirt can get too close. So I've been using unscented, sensitive skin baby wipes per the ER vet.
What should I expect the next steps to be? Is there something I can do - or should stop doing to prevent this? The vet wasn't much help with those questions. She said there are things she could suggest if there were stones present, but nothing to do for bacterial infections.
I feel soooo bad for poor Bella. I know those UTI's aren't much fun
Any suggestions?