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06-22-2014, 10:12 AM
Petunia is doing much better today! I was able to rearrange my schedule yesterday morning so I was able to get to Pueblo in time to get some Naxcel and talk to my vet. After taping her teats twice on Friday I ended up not doing that any more. Pulling the tape off was painful and Petunia was really good for everything until the third time I tried to apply tape and she tried to kick my head off. I couldn't blame her. I also decided that the risk of her kids contaminating the right side was smaller than the risk of having the infected milk stay in the udder for possibly hours at a time until I could strip it. Besides, those babies were hungry and they needed all the milk they could get from both sides. The kids do a great job keeping the teat stripped so I made an executive decision to let them do it. I was relieved yesterday when I told my vet this and he agreed with me. He said the risk of them infecting the other side is actually pretty low, especially since they're keeping everything drained really well.
I noticed improvement in the hard spots after the initial massage and hot compress on Friday, but it stubbornly refused to improve any further on Saturday and I was getting discouraged again last night. But this morning the udder was noticeably softer. I also did another mastitis test this morning and the milk came back almost normal! I was so excited I nearly danced. I hardly dare to hope that the production is coming back up, but I think it might be. It's hard to tell with the kids keeping it drained (the down-side to not taping--I can't monitor production).
Snickers and Spunik are doing well. They seem like they're not fully satisfied after they nurse, but they're not starving and frustrated any more like they were on Friday. It makes me slightly worried not to see them stuffed to the gills, but the three babies prior to these were singles drinking their fill of massive gallon-capacity udders. I'm used to seeing babies who stagger away from the udder looking slightly dazed and on the verge of a food coma (like me after I eat at Texas Roadhouse).
I noticed improvement in the hard spots after the initial massage and hot compress on Friday, but it stubbornly refused to improve any further on Saturday and I was getting discouraged again last night. But this morning the udder was noticeably softer. I also did another mastitis test this morning and the milk came back almost normal! I was so excited I nearly danced. I hardly dare to hope that the production is coming back up, but I think it might be. It's hard to tell with the kids keeping it drained (the down-side to not taping--I can't monitor production).
Snickers and Spunik are doing well. They seem like they're not fully satisfied after they nurse, but they're not starving and frustrated any more like they were on Friday. It makes me slightly worried not to see them stuffed to the gills, but the three babies prior to these were singles drinking their fill of massive gallon-capacity udders. I'm used to seeing babies who stagger away from the udder looking slightly dazed and on the verge of a food coma (like me after I eat at Texas Roadhouse).