So I adopted this 4 year old Maltese mix to be my therapy animal in September. He's been absolutely amazing and I love him to death. But when I adopted him, I was told he had a double ear infection, heartworms and kennel cough and he would need lots of vet visits and treatment and medicine to get better. I used to rescue sick kittens from the euth list at my local animal control center by fostering them and nurse them back to health, adopt them once they were big enough, then find them new homes. So I thought this would be a piece of cake compared to all the kittens that have come through my home. But boy it's starting to wear on me.
My boy started his second round of HW treatment yesterday and gets his last injection today. He's in a lot of pain and other than giving him his pills on time, there isn't really anything I can do to comfort him. His ear infection never cleared up so they gave me extra strength ear drops yesterday to start giving him and he fights back as hard as he can when I have to hold his head down for the drops and since he's in pain, it's really not good for him to be fighting back with me. It's just so hard to watch him go through all this, I've had him taking multiple medications since I brought him home, it's insane. I just feel so bad for him, idk what to do for him. :c He isnt' allowed to play during HW treatment, he could go into cardiac arrest if he gets too excited, so I have to keep him in his crate a lot and we can't go for long walks and he gets lethargic and looks so sad sometimes. It's like he isn't allowed to be a dog. I feel awful.
I just wanted to get this out, it's something I've wanted to talk to someone about for a long time.
