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My worry about Little White Girl is the possibility that the Pseudomonas
has spread into the lungs and resulted in a pneumonia.  ?Pseudomonas is a
very aggressive and often difficult to treat bacterial infection - which
frustrates veterinarians regularly because it does tend to be resistant
to a number of antibiotics.
 
Pseudomonas has also been reported to cause pneumonia in ferrets.
 
I think the wisest thing is that Little White Girl be rechecked - and
at a very minimum, have a chest x-ray done, and possibily a white blood
cell count to check for signs of infection.  ?Rapid shallow breathing
can often be the first sign of many thoracic diseases - such as
cardiomyopathy, pneumonia, fungal diseases (which can occur during the
use of potent antibiotics such as with Baytril), and do on.
 
Perhaps your local veterinarian can take the x-rays and do the blood
work - and digitally send them for a second opinion if necessary.
 
I hope this helps -- keep us posted!
-Sandra Kudrak, DVM
[Posted in FML issue 4140]