Erin~
How much higher is the bed than the couch?  How old is Jonah?  He might just be a having a little stiffness.  But if it came on suddenly, I'd take him in.  You might need to invest in puppy-bed stairs.

So, here goes my own venting.

I took Charlie to the vet last week for her FeLV test and because she had been inappetent and vomiting (she got loose from her collar last time she had a lime dip. sometimes that stuff can make them vomit). They did a couple minor tests, and everything was normal except she was hypothermic and underweight. She actually lost a substantial amount of fat over the 3 days she felt ill. Anyway, I brought her home and she pretty immediately had breathing difficulty - it looked labored, and too fast. I went back and got antibiotics. She still wouldn't eat, so I started force feeding her puréed kitten food and a/d (she hates a/d apparently!).
That was last Thursday. She still won't eat on her own, though she expressed some interest in tuna and chicken baby food (she ate maybe a tsp on her own. i wasn't sure if this was because she doesn't have a chance to be hungry with the force feeding, but she's never hungry in the morning or when i come home from a long day). This morning she vomited all her breakfast pretty much, and I brought her in again.
She's at least 8 weeks old, but only 1.55lb (kittens are supposed to be 2 lb at 8 weeks). I ran more comprehensive tests on her and the vet gave us a complimentary x ray because he was "calibrating the machine" (suuure). It looks like she has granulomatous bronchopneumonia, which is basically what happens when an upper respiratory infection goes untreated. It might be bacterial, it might be fungal (though less likely, but she had high calcium, which suggests fungal infection). So now I have to:
continue force-feeding, which is getting tough because i have days where i'm gone 8-8
give fluids twice a day subcutaneously
give ciprofloxacin twice a day subcutaneously*
give clavamox twice a day orally

but at least i can stop the ringworm baths.

*i gave her cipro for this evening, and she was about the angriest kitten to get a subcu injection.
because of all this stuff, i pretty much have a pharmacy in my room right now. i have a fluids bag hanging on a clothes hanger, syringes everywhere, needles, etc. i'm a real junkie!

it kind of bugs me, though, that i still don't have an answer about her vomiting/etc. technically any illness can make an animal inappetent, but her pneumonia isn't so bad that that was even the reason why she was brought in (i was treating her with antibiotics already), and it's been a week. that and if it's a fungal infection her meds will have no effect. =/ because she hated getting the cipro injection so much, i'm kind of apprehensive of giving her fluids; i have to give 20mL (2/3 ounce) at a time, slowly. uhhh yeah. i'm going to get some cat-handling skills from this.

her being sick so chronically is really stressing me out. i worry about her all the time, and it's been difficult focusing on my studies =( plus, because of having to feed her (i can't give too much at once), i've pretty much been not getting enough sleep for a week. and i like my sleep.

yeah, clavamox is the animal version of "augmentin" (maybe just a US name).

i think the cipro is because kittens tend to get mycoplasma or chlamydia, and in vitro it has decent enough action against both. but i've also read that's not the case in vivo. also, depending on the mycoplasma they can have really varying MICs. On top of that, i have to watch how much cipro i give because of her being "growing" (well, she hasn't grown, but still) and it being a fluoroquinolone. =/
as far as route of administration, i don't know. i think they simply had cipro injectable and not tablets, and it might have not been worth ordering any considering she's been vomiting still to some degree. though i can tell the shots burn =( so i started injected them second, after her bolus of fluids.
after looking into it, it seems like the thing to get for mycoplasma/chlamydia is doxycycline or azithromycin. they mentioned amikacin, but i'm not a fan of the ototoxicity risks, though the effects on cartilage of tetracyclines/quinolones aren't great either. she actually had a huge appetite this morning (woo!) so i'll see how she does. the vet has told me that he'll prescribe what i want (uh), so if it comes down to it i might request them to order something else and itraconazole (i mean, she has ringworm anyway, so even if the infection isn't fungal it would still have a purpose).
for the most part kitty ADME is different because they have a really inefficient glucuronyl transferase, so some drugs are way more toxic & and have a longer half life for them. they also tend to get renal disease at the drop of a hat, no one really knows why on that one. but, i think for these antibiotics they're pretty well tolerated, though amikacin has some reported renal toxicity.

((((fb & Charlie))))

((((erin & Jonah))))

I know it isn't much help, but I am thinking positive thoughts for all 4 of you.

We think Olen got sick from drinking some lake water. : ( He projectile vomited, then vomited all night, and is having water like diarrhea. :'( :'( Very, very sad.

hugs for olen!!!

i miss my dogs soooo much. sara's cat is cute, but i just love my dogs so much more!

Happy belated birthday, Gracie's pups!  I can't believe it's been 3 years!

the reason why he is squirming is because your taking on a dominant position when your approaching him, like your sneaking up on him. We asked our vet about this because my daughter likes to sneak up on our family's border collie shelby and she acts the same way. Take it as a good thing, he doesn't act like he's trying to be a dominant pack member :) cute dog too btw :)

jonah does that when I approach...he just wants his belly rubbed....