A bit of warning here both for the four- and two-legged: it certainly
can be necessary to stop a course of antibiotics due to side effects. If
the reason for stopping is diarrhea, it really is important to get
veterinary or medical advice.

In many cases, that side effect can be minor. There is, however, a
serious complication of oral antibiotic therapy, pseudomembranous
enterocolitis, which is an overgrowth of specific bacteria because
everything else was knocked out. If this is the problem -- it is
especially violent, with cramping and bleeding more often than not -- it
is essential to get antibiotic treatment for the guts, as well as for
whatever else was being treated.  While a relatively rare complication,
untreated pseudomembranous enterocolitis can be nastily fatal.

Thanks for the purrs, ya'll; I think they're helping!
Last night, Omar wouldn't come out from under the bed to eat but he did come
out to keep me company in the bathtub and he did eat a little this morning!
I'm going to keep a close eye on him today and probably check in with my vet
later.
Christine

The good news is that your purrs started working even late last night; this
morning and this afternoon Omar ate again and stayed out from under the bed!
Thank you!

His paw is healing very well; the puncture wound was not a deep one, thank
goodness!  I did talk to my vet and we both agreed I'd keep a close eye on
him but since he's healing so well, she did not suggest starting another
antibiotic at this point, particularly as Omar has irritable bowel disease
and we don't want to mess with his internal flora anymore than we have to!

I am so grateful that the Feliway diffuser refills came today; I suspect the
level of kitty argumentativeness has risen more than usual because my
diffusers had started running out.  I can definitely tell a difference with
Tucker with this stuff.  I did use petguys.com, too, and their prices were
really good!
Christine

CATherine, you're very insightful with your comments.  Although tonight Omar
is doing better physically, I know he's always been unhappy about Tucker
being in our household, period; Midnight and Oreo aren't happy with it
either.  Tucker is a sweet kitty but I'll never forget how scared and
defensive he was  and I don't think he'll ever quite lose some of the feral
reactive behaviors from that.  Although, he has changed dramatically for the
better from when he first started out here, Tucker reminds me somewhat of
what we've got with our son who has Asperger's (high functioning form of
autism with social deficits) -- Tucker just doesn't know how to read and
react to other cats; he would like to be friends with the other cats I think
but they do not like him.  So we don't have a harmonius kitty household very
often I'm afraid and it takes the Feliway; lots of attention to all the cats
and their special needs; and, at times I'm working as hard to get my kitties
to be successful socially as I am working for my son.  I wish things were
different but you do what you have to I guess; I promised them all I'd be
there for them, so I will.

Thanks for your good wishes,
Christine