SPIKE IS SERIOUSLY ILL!!!
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY BEAUTIFUL BOY, SPIKE. HE WILL BE 10 IN AUGUST. I MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS JOURNAL THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM A COUGH/HACKING NOISE. I SUSPECTED KENNEL COUGH. SO OFF TO THE VET WE WENT ON MONDAY. I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE NEWS I GOT FROM MY VET. HIS BREATHING WAS AT 75 AND IT SHOULD BE AROUND 20 TO 25. SHE DID XRAYS AND IT SHOWED THAT HIS LUNGS WERE FILLED WITH FLUID AND THIS WAS CAUSEING THE TRACHEA AND ESOPHAGUS TO BE SEVERELY CONSTRICTED. THUS THE COUGH. HE HAD ALSO LOST WEIGHT AND WAS LISTLESS. ANYWAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT HE HAS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. HIS GUMS WERE BLUE AHOWING THAT HE WAS LACKING OXYGEN THUS THE RAPID BREATHING. SHE KEPT HIM FOR THE DAY AND INSERTED AN IV NEEDLE TO ADMINISTER A HEAVY DUTY DIARETIC. I PICKED HIM UP AT 5:00 AND WAS GIVEN PILLS TO GIVE HIM THAT WERE THE SAME AS THE IV. SHE WANTED HIM TO SLEEP WITH US SO WE COULD MONITOR HIS BREATHING. POOR BABY WAS TUCKERED OUT. I WENT BACK ON TUESDAY AND HE HAD LOST A WHOOPING 2 POUNDS IN FLUID. SHE DID MORE XRAYS AND SHOWED ME HOW MUCH MORE ROOM HE HAD IN HIS LUNGS. ANYWAY, HE HAS TO GO TO THE CARDIO SPECIALIST FOR ULTRASOUNDS ON JUNE 21. HE WILL DETERMINE THE EXACT HEART PROBLEM AND THE MEDS HE WILL NEED. THERE IS NO OPERATION FOR THIS AILMENT. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM STRESSED OUT. BOY, IS THE VET EXPENSIVE. I KNOW THAT IF SOME PEOPLE HAD THEIR DOG DIAGNOSED WITH THIS PROBLEM THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEM PUT TO SLEEP BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE BILL. I AM AT $550 AND COUNTING!! SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR MY BABY.
I WILL TRY TO BE ON WHEN I CAN BUT NO GAURANTEES HOW OFTEN TIL HE IS SETTLED.
HAVE A GREAT DAY. DEBBIE
I WILL TRY TO BE ON WHEN I CAN BUT NO GAURANTEES HOW OFTEN TIL HE IS SETTLED.
HAVE A GREAT DAY. DEBBIE
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