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I'm starting to think I'll never dig out from under the vet bills...
Yesterday morning, about 6:15 (yawn), Chase woke me up making the weirdest noises. It basically sounded like he was breathing underwater, but the noises were all in his head and throat (not the deeper lung-based noises that he made when he had pneumonia). I couldn't find his thermometer anywhere, but he seemed to feel fine other than being stressed out about having trouble breathing, so I called Caring Hands and they said they'd make a slot for me in Dr. Roach's schedule if I'd bring him in when she got there (8 a.m.).
The 6-degree temperature succeeded in thoroughly waking me up, and we were sitting at Caring Hands at 8 a.m. After a good visit w/ Dr. R, we headed home with antibiotics, Benadryl, and Xanax in case he gets stressed and worried again. After the second Benadryl last night, he started sounding a little less like his head was full of soup (I really wish there was some way to teach a dog to blow his nose!) and he sounded better still by this morning.
We're assuming this is a side-effect of his recently developed megaesophagus (as was the pneumonia), so I'm still trying to find the magic combination of food and feeding position (and schedule) that will keep his food down so we don't have to keep worrying about infections. So far, he's doing pretty well eating multiple small meals of canned food from a spoon held just high enough that he has to reach up for it, and he's getting water a few ounces at a time now instead of having the big bowl of water down for him all the time.
He's going with me to Capricon this weekend, and the Rowdy Boys are going to go board at the vet (my petsitter was unexpectedly called out of town). Hopefully his head will clear up so that he's less noisy by the weekend!
Yesterday morning, about 6:15 (yawn), Chase woke me up making the weirdest noises. It basically sounded like he was breathing underwater, but the noises were all in his head and throat (not the deeper lung-based noises that he made when he had pneumonia). I couldn't find his thermometer anywhere, but he seemed to feel fine other than being stressed out about having trouble breathing, so I called Caring Hands and they said they'd make a slot for me in Dr. Roach's schedule if I'd bring him in when she got there (8 a.m.).
The 6-degree temperature succeeded in thoroughly waking me up, and we were sitting at Caring Hands at 8 a.m. After a good visit w/ Dr. R, we headed home with antibiotics, Benadryl, and Xanax in case he gets stressed and worried again. After the second Benadryl last night, he started sounding a little less like his head was full of soup (I really wish there was some way to teach a dog to blow his nose!) and he sounded better still by this morning.
We're assuming this is a side-effect of his recently developed megaesophagus (as was the pneumonia), so I'm still trying to find the magic combination of food and feeding position (and schedule) that will keep his food down so we don't have to keep worrying about infections. So far, he's doing pretty well eating multiple small meals of canned food from a spoon held just high enough that he has to reach up for it, and he's getting water a few ounces at a time now instead of having the big bowl of water down for him all the time.
He's going with me to Capricon this weekend, and the Rowdy Boys are going to go board at the vet (my petsitter was unexpectedly called out of town). Hopefully his head will clear up so that he's less noisy by the weekend!
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Date: 2008-02-12 05:14 pm (UTC)I've got my paws crossed for Mr. Chase and sending tons of belly rubs and lovin's to him!
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Date: 2008-02-13 04:29 am (UTC)The drugs seem to be helping (but if he stresses _me_ out much more, I may take his Xanax! :-) ).
Time for tonight's meds and more dinner. He's really getting into this whole spoonfeeding business. (Spoiled? My dog?? Never!)
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Date: 2008-02-12 08:48 pm (UTC)Looking very much forward to seeing both of you.
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Date: 2008-02-13 04:31 am (UTC)Thankfully, the Benadryl seems to be doing its job... he's still a little gloppy sounding, but he no longer sounds like he's about to drown.
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Date: 2008-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)(the beloved was thrilled to hear about the spoon feeding -- she thought she was the only person out there crazy enough to hand feed the dog one piece of kibble at a time. *g*)
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Date: 2008-02-14 02:31 am (UTC)How's Checkers doing? (Other than probably loving the hand-feeding? <g>)
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Date: 2008-02-14 04:41 am (UTC)I'm so sorry to hear about Chase and hope he is feeling better soon... I know how I would feel if either of my dogs were seriously ill. Keep us posted to his progress... Is the hotel a pet-friendly one you are taking him to?
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