SUMMARY: Consulted with the vet.
Tika was just about jumping out of her skin with enthusiasm this morning to go play ball in the yard. I explained that the emergency vet had said no running, be sedate, for a week. Then I gave her the usual sedative and headed off to see our regular vet. Poor Tika, shaking in her crate when I pulled into the parking lot.
We went over the results from the emergency clinic and talked about possible progressions of the disease, possible treatments, and next steps, which are:
- Keep her sedate, no intense things (running, tug) for TWO weeks!! Ack!
- Next week, repeat the chest x-ray to see how much the diuretic has helped.
- Get an ultrasound for detailed info about the strength of her heart.
- Keep her on the diuretic for the rest of her life. Later, add more heart meds as needed.
Tika helping at the score table Sunday.
glad you have things on track ... hang in there
ReplyDeleteAw, poor Tika girl... Vet visits totally suck!
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the vet bills too. I have four animals and Walter, at 8.5, is my youngest! (oldest is a 14-year old cat) Many, many big vet bills in my future too... sigh
That's a lot of older animals! Boost is going on 8 as well. I don't know whether my earliest dogs were healthier of if I just didn't pursue issues as much. Probably didn't even think to take the dog in if she was 11 and slowing down, you know? But an agility dog-- some things become very obvious.
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