Katie was sent home soon after the diagnosis yesterday
from the veterinary cardiologist and put on a heart medicine called Pimobendan
to help it do its job better and to hopefully prolong her life. She is also on
Lasix to get rid of the fluid in her heart and lungs that made her breathe so
heavy. And there is a blood pressure medicine to keep her pressure normal and
keep her heart from working too hard. Her activities are being monitored
closely and she is not allowed to run, jump, or
play too much for a week. She cannot be stressed for any reason nor can she
overly exert herself until these meds show they are doing their job.
Here
is the hard part: She is so little and depends so much on me to take care of
her that it is killing me when she just sits and stares at me and I have no
idea what she wants. I run through the gambit of maybes, does she want a drink,
is she hungry, does she need to go out, does she want a treat? If I hit the
right question, she responds. Not this time. She just stares at me and it is killing me
inside.
Here
is the mystery. For the damage she has and the fact that she was in congestive
heart failure, no one can explain why she has had NO symptoms up until the very
moment when she began to breath heavily after running up the steps. In her
condition, she would have been losing a lot of weight, not eating, vomiting,
diarrhea, and so lethargic I would have known something was off. But there was
nothing. Her appetite has been great, she runs and plays as always. No warnings
whatsoever.
And
today she is breathing better. She is eating her food and carrying around her
talkie ball as usual and snacking on her favorite turkey treats. She is napping
as usual throughout the day and drinking more water and going out to pee a lot
because of the lasix. She gets carried down in her own special bag that she
gets in herself when she has to go out so she lets me know it is time. She is
walking around as if nothing is wrong other than Mom won't let her do much of
anything and my Mom cries a lot.
If
anyone has any information or experience on this condition that you can share
please do. I need to find hope and while I know that prayer and a miracle is
the answer right now, I still need to hear there is hope. Have any of you had
experience with this illness and a happier outcome?
You
can comment here. Or if you like, you can also email me at
welcomehomefriendsLLC@gmail.com and I will answer.
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