At 01:35 06/10/01, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 09:38:10 -0400 >From: Steve Wallis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Adominal fluid draining > >Hello list: > >I have a wonderful and ancent tri who has been on heart meds including >Lasix for the past seven months. Yesterday, we had the vet drain fluid >from her abdominal cavity for the first time to help ease breathing and >heart. She is still feeling perky, eating well and does an >occasional "wheely" when she thinks something good is about to happen. My >questions regard how long it will take for the fluid to return, >and how long we can resonably expect to be able to give her. Anyone been >here before? Thanks. Steve Wallis. Steve:
It is so heartbreaking to see them... I think it very much depends on the dog, my Rufus only had to be drained two or three times over several years, diuretics mainly kept him clear, but I know of other Cavaliers who had to have this done much more frequently (every month or so). How long you give your girl I think depends on how ill she gets and how much she wants to go on living; Rufus wanted to go on far longer than *I* really wanted him to. He clung to his poor little life with all his might, and the vet said let to him be - I would have put him out of what I perceived to be his misery over a year before HE finally decided his time had come. When that happened it was quite clear he could not go on much longer: we would have taken him to be put down the next day if he had not died of his own accord. I think you need to know your dog and heed what they are saying to you: there is unfortunately no clear-cut answer. Rosemary -- Rosemary I.H. Powell Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit <http://www.CavalierKingCharles.com/Helping_Hearts/> for quality web design/hosting, Cavalier screensavers and greetings cards: all money goes to the UK CKCS Heath Fund to help research into MVD. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
