Nina,
Thinking of you and Spencer.
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Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well we just got back from the vet. The first set of xrays showed fluid
build up around his lungs and made it hard to see what was going on with
his organs or if they could detect any masses. So they drained the
fluid and did another set of xrays. They also gave him oxygen and subq
fluids, (the subqs I could have done at home, but figured it would be
better to not have to put him through any added stress after we did get
home). He actually seems hydrated enough with good color to his gums,
but we figured since he hasn't been eating it couldn't hurt. Bottom
line is that we don't know much more than that he had fluid build up
that was making it hard to breath, we don't know why and the xrays
weren't definitive enough for the doctor on duty to be able to tell
anything. (I got a lot of well, it could be, but maybe nots). At least
he feels better as I'm writing this, he even ate a little bit for me
when we got home. They wanted to keep him overnight, but I said no
thank you. He's better off at home where he'll be more comfortable. So
here I sit, a good deal poorer, with no answers that will help him.
They wanted to send in the fluid to be analyzed, but the vet warned me
that they might not be able to tell anything from it. Since that would
have been an extra $200 bucks, I told them to hold on to it and let me
talk to his regular Internist about it in the morning. We're over $1400
as it is and no closer to helping him get well then before we started.
Extremely big sigh.
Nina
