Thank you Jane. I don't know what I would do if I hadn't found this group. I
probably would have had BooBoo put down. When the vet called that day to give
us that option I immediately started reading all the posts and did some further
research, all in about an hour and decided then and there we would fight this
thing as long as possible and as long as Boo was not suffering. I can't tell
if he is suffering but I don't think he is. The vet said his lungs were good
and it could be that he seems so thin along his back that I notice the heavy
breathing. He does have sniffles as well so maybe the mouth breathing was what
he had to do. At the moment, I'm not feeling very optimistic about the outcome
but of course that can change. It all depends on my little boy. My husband
just put a humidifier upstairs hoping it will help him. I have to stop myself
from checking on him every little while so he can sleep. He's very tired and I
keep waking him. As hard as it will be if he doesn't stay with us long, I
think it would have been far worse if we had had him euthanized when it was
suggested to us.
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: Jane Lyons
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: breathing difficulties
Lynne
Maybe you can give him something (if there is something) that he loves right
after the dose. It would help him with
the aftertaste. Can your husband help you when dosing him? When we had to
dose MeMe it helped if one of us held her
and petted her while the other opened her mouth and squirted it in.
I can hear how discouraged you are. I just want you to know that almost a
year ago I brought MeMe home with
a terrible upper respiratory, swollen gums, swollen lymph nodes, giardia and
diarrhea. As I am typing this she is
flying around the dining room, terrorizing two Scotties who cannot keep up
with her.
I know that BooBoo is on his own path, and that comparisons cannot be made.
It is an emotional roller coaster,
but sometimes things can level off.
We're thinking of you, knowing how difficult this is.
Jane
On Feb 18, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Lynne wrote:
I had a frightening event with BooBoo this morning. He hates being given
this Doxy and fights me. I gave him some water via syringe after it as well.
Suddenly he started gasping for air, breathing through his mouth for about 10
minutes. He is anemic and breathes heavily under normal circumstances. I
can't imagine what kind of stress the Interferon shots are going to cause him.
Should I try mixing this Doxy with his wet food? It's doubtful he would get
the appropriate dosage if I did because he is a light eater. I'm beginning to
think that I'm fighting a losing battle here and perhaps it would be best to
just let nature take its course without intervention. I hate this. One minute
he seems perky and now he's just exhausted. I spent the time with him while he
was having problems breathing comforting him, just to get him settled down and
even his purring was excessively loud. I don't know how much more this little
guy can tolerate.
Lynne
