Hi all,
Long and stressfull day. The vet did a lot of x-rays of her chest as well as repeating her senior panel. He said that her heart looked "okay", that her lungs didn't sound that bad however he heard the cough when palpating her trachea. He did see some "whispy spots" on her lungs. I asked if she could have cancer, he seemed pretty positive that this was not cancer. He held off on a different antibiotic until the radiologist reads the x-rays. Then, depending on what the radiologist says we might do the trachial wash. Obviously, the Leviquin did not clear this up as it did for Rosie. He also said it was possible that she had a touch of pneumonia but seemed reluctant to settle on anything. She threw up a bit later when we got home and it was all mucus - brownish colored. She has not coughed nearly as much as Rosie did at the end of her ordeal. Also, Rosie would cough up white foamy or clear stuff. Ironically, Sunny has not coughed since she hurled. So they will call tomorrow after they get the radiologist report and we will go from there. I was very concerned that we were dealing with congestive heart failure but do feel a bit more relieved about that now. Jeannie, I am thinking that is what we have going on here, lung infection.
This whole thing has been so odd. First Rosie had kennel cough then Sunny seemed to ge a touch of it. She got antibiotics before Rosie did. Then Rosie went on antibiotics and was on them for 40 days. Two rounds of doxiciline & two rounds of Levequin. Sunny had a round of Doxi, A round of amoxicillin & now just finished two rounds of Levequin. She has not been on them continually as Rose has been. I have never had dogs that were this sick. I am very perplexed about how long it has all been going on and the amount of drugs it took to get Rosie well.
Thanks so very much for all of the posts. It is so comforting to know that you are all wishing Sunny well and sending her lots of love. She is such a delight - hence the D after her name in my avatar. Lucy has called her that as long as I can remember. Her other saying whenever Sunshine enters a room. "The big black bear with the fluffy hair is here" And she is, laying on my feet, lightly snoring as I type.
