Check out Hideyo's posts about the at home oxygen tank. Maybe something
like that would help his breathing. Could it be something like asthma,
or some sort of allergy? Has he gotten better on since you started the
Dox? Hemobart is hard to detect. I'm not sure what cloudiness around
his lungs indicates, if it's not fluid. I seem to remember reading
something about that recently, maybe someone else will chime in here
with some suggestions. I hate putting our babies through all these
tests, all the expense, just to be told, we still don't know. It's so
frustrating. Sending good thoughts and prayers your way,
Nina
Dee & Evan wrote:
Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been checking any of our messages
lately. We are perplexed by Smokey's breathing issues. We have had
him to the vet 3-4 times in the past month trying to figure out what
is going on. We did another chest x-ray. There is no fluid around
his lungs but his lungs still look like fluffy cotton, maybe even a
little worse at his last visit on 09/05/06. Our vet sent blood work
out to a lab to get several tests ran. The results came back today.
His RBC is at 5.92 so he has slight anemia. His hematocrit is at
37%. But everything else was negative. No infection, no bacteria, no
fungal infection, everything came out clean. It was even negative for
the hemobart parasite. I plan on finishing the Doxy regiment until at
least the 21st though. I am just worried sick over his breathing.
Periodically he also has coughing fits. I just don't know what to
think. The vet said the next step would be an ultrasound, especially
of his heart. I started him on Lysine last week. I think he has
gotten wise to it as he has stopped eating as much of his canned food
that I put it in. At least I am hoping that is the case & it is not
because he doesn't want to eat now. He still LOVES his chicken I feed
him in the morning & evening. We have a running tally of about $1,200
to $1,300 so far and I am running out of resourse to fund this. Any
input, suggestions, or encouragement would be greatly appreciated at
this point. Thanks to everyone.......you are a wonderful group of
people. All of your furbabies are in good hands.
~Dee
