hey all! Just giving an update on Gus! He's on heart medication and diuretics and now a completely raw diet and he's doing great energy wise. He seems to be hanging in there. He was throwing lots of arrhythmias recently and had to be seen again. When he was brought in they heard rales in his lungs and increased his diuretic load among his other medications. We did a Holter and apparently it's just getting worse and worse. Which is disappointing because he seems like he's been doing better than he had been in a long time. He is ten, and he's huge, and im just grateful for the time that I do have. We went to the river the other day and I captured this photo of this old man just LOVING life. And I wanted to share with my doberfamily ❤ I'm sorry for the kinda lame quality I'm on my phone and I can't seem to get it to upload a better version, so hopefully you all can still see it!
Hi! And thanks for the update on Gus. I'm glad to hear that Gus is still keeping you company. Wow... 10 yo. and enjoying life. A while back we had a Dobe with DCM, who also continued to have a great life even with this nasty disease nipping at his heels.
I'm sorry you and Gus are struggling with the ups and downs of this disease. I hope you still have a lot of quality time left together, and I'm glad he's loving life so much and doing better than he was before.
ANOTHER GUS UPDATE! he is doing well. His echo and Holter and blood work came back improved on the medication regimen he is on. He did have some kidney trouble a bit ago but has also bounced back from that with improvement in his kidney blood work. This boy is tough, I'll tell you! I have been swamped with work, and I work outdoors for mining companies (I'm a mining geologist) so I tend to be fairly disconnected at times and it was a busy fall. Luckily Gus can come anywhere I go. I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/holidays and will have a happy new year as well. God knows I'm ready for this infernal year to over.
Gus just cracks me up with his smile - LOL Big rubs for yeah Gus !
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