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I recently made this post: http://www.dobermantalk.com/doberman-health/66495-another-dcm-thread.html
and thought I would start another beacause I want comments and input on some new infomation. Anyways, my wonderful soon to be 5 year old Dobie Boy Cooper, had started breathing heavier when he layed on his side. He is so healthy happy and active other-wise that we thought is could have been due to the fact that he got a little chubby over the winter. Then on monday he collapsed while racing around the yard like a mad man; he went down and couldnt get up. his gums were white, heart rate elevated and breathing very rapidly. We finally got him into the vet today :/
Vet listened to his lungs, said they sounded fine, but detected a faint murmur, no big deal. Vet was ready to call it a quits.
I say, no, watch when he lays down. Vet listens, "he isnt getting good air entry to the bases and rapid shallow breathing". Vet says he is just deep chested, lungs cant expand while laying down. Vet ready to call visit a quits.
I ask for a chst X-ray. We look at the xray, Coopers "heart is enlarged and he has fibrous lungs of a ten year old dog". Looking at xrays online, to me it looked like fluid. Vet doesnt say anything after that.
I ask for blood work, blood work drawn, and because we live rurally, wont have results till tomorrow as blood is curriered off to another town for testing. Vet still doesnt say much of anything mentions some heart medication. Cant really answer any of my questions. I was prepared for a Diagnosis of DCM. I know what I knew when I went in there. I dont think I will get an actual diagnosis from the vet, but I am hoping for some kind words and some opinions from the doberman community.
Cooper is happy, playing and being a goofball. He did look at me with eyes saying "Mom, they stuck something up my butt, and you let them do it!" He is tiring easily, and panting... Im frustrated at the vet, and everything feels a little surreal but I have a feeling I wont have my boy for long...
and thought I would start another beacause I want comments and input on some new infomation. Anyways, my wonderful soon to be 5 year old Dobie Boy Cooper, had started breathing heavier when he layed on his side. He is so healthy happy and active other-wise that we thought is could have been due to the fact that he got a little chubby over the winter. Then on monday he collapsed while racing around the yard like a mad man; he went down and couldnt get up. his gums were white, heart rate elevated and breathing very rapidly. We finally got him into the vet today :/
Vet listened to his lungs, said they sounded fine, but detected a faint murmur, no big deal. Vet was ready to call it a quits.
I say, no, watch when he lays down. Vet listens, "he isnt getting good air entry to the bases and rapid shallow breathing". Vet says he is just deep chested, lungs cant expand while laying down. Vet ready to call visit a quits.
I ask for a chst X-ray. We look at the xray, Coopers "heart is enlarged and he has fibrous lungs of a ten year old dog". Looking at xrays online, to me it looked like fluid. Vet doesnt say anything after that.
I ask for blood work, blood work drawn, and because we live rurally, wont have results till tomorrow as blood is curriered off to another town for testing. Vet still doesnt say much of anything mentions some heart medication. Cant really answer any of my questions. I was prepared for a Diagnosis of DCM. I know what I knew when I went in there. I dont think I will get an actual diagnosis from the vet, but I am hoping for some kind words and some opinions from the doberman community.
Cooper is happy, playing and being a goofball. He did look at me with eyes saying "Mom, they stuck something up my butt, and you let them do it!" He is tiring easily, and panting... Im frustrated at the vet, and everything feels a little surreal but I have a feeling I wont have my boy for long...
