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Five weeks ago my 3 1/2 yrs old Tango starting coughing out of the blue, I took him to the vet and intermediately they heard a heart murmur (type III/IV). They refer him to my local VET school cardiology service (UF), they ran a series of tests and determined that he has DCM, which has developed into CHF. Immediately put him on vetmedin, fluosemide and enalapril, a week latter he started to cough once in a while and they added spironolact, which helped. A couple of weeks latter he did not want to eat and in a follow-up visit they heard a very pronounced arrhythmia, and extremely fast heart rate (they could not even count it with an stethoscope, they need it the ECG to do it). They put him on Digoxin and Dilacor to help with the heart.
To say that I am devastated is an understatement, he is (by far) the best dog I ever had, and the idea of losing him in a few more weeks is absolutely disheartening.......... he is so young and full of life.... and he will never get to play with our baby daughter (9 months) as we planed.....
On the bright side, I have to say that everybody at the cardiology department at the University of Florida (including Dr. Amara Estrada) are absolutely the best, I would highly recommend them to anybody.
To say that I am devastated is an understatement, he is (by far) the best dog I ever had, and the idea of losing him in a few more weeks is absolutely disheartening.......... he is so young and full of life.... and he will never get to play with our baby daughter (9 months) as we planed.....
On the bright side, I have to say that everybody at the cardiology department at the University of Florida (including Dr. Amara Estrada) are absolutely the best, I would highly recommend them to anybody.