Well, my weddng is six weeks away and I found out this past weekend that our dog most likely has congestive heart failure
She''s only six and we''ve had her since she was a puppy when we took her from my roommate who didn''t want her anymore. She''s basically like a child to us and I can''t imagine life without her so soon. We''d always talk about if we thought she''d be good with our kids and other things like that. She''s a medium sized dog, so we expected that she''d live to be somewhere around 10-12, or at least a lot older than 6!
In January she seemed lethargic so we took her to the vet and they gave us antibiotics and said she probably just had a bug. We took her back a few weeks later and they gave us different anti-biotics to try. She still didn''t seem well, so I took her back again and they said they''d have to do a chest x-ray where they found fluid on her lungs. They gave us a stronger anti-biotic and a cough suppresant, suggesting that it was pnumonia or something like that. The last two trips I mentioned that her heart seemed to be beating really hard (as in we could see her heart beating from across the room). So finally we took her back again this weeked and the vet FINALLY noticed her heart and said (no joke) "I hope she doesn''t die" and then proceeded to tell us a story about a chihuahua that he had come in that morning that had a heart attack and died on the table before he even examined the dog. Great bedside manner. He then suggested some heart medication and we left.
I spent all day yesterday crying.
So, after feeling like this vet doesn''t really seem to have a grip on the situation I''ve decided to take her for a second opinion on Monday.
Amongst all of the sadness just because I can''t believe this is happening to her at all, I''m so sad because she was supposed to fly with us to our wedding. I wanted pictures with her on our wedding day and then my parents were going to watch her while we went on our honeymoon. Now, I''m guessing she''s not going to be able to fly and we have to find someone responsible to watch her. She needs medication twice a day and it is obviously really important that she gets it regularly. She''s never been boarded in a kennel-type situation and I don''t even know if they would take her.
I feel like instead of enjoying my wedding and honeymoon I''m going to be spendng the whole time hoping my dog isn''t dying without us on the other side of the country.
Obviously we can''t change the wedding or do anything other than hope for a better prognosis from the second opinion vet, but I can''t help but feel depressed and not excited to finish up the last minute details of the wedding.
She''s only six and we''ve had her since she was a puppy when we took her from my roommate who didn''t want her anymore. She''s basically like a child to us and I can''t imagine life without her so soon. We''d always talk about if we thought she''d be good with our kids and other things like that. She''s a medium sized dog, so we expected that she''d live to be somewhere around 10-12, or at least a lot older than 6!
In January she seemed lethargic so we took her to the vet and they gave us antibiotics and said she probably just had a bug. We took her back a few weeks later and they gave us different anti-biotics to try. She still didn''t seem well, so I took her back again and they said they''d have to do a chest x-ray where they found fluid on her lungs. They gave us a stronger anti-biotic and a cough suppresant, suggesting that it was pnumonia or something like that. The last two trips I mentioned that her heart seemed to be beating really hard (as in we could see her heart beating from across the room). So finally we took her back again this weeked and the vet FINALLY noticed her heart and said (no joke) "I hope she doesn''t die" and then proceeded to tell us a story about a chihuahua that he had come in that morning that had a heart attack and died on the table before he even examined the dog. Great bedside manner. He then suggested some heart medication and we left.
I spent all day yesterday crying.
So, after feeling like this vet doesn''t really seem to have a grip on the situation I''ve decided to take her for a second opinion on Monday.
Amongst all of the sadness just because I can''t believe this is happening to her at all, I''m so sad because she was supposed to fly with us to our wedding. I wanted pictures with her on our wedding day and then my parents were going to watch her while we went on our honeymoon. Now, I''m guessing she''s not going to be able to fly and we have to find someone responsible to watch her. She needs medication twice a day and it is obviously really important that she gets it regularly. She''s never been boarded in a kennel-type situation and I don''t even know if they would take her.
I feel like instead of enjoying my wedding and honeymoon I''m going to be spendng the whole time hoping my dog isn''t dying without us on the other side of the country.
Obviously we can''t change the wedding or do anything other than hope for a better prognosis from the second opinion vet, but I can''t help but feel depressed and not excited to finish up the last minute details of the wedding.
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