so at 6 am this morning i was awoken to the sound of couging (a wet trying to cough up a hairball kind of cough) and gagging (no vomit) she seemed to be having real trouble so i called the vet when they opend and got an imediate apointment.
by the time we got there shed stopped coughing and was her nomal happy self. the vet checked her over couldnt reproduce the cough, listend to her chest, CLEAR, listend to her throat ect couldnt hear anythign out of the normal, her temperature is fine ect...
so he seems to think when the other vet treated for worms he didnt treat broard spectrum (i cant even remmeber what brand he used) so hes given her a full spectrum dewormer, aparently coughing is normal with roundworm? 1 to take today, 1 in 10 days...hes hoping that will take care of the cough, if not or if she develops a fever itll be time ofr antibiotics...
(oh and her very reacent heartworm test has come back negative)
so anyway, she was FINE all day, no coughing, no gagging, nothing...then about 6pm she starts again, same as this morning, now its more of a dry hollow cough that leads to a weth gag at the end...again nothings comming it...it sounds like shes got something tickling her throat and shes trying to move it...but cant...but the vet saw nothing in her throat...wasnt red ect...
and hes certain its not a blockage.
i feel so bad, it seems to be only when shes quiet, she can run round like a loony and be fine but when she lays still for 10 mins she starts coughing...
i feel so bad for her, it sounds horrible.
i think if this continues ill give him a call back and see what he suggests...but i wonder if there is anything i can give her to help her tonight...i feel so bad and got a feeling neither of us will be sleeping well tonight.
i did ask him if the other dogs were at risk...but he said he doesnt think so, with no fever and no sound on the lungs...
poor little girl.
i dont know where she could have gotten worms (unless, like the vet thinks she wasnt fully cleared from the origional) shes been nowhere to pick up a cough, she doesnt come into contact with unvacinated dogs, it seems so sudden...and random....
ive been fretting all day, and whats worse is money is realy tight, otherwise i would have demanded a chest xray there and then, but he doesnt seem to think she needs one...
*sigh*
by the time we got there shed stopped coughing and was her nomal happy self. the vet checked her over couldnt reproduce the cough, listend to her chest, CLEAR, listend to her throat ect couldnt hear anythign out of the normal, her temperature is fine ect...
so he seems to think when the other vet treated for worms he didnt treat broard spectrum (i cant even remmeber what brand he used) so hes given her a full spectrum dewormer, aparently coughing is normal with roundworm? 1 to take today, 1 in 10 days...hes hoping that will take care of the cough, if not or if she develops a fever itll be time ofr antibiotics...
(oh and her very reacent heartworm test has come back negative)
so anyway, she was FINE all day, no coughing, no gagging, nothing...then about 6pm she starts again, same as this morning, now its more of a dry hollow cough that leads to a weth gag at the end...again nothings comming it...it sounds like shes got something tickling her throat and shes trying to move it...but cant...but the vet saw nothing in her throat...wasnt red ect...
and hes certain its not a blockage.
i feel so bad, it seems to be only when shes quiet, she can run round like a loony and be fine but when she lays still for 10 mins she starts coughing...
i feel so bad for her, it sounds horrible.
i think if this continues ill give him a call back and see what he suggests...but i wonder if there is anything i can give her to help her tonight...i feel so bad and got a feeling neither of us will be sleeping well tonight.
i did ask him if the other dogs were at risk...but he said he doesnt think so, with no fever and no sound on the lungs...
poor little girl.
i dont know where she could have gotten worms (unless, like the vet thinks she wasnt fully cleared from the origional) shes been nowhere to pick up a cough, she doesnt come into contact with unvacinated dogs, it seems so sudden...and random....
ive been fretting all day, and whats worse is money is realy tight, otherwise i would have demanded a chest xray there and then, but he doesnt seem to think she needs one...
*sigh*