. She is a giant walking, slobering Hoover when it comes to food, so I am very worried about aspiration pneumonia! I just hope I would be able to manage her!
Sending your doggie lots of hugs and prayers!
My boy is exactly the same. In fact I'm pretty sure he doesn't even taste his food. Even with that, I know that I can modify how he eats and drinks. One of my other dogs uses a bowl designed to slow his eating down, so I'd just get another one of those. The aspiration pneumonia is a possibility even though surgery isn't preformed, so, for me at least it's not something that would keep me from having surgery done, if caught early enough it is treatable with antibiotics. I've talked to a few people who have had this done with their dogs and they say that they wouldn't hesitate to do it again if another one of their dogs had LP.
His LP is in the beginning stages, the only reason he hasn't had the surgery yet is because of the mass that is near his larnyx. If it weren't for the mass he would've already gone in. Because of the way the mass is, there isn't any way that it can be removed safely, without removing part of the trachea. So, we're waiting to see if it's still growing, if it is how fast is it growing. I couldn't bare the possibility of coming home to him having gone into respiratory distress alone, so any surgery that could prevent that I'm all for.
It has been a heart wrenching last few weeks for me, I've gone back and forth on what to do for him. Not knowing what's going on and then add a mass in the trachea on top of all that. I know it's hard and scarey at first, but it's not a death sentence and can be managed.
If he goes in for surgery I will let you know how it goes and how he recovers.