More good news - no signs of cancer after extensive ultrasound, no heart disease, no evidence of rupture. So it's idiopathic. We will try a low fat diet with rutin supplements and recheck fluid build up in 5-7 days. If this doesn't work surgery is still on the table. He's happy to be home!
More good news - no signs of cancer after extensive ultrasound, no heart disease, no evidence of rupture. So it's idiopathic. We will try a low fat diet with rutin supplements and recheck fluid build up in 5-7 days. If this doesn't work surgery is still on the table. He's happy to be home!
More good news - no signs of cancer after extensive ultrasound, no heart disease, no evidence of rupture. So it's idiopathic. We will try a low fat diet with rutin supplements and recheck fluid build up in 5-7 days. If this doesn't work surgery is still on the table. He's happy to be home!
If I recall correctly my kitty needed his chest drained 3 times over a couple of weeks until the vet ruled out everything possible and spoke with a specialist at a veterinary college. Once he was started on the low fat diet his symptoms improved dramatically and he was fine. My kitty's original symptoms started as a strange cough, then progressed to shallow breathing and resulting lethargy. I'm glad that your vet seems to be on top of this and already figured it out for Dirk.
Our 9 yo lab has a chest infection called pyothorax. His chest is full of pus and he was having trouble breathing. They drained what they could with a syringe and he is breathing better and is acting like his usual "cute dumb lab" self. He needs surgery to completely drain his chest though and to find the underlying cause of the infection. This type of infection is usually caused by a foreign body and he had a barb wire puncture to his chest a few years ago. The vet said it definitely could be from that. Unfortunately it could also be from cancer and our vet said that the prognosis would be very poor if so. Asking for prayers, dust, wisdom, etc.
I'm glad Dirk had a good weekend and is taking his meds! My baby in my avatar has congestive heart failure and takes numerous pills. She loves pill pockets and runs to her pills and barks, demanding them!
This Is great news! Such a relief!The best news ever! Dirky had an ultrasound and it showed no fluid accumulation! We are beyond thrilled. He needs to go back in 3-4 weeks to recheck (or if signs of distress). Honestly, Google isn't always a good thing. I didn't expect to have such good news. I read that medical management for dogs has less than 30% success rate. Thank goodness diet and rutin seems to be working. Or his "leak" spontaneously healed. Either way, I will definitely sleep better tonight! So here is a pic of sweet Dirky. It's not the best pic but you can see his brothers in the background.
The best news ever! Dirky had an ultrasound and it showed no fluid accumulation! We are beyond thrilled. He needs to go back in 3-4 weeks to recheck (or if signs of distress). Honestly, Google isn't always a good thing. I didn't expect to have such good news. I read that medical management for dogs has less than 30% success rate. Thank goodness diet and rutin seems to be working. Or his "leak" spontaneously healed. Either way, I will definitely sleep better tonight! So here is a pic of sweet Dirky. It's not the best pic but you can see his brothers in the background.
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