Pepsi
Well-known member
Hi there,
Just taken Charlie to vet for check up on his heart, and the vet says she'd like to keep him in one day for a chest x-ray and an eeg. I'm worried about leaving him at the vet all day, and risking the sedation though :? He's 14 and he has been poorly for quite a while. Last week he was coughing quite a lot, but that seems to have eased a bit. He's on Foretkor, Frusemide, and has been on Vetmedin for the past week. The vet said that his chest sounds pretty clear, and she couldn't hear gurgling noises, so that's good. But he's still coughing a bit. She said he might be coughing because his heart is pressing on his bronchae (? I think), rather than because of fluid around the lungs. She also said that she heard a couple of irregular heartbeats when she first started listening, and was concerned that this might have been causing his funny turns (although she did listen for a long time, and only heard two irregular heart beats).
Anyway, the upshot is that she wants to take him in for the day for the x-ray and the eeg, as it will give them more information (he's not had an x-ray or eeg done for several years). I can obviously see that this extra information will be useful, but I'm worried about my boy going into the vet all day, and risking sedation. As I'm sure most dogs do, he gets stressed at the vet, and I'm not convinced that it's worth the risk.
Help! I really don't know what to do for the best. I'm worried that it'll all be too much for him to have this done But I might be being overly paranoid.....
Thanks,
Pepsi x
Just taken Charlie to vet for check up on his heart, and the vet says she'd like to keep him in one day for a chest x-ray and an eeg. I'm worried about leaving him at the vet all day, and risking the sedation though :? He's 14 and he has been poorly for quite a while. Last week he was coughing quite a lot, but that seems to have eased a bit. He's on Foretkor, Frusemide, and has been on Vetmedin for the past week. The vet said that his chest sounds pretty clear, and she couldn't hear gurgling noises, so that's good. But he's still coughing a bit. She said he might be coughing because his heart is pressing on his bronchae (? I think), rather than because of fluid around the lungs. She also said that she heard a couple of irregular heartbeats when she first started listening, and was concerned that this might have been causing his funny turns (although she did listen for a long time, and only heard two irregular heart beats).
Anyway, the upshot is that she wants to take him in for the day for the x-ray and the eeg, as it will give them more information (he's not had an x-ray or eeg done for several years). I can obviously see that this extra information will be useful, but I'm worried about my boy going into the vet all day, and risking sedation. As I'm sure most dogs do, he gets stressed at the vet, and I'm not convinced that it's worth the risk.
Help! I really don't know what to do for the best. I'm worried that it'll all be too much for him to have this done But I might be being overly paranoid.....
Thanks,
Pepsi x