karen100
Active member
My 10 year old dog was diagnosed with a grade2/3 heart murmur last week. He had been increasingly lethargic and exercise-intolerant, restless at night, and unable to sleep. He doesn't cough. He is lethargic and exercise intolerant.
Vertebral heart score didn't indicate an enlarged heart, but showed soft signs of edema. His blood work was fine, and his NTproBNP score was 500, well below the 900 cutoff.
He's been on 20 mgs of furosemide and 5 mg of fortekor for three days now. There's improvement in his breathing and comfort at night, but he's still lethargic and tires easily on walks.
I'm stumped--how can his tests be relatively normal, but he's obviously sick?
Anyone have experience like this? I should add that he's always been considered a cavi-mix, although he's never had genetic testing.
Vertebral heart score didn't indicate an enlarged heart, but showed soft signs of edema. His blood work was fine, and his NTproBNP score was 500, well below the 900 cutoff.
He's been on 20 mgs of furosemide and 5 mg of fortekor for three days now. There's improvement in his breathing and comfort at night, but he's still lethargic and tires easily on walks.
I'm stumped--how can his tests be relatively normal, but he's obviously sick?
Anyone have experience like this? I should add that he's always been considered a cavi-mix, although he's never had genetic testing.