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10yr Sheltie with CHF is having diarrhea
My dog, Jimmy is having CHF and pulmonary hypertension. He doesn't eat by himself and started having diarrhea two days ago. I am very concerned how I can keep him up till his cardiologist appointment 9 days away.
Jimmy was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension on Tuesday, and he is on Lasix and Benazepril for CHF and Viagra for pulmonary hypertension. He stayed overnight at the hospital for O2 therapy and got back Wed. night. The internist didn't feel comfortable with Jimmy's case due to the complexity of his illness especially pulmonary hypertension, and urge us to see a cardiologist. I had booked an appointment with the only cardiologist available in the entire SF bay area, but it won't happen until 8/6 as the cardiologist is out of office. He started having diarrhea early Thr monring and last till Fri monring. I was fasting him with vegetable broth from Thr to Fri night. Since Jimmy had only one diarrhea early Fri morning, I gave him a few pieces of boiled chicken last night. Early this morning, his diarrhea came back again. Jimmy started to have dry cough about a month and half ago, and his appetite was declining. We took him to the family Vet two weeks ago when he stopped eating his dry food completely. He got a chest x-rays and blood test. The x-ray shows that he has dilated heart, and his heart rate reached 200. He is breathing a bit heavily. Our family vet put him on Lasix, Benazepril, and Hills dry k/d, but his condition didn't get much better after a week. That's when we were referred to the internist for a thorough checkup. Since Jimmy stopped eating his dry food two weeks ago, I tried cooking ground chicken/beef with white rice and it worked for about two days. I then had to force feed him with a syringe of liquified k/d which I blended with some water. It lasted for 4 days until we took him to see the internist. His stool was fine for the first 3 days of feeding k/d, and I noticed a bid diarrhea that morning before we went to the internist. I force fed him k/d Wed. night after he was back from the hospital, and next morning was when I found the serious diarrhea problem. He is drinking and urinating a lot due to Lasix, so I hope that wee keep him away from dehydration. |
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