Message Number: YG12176 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: nlchipman
Date: Mon Apr 1, 2002 3:49pm
Subject: Re: Surgical remedy for lung congestion?
He doesn't cough all the time, but at least several times
> a day, mostly in the morning. I took him to my vet and x-rays
showed
> congestion so he put Baxter on Amoxi and Prednisone (sp?)
could be a tumor on his lung or something else, but that he couldn't
tell what the source of the problem is until his lung lobe clears or
he does exploratory surgery.
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I had a similar situation a year ago with a 7.5 year old male. He
had a chronic cough that would not respond to antibiotics. The vet
could faintly hear fluid in his chest and believed he was suffering
from cardiomyopathy. When I finally got them to do an ultrasound,
they found his heart in great shape, but he had a large mass growing
in his chest cavity (diagnosed as mediastidal lymphoma). But for the
fact that he got "winded" easily, he was pretty healthy. He had a
great appetite and never lost any weight or exhibited any other
typical "symptoms" of cancer. Though the poor guy spent 6 days in
the hospital, subject to all kinds of nasty medicines, he didn't
survive.
Just a thought - I truly hope your's is something more benign.
Nicole
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