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sadiesamie · 12-12-2007, 08:27 AM

I decided since I am not feeling well myself today, I stayed home from work. I mostly wanted to see how Samie does throughout the day so I will feel more at ease leaving her alone tomorrow. I am really starting to think that taking her for a walk (for the first time in 6 mos) even though we only went for a super short walk -maybe 6 houses down was too much for her. -she was fine while we were walking. fine when we got home, but within 30-45 min she started her loud deep cough. Once I gave her the Hydromet she completely calmed down and the coughing stopped.

Maybe my other dog Sadie yesterday knocked her on her back and she lost her breath so fast that's why she fainted yesterday. It's hard to know what happened b/c i was not in the room. I do not know exactly what happened. I know once before sadie did put samie flat on her back. Part of the reason is b/c samie thinks she is a 200 lb dog and she is not afraid of Sadie who is a little bigger than she is. It was weird the way she passed out in my arms and then awoke having a seizure though. We are also in the process of getting samie to loose weight. She is 2 lbs overweight. -when we discovered she gained so much weight and was very restless we had blood work and that showed her to be hypothrroid. she is much more herself now that she is taking the soloxine. But still we need to cut back on her food and treats to help her lose since she cannot exercise at all.

I am going to try and not re-live yesterday and take this one day at a time. I am going to ask the vet to xray her trachea in another 2 wks. this way if the walk effected her- maybe her trachea will open up more. I have been researching the flovent on line but haven't yet found anything too helpful. I read somewhere that the flovent would help with the help of a "spacer" i do not understand the spacer part. If anyone finds anything on line please forward it to me. I would really appreciate anyones info or personal experience. Means the WORLD to me. I will keep checking this thread every day and continue to post updates. The vet will be calling us this week with the results of samie's labs from yesterday and also after she talks with a specialist regarding Samie's xrays taken yesterday as well. thanks for all of your kind words and prayers. WE WUV YOU!!

12-12-2007, 08:27 AM	#29
sadiesamie YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 604	I decided since I am not feeling well myself today, I stayed home from work. I mostly wanted to see how Samie does throughout the day so I will feel more at ease leaving her alone tomorrow. I am really starting to think that taking her for a walk (for the first time in 6 mos) even though we only went for a super short walk -maybe 6 houses down was too much for her. -she was fine while we were walking. fine when we got home, but within 30-45 min she started her loud deep cough. Once I gave her the Hydromet she completely calmed down and the coughing stopped. Maybe my other dog Sadie yesterday knocked her on her back and she lost her breath so fast that's why she fainted yesterday. It's hard to know what happened b/c i was not in the room. I do not know exactly what happened. I know once before sadie did put samie flat on her back. Part of the reason is b/c samie thinks she is a 200 lb dog and she is not afraid of Sadie who is a little bigger than she is. It was weird the way she passed out in my arms and then awoke having a seizure though. We are also in the process of getting samie to loose weight. She is 2 lbs overweight. -when we discovered she gained so much weight and was very restless we had blood work and that showed her to be hypothrroid. she is much more herself now that she is taking the soloxine. But still we need to cut back on her food and treats to help her lose since she cannot exercise at all. I am going to try and not re-live yesterday and take this one day at a time. I am going to ask the vet to xray her trachea in another 2 wks. this way if the walk effected her- maybe her trachea will open up more. I have been researching the flovent on line but haven't yet found anything too helpful. I read somewhere that the flovent would help with the help of a "spacer" i do not understand the spacer part. If anyone finds anything on line please forward it to me. I would really appreciate anyones info or personal experience. Means the WORLD to me. I will keep checking this thread every day and continue to post updates. The vet will be calling us this week with the results of samie's labs from yesterday and also after she talks with a specialist regarding Samie's xrays taken yesterday as well. thanks for all of your kind words and prayers. WE WUV YOU!! Last edited by sadiesamie; 12-12-2007 at 08:31 AM.