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Hi Im new here and glad to find this forum. My 5 year old Frankie had been coughing for almost a month, mostly in the mornings, and it really scared me. He had episodes when I thought he was choking and couldnt breathe, hacking constantly. I cried buckets everyday. We lost my other yorkie Derek last year due to a collapsed trachea and I feared that Frankie might have the same thing. We took him to the vet and after the xray and blood tests, they found out he had fluid in his lungs and a slight infection. He was given a shot of steroid, prescribed hypertension meds, antibiotics for the infection and diuretics to get rid of the fluid in his lungs. Our vet made sure Frankie's kidneys were in good condition before giving him diuretics though since long term use will be bad for his kidneys. After a week, his cough slowly stopped but he lost weight because he lost his appetite. He was drinking more water than ever before. The diuretics made him pee like every few minutes which was what the vet warned us about. To compensate for dehydration, we were giving him 5-10ml of Gatorade every 2 hours too. He's now recovered and his cough is gone but the vet prescribed meds for hypertension to keep him calm until he's fully recovered. We are off the diuretics now and Frankie's getting back his energy.

Sending all the good vibes for Bleu's full recovery!!!