[lisaly]

Originally Posted by Lizzie07

Lisa, I'm truly sorry to hear of Ashley's passing. It sounds as though she had a great life with you. I pray I have Opal seventeen years.

Oddly, my regular vet has prescribed Heart Qi Tonic that is a Chinese herb product. I have given it since Opal was first diagnosed. Dr Wen sounds like a great vet.

Thank you so much for your kind words. Ashley was truly a gift to us, and we were so lucky to have our precious angel with us for so long. I truly hope that Opal continues to get better after her last episode. I know how scary congestive heart failure is. I experienced the same thing that you experienced with Opal two weeks ago with Ashley's sister Kiwi six years ago. We were able to bring her out of congestive heart failure with lasix and enalipril, but unfortunately the enalipril started to harm her kidneys. She was on it for only a few days when we discovered it. I had to bring her in to her veterinarian every day for a few weeks to give her fluids to flush out her kidneys. Fortunately, the ride to her doctor was only half an hour for me and they took her as soon as I came in. Dr. Wen examined her heart and lungs every day, gave her a vitamin B-12 shot,(I think it was that), and gave her sub-Q fluids all for $18.00 a day. Basically, he only charged me for the fluids and not the shot or exam. We had to wait until she got stronger, and then we were going to start her on herbs for her heart. We ended up losing her before we could start the herbs. I still believe we would have been able to help her if she hadn't had the reaction to the enalipril. With the reaction to the medicine and the congestive heart failure, she lost two pounds which was a huge amount for a small dog. She came out of the congestive heart failure, but her body was weakened, and she caught a simple eye infection that she wasn't able to fight off. Ashley had the enlarged heart and had no problems with enalipril. She never went into congestive heart failure, so I was very lucky with her. I will be praying for you and Opal. I hope you have much love, happiness, and health with her for a long time. I wish the same for Kim and Maggie and Tenderhearted and Annie. I'm pulling for all of you.