After $350 at the vet, the diagnosis seems to be "perplexed". The vet kept saying he was perplexed, ran every test he could think of, and she came back negative for just about everything. She has inflammation in her lungs, but nothing else that shows up in tests. The inflammation in her lungs suggests chronic bronchitis, except she never coughs. At one point they suspected heart disease, but she has no heart murmur and didn't respond to a medicine used to treat heart disease.
Apparently Zipper has decided to make up a new disease for herself! They gave her antibiotics and pain meds and sent her home after giving up on diagnosing her. At least she is eating now, although she only eats if I put shredded chicken on top of her kibble. |