We took her to the specialist on Friday and he checked her out head to tail, did a complete blood work up and does not believe she had anything wrong with her heart other than it was a little large. The attack she had was triggered by stress and her weight. So we got ready to go home, we live across town about 25 miles from this vet. I put her in the car and it started all over. She was wheezing, panting and developed liquid diarrhea, so I took her back in. They kept her Friday night. Gave her a sedative, put her in an oxygen cage and stopped the other meds the other vet put her on. They monitored her all night and her heart and respiration were normal. Her blood work came back normal as well. We picked her up yesterday and she is already almost to her old self. They believe it was all stress induced from her getting her nails clipped and going in the car. Because she is so over weight that it started a snow ball effect and once she was into one of these attacks it was hard to get her back out. So we have to keep her calm, lose some weight and then we might be able to start walking her. They do want me to keep the appointment with their new cardiologist just to be sure that she isn't having lung/heart problems but at this point they believe that she may even have a touch of asthma which is what my family vet said to begin with. So thanks for all the prayers, they really do help and hopefully this thread may be able to help someone else who is having this problem. I will keep you posted on what the cardiologist says if we do wind up going to her. Thanks again
